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Samsung Chromebook Pro Launches Early With Unexpected Price: **UPDATED, Price Fixed**

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by Gabriel Brangers
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Well, we are a few hours early, but it looks like the Samsung Chromebook Pro has gone up for pre-sale on Amazon. Not surprising as it is not unusual to see highly-anticipated devices show up days, if not weeks before their official launch.

What is surprising is the price. Samsung’s official statement earlier this week confirmed what we already knew; that the Pro would be priced at $549.99. However, shortly after going live, the Amazon listing jumped to $599.

**SEE UPDATE BELOW**

This listing is sold and shipped by Amazon so it’s possible that the giant online mall is just looking to take advantage of some early sales. We have checked the other online retailers that will be selling the Pro and none of them, including Samsung, are selling the device currently.

Either way, the Samsung Chromebook Pro is now available for pre-order and we should see more listings popping up in the next 24 hours. If you’re ready, you can secure yours now at the link below.

Pre-Order The Samsung Chromebook Pro On Amazon

UPDATE

In an unsurprising move, Amazon has adjusted the price back down to the earlier-assumed price of $549. Why the listing began $50 more is still a bit of a mystery to us. We will reach out to Amazon to attempt and clarify, but we may never get an official word.

Another interesting piece of info is availability. Though B&H has a listing up for the device, there is no availability and no date given for expected stock to arrive. Now that Amazon has corrected their listing, it is safe to say Amazon is the go-to for those of you looking to get your hands on one sooner than later.

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  • CDW has it in stock for $569

    • Nevermind! It now says “call for availability” and shipping is not free. Grr.

  • wade j

    Amazon’s listing now says 599, slashed down to 549. This whole thing gets wierder as it goes.

  • Ok, Amazon has now dropped the price back down to USD 549 AND re-allowed international shipping.

    Whiplash aside, at least we can’t say this semi-botched release hasn’t been uneventful.

    • Edit. That didn’t last long.

      Amazon has changed it once again back to “this item is not eligible for international shipping.”

  • 32gb only makes YouTube Red a lot less useful. Despite being the exact version number you can not save to an external SD card like you can using the same app version on a phone. This means I’ll go with the 64gb chromebooks.

  • Wait!
    You can save videos with Youtube Red in a Chromebook?

    • I’m guessing it is using the youtube android app.

  • Amazon says does not ship to Australia… that’s a shame

  • I preordered from Amazon late in the day on May 14 and still don’t have an estimated ship date. I would expect it to go out on Tuesday, May 30, but who knows. Anyone else have a ship date yet?

    • By the way, at the time I ordered they had the expected availability at May 28, which my calendar tells me is today.

  • Nasr Anaizi

    I am going to wait for consumer reviews and any problems that might appear once the device is used by a large number of people. I have learned my lesson from the GN7 experience. I want hear how well Android apps work on it.

  • Jason

    Anywhere else to buy that isn’t Amazon?

    • I ordered from B&H Photo and just got an update a few minutes ago, that they have confirmed shipment for my order on 6/5. Pretty good for a retailer that Samsung doesn’t even list in their press release. J

      • Byron Kuhn

        You get it? Ship on 6/5?

  • Brett

    Amazon flexes prices almost daily on products based on demand. I swear I will look at an item, come back a day later and the price is higher simply because it was in my browsing history.

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