How Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 finds itself in middle of the Samsung multiverse

Despite all this flexing, the Galaxy Book 3 is a very slim device standing just 16.5mm thick and weighing under 1.8 kg — remember this is a desktop replacement size device. But though it’s lighter, the large footprint means you will need a large laptop bag to carry this around. But the extra screen size is not wasted… Samsung makes good use of it.

YouTube recognises this as a high-resolution device and shows mostly 4K and even 8K videos on the home page (Image credit: Nandagopal Rajan / Indian Express)

Stunning display

The Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 has a stunning 3K (WQXGA+ AMOLED Display, 2880x1800p) which is hard to miss every time you open the device. In fact, while using 4K televisions, YouTube recognises this as a high-resolution device and shows mostly 4K and even 8K videos on the home page. The display is also extremely bright, so much so that watching videos in a dark room I have to reduce the brightness to make it easier on the eye. However, the audio quality could have been a bit louder on the quad-speaker system to make this as good as a small TV on the bed.

With the large screen, this laptop is also able to offer an extra large keyboard with a dedicated number pad (Image credit: Nandagopal Rajan / Indian Express)

Large keyboard and trackpad

With the large screen, this laptop is also able to offer an extra large keyboard with a dedicated number pad and a fingerprint scanner in the power button. The keys offer good travel and are easy to type on for long hours. The trackpad is also among the largest I have seen, making it very useful for creative folks. However, being extra large and not exactly placed in the middle of the frame, I kept tapping the right side of the pad triggering some wrong popups.

The S-Pen is so natural that often I felt it is better than pen on paper (Image credit: Nandagopal Rajan / Indian Express)

The S-Pen edge

It is unlikely these days that Samsung will launch anything with a large touchscreen but without the edge of its wonderful S-Pen. There is no doubt that Samsung devices wield the best stylus money can buy for regular users. And this is also why the Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 has a definite edge over most other laptops. The S-Pen is so natural that often I felt it is better than a pen on paper. But alas I am not used to writing with a pen-like before and my doodles and notes were anything to showcase to anyone. Incidentally, the S-Pen that comes tucked away in the Galaxy S23 Ultra too worked wonderfully well with the laptop and this seamless use across devices is something most other companies have still not figured out.

However, while using the device as a large tablet with the S-Pen, I found it really hard to avoid false touches on the screen. So it is better to keep the screen in tent mode to use the S-Pen more effectively, but this does impact whatever is left of your handwriting.

Samsung Flow is a software in the laptop that connects seamlessly with your Galaxy smartphone and even mirrors the screen on the phone on the large display of the laptop (Image credit: Nandagopal Rajan / Indian Express)

Enter a multi-device world

This is where Samsung thinks it has an upper hand, especially in the Android ecosystem. And this is what had me most intrigued. I mentioned how the S-Pen works across devices now. But the integration Samsung is so proud of flow much deeper, quite literally.

Samsung Flow is a software in the laptop that connects seamlessly with your Galaxy smartphone and even mirrors the screen on the phone on the large display of the laptop. This means you can monitor and control your phone from the laptop without actually fiddling with the smaller device in the middle of work. I could see all the messages and other alerts as I was using the laptop and even navigates the mobile screen using the keyboard. This is very different from the original Samsung Dex integration and frankly much more intuitive for regular users. And clearly, since the first Asus smartphones came with a similar feature many years back, I have not seen anyone do this multi-device integration so well.

The S-Pen is so natural that often I felt it is better than pen on paper (Image credit: Nandagopal Rajan / Indian Express)

How powerful is Galaxy Book3 Pro 360?

With a device that promises so much, raw power has to be given. And that is exactly what the device offers thanks to a 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and 16GB of RAM. With the Ultrabook experience, especially one that has a touchscreen, a smooth flow is pivotal to user experience. And the Galaxy Book Pro 3 does that with ease, however, you are using it. From multiple tabs being open to using the S-Pen to sketch something on maybe the Photoshop app, the device can handle all the expectations of the users. The device also did not heat up in the few weeks I used it.

My only complaint though is that its six to eight hours of battery life seems a bit less for a device that I’m using in the times of Apple’s M series processors.

Should you buy the Galaxy Book3 Pro 360?

Yes, if you are looking for a versatile Windows device that goes with your other devices, especially from Samsung. This is the code of Samsung’s multi-device push for the future and the Galaxy Book3 showcases why Samsung has an edge in this space and is at least an S-Pen length ahead of the competition. And remember, the must-device capabilities are not limited to Samsung smartphones and can work with other brands as well as other Samsung appliances. At Rs 1,63,990 onwards, the Galaxy Book3 Pro 360 is a clear challenger to the MacBook Pro and one that comes with some different use cases and features.