Samsung N220 Series

Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch
Weight: 1.28kg, 1.3kg, 1.4kg
Price: 300, 350, 400, 419 euro
Average of 31 scores (from 39 reviews)
Samsung NP-N220-JA03DE
Specifications

Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch, 16:10, 1024 x 600 pixels
Weight: 1.28kg
Price: 419 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section NP-N220-JA03DE (Model)
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Average Score:
Softly spoken. This 10-inch Pine Trail netbook from Samsung turns out to be a solid all-rounder. Though not green as promised, its ergonomic design, battery life and keyboard are quick to impress. Surprisingly, its Duracase surfaces stayed very cool despite the fan making almost no sound at all. If you are looking for the latest technology in an uncompromisingly good netbook, this could be the one for you.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/07/2010
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 45% display: 85% mobility: 96% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 94%
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/07/2010
Rating: Total score: 89% performance: 45% display: 85% mobility: 96% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 94%
Source: Netzwelt

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/04/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 90%
Source: Netzwelt

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/04/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 90%
Samsung N220
Specifications

Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch, 16:9, 1024 x 600 pixels
Weight: 1.4kg
Price: 350 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Average Score:
Source: Tech Advisor

We like the Samsung N220's built-in 3G wireless broadband capabilities, but its impressive design will also win its fair share of fans, as will its excellent battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/19/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Good Gear Guide

The Samsung N220 is a 10.1in netbook with built in 3G mobile broadband access; it's the successor to the Samsung NC10. Sold directly through Optus and bundled with a wireless broadband connection, the N220 is well built, offering a comfortable keyboard and adequate performance for a netbook. We like the Samsung N220's built-in 3G wireless broadband capabilities, but its impressive design will also win its fair share of fans, as will its excellent battery life.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/16/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: APC Mag

Samsung's N220 is a new netbook being launched into Australia through Optus, with 3G broadband built-in. Overall, we found the N220 to be a more than suitable netbook, especially with its in-built 3G mobile broadband and the option of monthly pricing plans from carriers like Optus. We especially liked the comfortable keyboard and the responsiveness of the trackpad, as well as the whole build quality.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/08/2010
Rating: workmanship: 80%
Source: Digital Versus

Identical to the N210, the Samsung N220 outdoes previous Samsung models. It is one of the best netbooks on the market thanks to its battery life and excellent ease-of-use. A sure bet but the screen and audio could be of better quality. The NC10 only outdoes it in terms of pricing, for the rest it's beaten.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/23/2010
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Futurelooks

With all of the hullabaloo surrounding the new Pine Trail platform from Intel, I had high hopes for what the Samsung N220 netbook could offer over its predecessors and competitors. Ironically enough, it actually scored lower on benchmarks compared to Eee PCs powered by Atom N280 processors. That’s pretty disappointing for the N220 and possibly other Pine Trail equipped netbooks.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/21/2010
performance: 50%
Source: Mobile Computer

With the launch of its new ‘Pine Trail’ platform late last year, it became clear that Intel wasn’t interested in upping the performance of its Atom processors too much. Instead, these new chips simply offered improved power consumption at the same 1.6GHz (or thereabouts) clock speed, plus a smaller size for more compact portables — helped in part by the incorporation of the graphics controller into the processor package. The N220 is another excellent netbook from Samsung but new design aside, it doesn’t offer anything that can’t be found in cheaper models and it’s a pity that the new Atom N450 processor doesn’t offer better performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/12/2010
Rating: Total score: 83%
Source: Reg Hardware

Ever since Samsung released its first netbook in 2008 - it was the NC1005PE10 - it’s been churning out new models like there’s no tomorrow. And with the recent arrival of Intel’s second-gen Atom 'Pine Trail' platform, it’s no surprise Samsung has taken the opportunity to get some new netbooks to market. Samsung's netbook uses Intel's second-gen Atom processor to boost battery life.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/19/2010
Rating: Total score: 85%
Foreign Reviews
Samsung N220 PlusSource: Notebookinfo

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/04/2010
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 70% display: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 70%
Source: Stiftung Warentest - 8/10

Comparison, , Long, Date: 07/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 88% performance: 78% display: 85% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 98%
Source: c't - 14/10

Comparison, , Long, Date: 06/01/2010
Rating: performance: 35% display: 80% mobility: 90% emissions: 90%
Source: Com! - 6/10

Comparison, , Medium, Date: 05/01/2010
Rating: performance: 7% features: 60% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Mobile News - 3/10

Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: c't - 8/10

Comparison, , Long, Date: 04/01/2010
Rating: performance: 35% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 90%
Source: ZDNet

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/12/2010
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 70% features: 70% mobility: 90% ergonomy: 70%
Source: Tom's Hardware

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/08/2010
Rating: display: 50% workmanship: 60%
Source: Notebookinfo

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/05/2010
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 57% features: 76% display: 76% mobility: 84% workmanship: 78%
Source: PC Praxis - 4/10

Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 03/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 70%
Source: Netzwelt

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/24/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80%
Source: PC Welt

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/22/2010
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 59% features: 76% mobility: 89% ergonomy: 72%
Source: Notebookjournal

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/21/2010
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 30% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90%
Source: PC Praxis - 3/10

Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 80%
Source: PC World Italia

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/26/2010
Rating: Total score: 80%
Samsung N220-JA02
Specifications

Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch, 10:6, 1024 x 600 pixels
Weight: 1.3kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de - 5/10

Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 77% performance: 59% features: 71% display: 67% mobility: 91% ergonomy: 76%
Source: Retera

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/14/2010
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 21% display: 59% mobility: 96% emissions: 43%
Samsung N220 Plus
Specifications

Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch, 16:9, 1024 x 600 pixels
Weight: 1.4kg
Price: 300 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Notebooks für jeden ZweckSource: Connect

Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/30/2010
Source: Connect - 12/10

Comparison, , Medium, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 62% features: 68% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 82%
Source: PC Welt

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/08/2010
Rating: Total score: 77% performance: 59% display: 76% mobility: 80%
Source: PC Welt

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/08/2010
Rating: Total score: „45, performance 15, equipment 40, display 43, mobility 49” % price: 45% performance: 15% features: 40% display: 43% mobility: 49%
Source: 01Net

Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/15/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%
Samsung N220-JP01NL
Specifications

Processor: Intel Atom N450
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.10 inch, 16:9, 1024 x 600 pixels
Weight: 1.3kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Average Score:
Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de - 11/10

Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 76% performance: 56% features: 68% display: 69% mobility: 93% ergonomy: 76%
Source: PCM

Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/28/2010
Rating: Total score: 90%
Comment
Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.
In 2015 and 2016, Samsung had a market share of around 24-25% in the global smartphone market and was undisputed market leader. In the laptop sector, Samsung is on the 8th place in the global manufacturer rankings from 2014-2016 with 1.7-2.7%.
In 2016 Samsung slipped into a crisis due to exploding smartphone batteries and a failed recall action.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
N450:
Intel Atom CPU for Netbooks with integrated memory controller and GMA 3150 GPU. The performance of the system should be only minimally faster than the previous Atom N280 / GMA 950 combination.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.28 kg:
In former time,s this weight was typical for big tablets, small subnotebooks, ultrabooks and convertibles with a 10-11 inch display-diagonal. Nowadays, often 15 inch laptops weigh as much.
1.4 kg:
82.16%: This rating should be considered to be average. This is because the proportion of notebooks which have a higher rating is approximately equal to the proportion which have a lower rating.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.