Samsung Series 5 Ultrabooks Up for Pre-ordering

Bangalore: Samsung launched its Series 5 Ultrabooks in Korea a month ago and is planning to enter the world market after CES 2012 where Samsung will be showcasing these new breed of laptops which are designed according to Intel’s specifications. U.S. market will be the first one to have these ultrabooks as the online shopping portal J&R showed the pre-order option on Wednesday which was taken back from the website after a short while.

According to PCWorld “the laptops were probably taken down because there’s no estimated arrival date for the laptops. J&R has ordered 50 of each model, but Samsung hasn’t provided a delivery date yet”.   Even if it’s not clear when these thin, light weight and speedy devices will be available, but their price has become quite evident.  The 13.3 inch model will be available for $899.99 and the 14inch model for $949.99. In India the price of these ultrabooks is estimated to be around 55000 to 60000 and its availability is not confirmed yet.

Both the variants of this ultrabook have similar specifications; dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M processors, 4GB of DDR3 memory, 500GB hard disk/16GB SSD hybrid drive, 1366 x 768 resolution, integrated Intel graphics, WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI output, a 4-in-1 card slot, two USB 2.0 ports. The 14inch gets an optical drive while 13inch gets a USB 3.0 instead.

Other players in the industry like Toshiba, Asus, HP, Acer and Lenovo will give a tuff competition to Samsung with their upcoming models of ultrabooks like Toshiba’s Portege Z830, Asus’s UX31, HP’s Folio, Acer’s Aspire S3, and Lenovo’s IdeaPad respectively.  Apple is also coming up with its new model of Macbook Air which will make the competition more killing.