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Review on πŸ’» Renewed Samsung Chromebook Plus V2 - 2-in-1, 4GB RAM, 64GB eMMC - 13MP Camera - Chrome OS - Light Titan (XE520QAB-K03US) by Brian West

Revainrating 2 out of 5

One app on one device

Disappointed. I was tired of lugging around a big, heavy laptop with crappy battery life while I was 90% surfing the web and interacting with Google apps. So I figured since my phone is great at browsing and streaming, how bad can a Chromebook do the same? The interface is difficult to make productive; not easy to organize your applications. But the most annoying thing is that he doesn't respond at all; I often have to click an icon multiple times for it to work, and apps often freeze and crash. I know it only has 4GB of RAM and a browser with 20 tabs open eats it all up. But these issues still occur, not that often when I'm just running one application. But really, why only 4GB when most phones now have 6 or 8 as standard? Another thing I find really annoying is that there is no sleep mode, only a sleep mode that silently consumes at least 10% of the battery every day. AWAY. All apps, windows and tabs you were last working on will close/disappear the next time you turn them on, connected of course because the battery is dead. performance killer! I would have returned it if the return window hadn't expired during the long trip I've taken out of state, relying on it as my main computer; big mistake. But it's still useful, it's just not the big version of my phone that I wanted.

Pros
  • Laptops
Cons
  • Expensive