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so hey guys this is Michi welcome back to another heart next review so as tablets laptops and other portable devices saturate the market it becomes clear that too much choice is sometimes overwhelming so in the past six months we've seen this merge between your conventional tablets and conventional laptops to complement this desire for a touch interface with this form factor that we're so used to so today we're looking at the series 5 Ultrabook from Samsung it's light it portable it's compact and it's also touch now the series 5 is priced around $1,100 so it's not your most budget-friendly product but considering this is an ultrabook it is priced competitively based on what's out there on the market so the Ola loom instruction feels extremely sturdy there's absolutely no flex in the frame and you'll definitely appreciate the craftsmanship on this laptop so the samsung series 5 is not your lightest giving the block waiting about 3.8 pounds but it is definitely thinner and lighter than your conventional laptops and apparently it's also thinner than my phone that's embarrassing so the samsung series 5 comes in gray which is an excellent color because it actually conceals all your fingerprints on this aluminum casing now on the left side is the power plug ethernet port USB 3 full size HDMI port combined audio jack and a VGA port on the other side two more USB ports and SD card slot so the samsung series 5 is not a weak link nor is it a desktop replacement it does feature a third gen dual core i5 a gigs of RAM and 128 gigabyte SSD now it does provide a good balance between performance and battery life which is exactly what we want to see in an ultrabook now this isn't a gaming laptop so don't be expecting miracles out of the HD 4000 graphics card but hey I know for 1080p playback for video and desktop experience is pretty flawless now we also have a tube remote enabled for the CPU where it is only allowed for high performance mode while it is plugged in for charging which boosts your CPU from 1.7 to 2.6 gigahertz so you get a nice little boost for all your multitasking and things like that so the Ultrabook is actually very silent even at high performance mode you practically don't hear anything coming out of this which is an excellent thing now our ultrabook came with 94 gigabyte SSD now we know that the real drive capacity is always going to be lower than advertised so the advertiser is 128 so where did 30 gigabytes go no user is going to be happy about losing 30 gigabytes just like that considering Windows 8 takes up 20% of the drive capacity that's included with the Ultrabook now what differentiates this series 5 Ultrabook is the fact that you can replace your SSD and memory without voiding your warranty it's super easy to do as well simple screw lift up the cover and you're good to go now given the SanDisk SSD that arrives here is slightly lower capacity and perhaps not as fast as you'd like giving us this option for upgrade ability in the future is an excellent excellent choice so now notice there's not much exhaust for this Ultrabook the only exhaust is at the bottom here which is good will keep you warm during winter but during the summer it's not a very good idea here and this being on your lap it will get quite warm now because the laptop gets quite warm you have to think of creative ways of holding the laptop so one of them is you know like this exercising your fingers or the other one you know going for the typical touch screen experience now all your LED indicators are located here at the front notice there is no caps lock indicator so you'll definitely be frustrated in case you cannot login into anything and get blocked out of your bank account because you cannot remember or cannot type in the correct password so this is a major drawback for for them to exclude such minor detail now notice when we open the Ultrabook first thing you see is a very tiny bezel which is excellent to see on a small form-factor like this it's also touchscreen and the resolution isn't all is a bit on the low end but the 1080p ultrabooks go for quite a bit more cache we also have a 1.3 megapixel camera up above here and this is a very much touchscreen display supports 10 fingers simultaneously and it has a nice touch feel so there's no stuttering even if you have slightly fingers when comes to viewing angles the screen holds up pretty strong throughout the entire range it's only when you look at from the bottom the contrast drops significantly so you can't see much but looking at from above and from the sides it is actually a really good screen now the Dutch interface for the most part works really well it's actually a pretty interesting experience having your trackpad and the touch screen as well to complement your work while you're go about your business on the desktop for example closing windows moving the windows around clicking on apps is extremely easy however we did experience unresponsive touch screen after wakeup and that's completely unacceptable for a product this caliber now complementing this touch interface is the trackpad we have physical left and right clicks a very smooth cursor navigation however the only thing that we really don't like about trackpad is that Windows eight fingers gestures so like two fingers scrolling revealing the clock never works but luckily we have a touch screen for that now of course because it is touchscreen you will have to clean the screen multiple times because finger prints and will get dirty now when it comes to the keyboard the series 5 features an impressive set of keys first they have very responsive bounce they have really tactile feedback as well and they actually feel a little bit mechanical the only downside to this keyboard is that there's no backlight so it makes working in darker environments really difficult so the samsung series 5 comes with a pretty impressive set of speakers these are 4 watt speakers stereo the speaker is located right underneath the screen so audio projection is good none of that stuff at the bottom which muffles the sound once it's on your lap they are a little flat though from the very beginning from the default but don't be afraid to play around with the equalizer to boost up your settings and to improve your audio quality and what comes to battery life we're able to get about 5 and a half hours of battery life for regular browsing this is a balanced mode at full brightness with only 2 to 3 hours during generic benchmarks some performance wise running 3dmark PC mark are quite low as the series 5 does not have a dedicated GPU but yet again this is not gaming Ultrabook but designed for portable productivity and multi so the series 5 is a very compact system with a solid build quality where touch interface complements the overall user experience with an excellent keyboard and trackpad the ability to swap the SSD and RAM without voiding your warranty and a decent battery life that makes the series v worthy of a consideration however unresponsive touchscreen issues with the trackpad gestures missing caps lock indicator no backlight for the keyboard and for exhaust placement make the series v a bit of a disappointment just too many small things that add up that make you question the price and perhaps make you look elsewhere so thanks guys for watching our review of the samsung series 5 please don't forget to subscribe let us know what you think of this ultra book in the comments down below well if you have to like this video and we'll see you in the next you