Samsung Notebook 9 Pen Gets Customizable Stylus

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Samsung is refreshing the Notebook 9 Pen 2-in-1 laptop with two sizes, 8th generation Intel Core processors and an S Pen stylus with a replaceable tip. Today's announcement gets news about the notebook out ahead of the CES technology trade show in Las Vegas in January, but no price or release date were revealed other than a vague 2019 U.S. release.

The laptop comes with an aluminum chassis (which should be a step up from its custom magnesium-aluminum alloy, Metal12) in a new ocean blue color. Hopefully, this will resolve the issues I found the previous model to have: looking and feeling cheap.

The S Pen, meanwhile, is back and now in yellow, just like on the Galaxy Note 9 smartphone. It slips into a port on the laptop and never needs to be charged. The new S Pen comes with three different tips with to change how it feels to draw or write. There should also be far less latency than before.

Samsung Notebook 9 Pen Specs

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Row 0 - Cell 0 Samsung Notebook 9 Pen 13-inchSamsung Notebook 9 Pen 15-inch
CPUIntel 8th gen Core i7Intel 8th gen Core i7
RAMTBD, LPDDR3TBD, LPDDR3
StorageTBD, PCIe-NVME SSDTBD, PCIe-NVME SSD
GPUIntegratedNvidia GeForce MX150 (2GB)
StylusS Pen with replaceable tipsS Pen with replaceable tips
Display1920x1080, 13.3 inches1920x1080, 15 inches
Ports2x Thunderbolt 3USB Type-C headphone jackmicroSD card slot2x Thunderbolt 3USB Type-C headphone jackmicroSD card slot
Battery54Wh54Wh
Dimensions12.1 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches (307.9 X 206.2 X 15.9 mm)13.7 x 9 x 0.7 inches (347.9 X 229.1 X 16.9 mm)
Weight2.5 pounds (1.1 kg)3.4 pounds (1.5 kg)

We’re still waiting on information about the specs, though. Both the 13-inch and 15-inch versions will use 8th gen Intel Core i7 processors, but the vendor has not yet specified which. The RAM is LPDDR3, but Samsung hasn’t shared how much there will be. Same for storage, where we’re waiting on how big the PCIe-NVMe SSD will be.

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Both will have FHD resolution (1920x1080) displays, and the larger 15-inch model will have discrete Nvidia GeForce MX150 (2GB) graphics. Additionally, both laptops will come with facial recognition and fingerprint login with Windows Hello.

We hope to learn more about Samsung’s latest laptop play soon, hopefully before or at the CES trade show in Las Vegas. 

Andrew E. Freedman

Andrew E. Freedman is a senior editor at Tom's Hardware focusing on laptops, desktops and gaming. He also keeps up with the latest news. A lover of all things gaming and tech, his previous work has shown up in Tom's Guide, Laptop Mag, Kotaku, PCMag and Complex, among others. Follow him on Threads @FreedmanAE and Mastodon @FreedmanAE.mastodon.social.