Samsung Series 4 Series

Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge), Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, NVIDIA NVS 4200M
Display: 12.50 inch, 14.00 inch, 15.60 inch
Weight: 1.74kg, 1.8kg, 1.807kg, 2.2kg, 2.3kg, 2.5kg, 2.55kg, 2.6kg
Price: 800, 900, 949, 1000, 1100, 1200, 3330 euro
Average of 16 scores (from 19 reviews)
Samsung 400B5B-H01
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2410M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 4200M 1024 MB
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.55kg
Price: 949 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Communicative. Samsung introduces a new series of business laptops: the Series 4. The 400B5B is part of the new line-up and offers an anti-glare, high-resolution 15.6 inch display, two USB 3.0 interfaces, and an integrated 3G module. The Korean manufacturer offers the model for 950 Euros.
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookinfo

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 85% display: 85% mobility: 75% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 85%
Source: Notebookinfo

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/11/2011
Rating: Total score: 86% performance: 85% display: 85% mobility: 75% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 85%
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2011
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 80% display: 70% mobility: 82% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 85%
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/17/2011
Rating: Total score: 84% performance: 80% display: 70% mobility: 82% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 85%
Source: Netzwelt

good mobile business laptop
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/03/2011
Source: Netzwelt

good mobile business laptop
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/03/2011
Samsung 400B5B-PS2
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2520M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 4200M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Retera

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/24/2011
Rating: Total score: 67% performance: 72% display: 36% mobility: 57% emissions: 31%
Samsung 400B5B-S02
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2410M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 4200M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1600 x 900 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Techno Zoom

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/08/2012
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Source: Hi-Tech Mail

cheap, matte display but heavy and with lacks of workmanship
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/18/2011
Samsung 400B2B-H01PL
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2410M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 12.50 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.807kg
Price: 3330 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Benchmark.pl

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/14/2013
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 50% display: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 90%
Samsung 410B2B
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 12.50 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.74kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Compact and quick? The smallest model in the Samsung Series 4 is equipped with a 12.5 inch matte display, and is powered by an Intel Core i5 2520M dual-core processor with a clock speed of 2.5 GHz. A UMTS module is also included. Is this notebook able to stand out from the competition due to its special features, or will it blend in with the mass of other notebooks on the market?
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/08/2012
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 76% display: 69% mobility: 87% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 84%
Source: Notebookcheck

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/08/2012
Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 76% display: 69% mobility: 87% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 92% emissions: 84%
Samsung 400B4B-S01DE
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i3 2310M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA NVS 4200M
Display: 14.00 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.2kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section 400B4B-S01DE (Model)
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookjournal

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/11/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 70% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 50%
Samsung 400B5B-A06UK
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2450M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Techno Zoom

Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/08/2012
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 80%
Samsung 410B2B-HZ1
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2520M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 12.50 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 1.8kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section 410B2B-HZ1 (Model)
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookjournal

Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/28/2012
Rating: performance: 70% features: 40% display: 30% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 30%
Samsung 400B2B-A04UK
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 2450M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
Display: 12.50 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.3kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: NotebookTV.hu

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/01/2012
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Wikitech

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/07/2012
Rating: Total score: 90%
Samsung 400B5C-H02DE
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 3210M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section 400B5C-H02DE (Model)
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Reviews
The alternative? If you are looking for a business notebook, Samsung is not the first name you would think of. This should change with the 400B5C. Is this 15-inch model, with its built-in UMTS, precise workmanship and various safety features, the new ThinkPad killer?
Samsung 400B5C-A04DE
Specifications

Processor: Intel Core i5 3210M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: Samsung notebook section 400B5C-A04DE (Model)
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de

Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/03/2013
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 96% features: 69% display: 61% mobility: 77% ergonomy: 95%
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Samsung: Samsung Group is the largest South Korean conglomerate and was founded in 1938. Samsung Group employed 489,000 people in 2014 and is one of the world's largest companies in terms of revenue and market strength. The name Samsung means "Three Stars" in Korean and represents the three sons of the company's founder. The company was founded in 1938 as a grocery store. With its subsidiary Samsung Electronics, founded in 1969, Samsung took up the production of electrotechnical items, focusing on consumer electronics and household appliances at an early stage. Other branches in which the large corporation is active include mechanical engineering, automobiles (Hyundai), insurance, wholesale, real estate and leisure. Samsung manufactures a wide range of electronic products, including smartphones, televisions, home appliances and semiconductors. The company's Galaxy line of smartphones is one of the most popular in the world. Samsung is also a major player in the semiconductor industry, making memory chips and processors for many other electronics manufacturers.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
NVIDIA NVS 4200M: Business Graphics card that is based on the GeForce GT 520M with special BIOS and drivers for business applications. The clock speeds however can in theory slightly surpass the GT 520M, in the Latitude 6420 however they are at a level of the GT 520M.
Intel HD Graphics 4000: Processor graphics card in the high end Ivy Bridge models. Offers a different clock speed in the different CPU models (ULV to desktop quad core) and therefore a different performance.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge): Processor graphics card which is integrated in the Sandy Bridge Pentium and Celeron processors. Similar to the desktop HD Graphics 2000 and not related to the old Arrandale processor graphics with the same name.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core i5:
2410M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.3 GHz (Turbo Boost 2.6-2.9 GHz) and the GPU at 650 (1200 MHz Turbo).
2520M: Dual-core Sandy Bridge processor with integrated graphics and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.
2450M: Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.5 GHz (Turbo Boost 2.8-3.1 GHz) and the GPU at 650 (1300 MHz Turbo).
3210M: Fast Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, includes HD 4000 GPU, core clock 2.5 - 3.1 GHz
Intel Core i3:
2310M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.1 GHz and features the Turbo Boost 2.0 only for the graphics card (650/1100MHz).
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
14.00:
14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact.
In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
1.74 kg:
2.6 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
83.25%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.