Best Chromebooks 2020 – Reviews & Buyer’s Guide

ASUS Chromebook C302 is an ultimate Chromebook with all the good things in it. Intel Core processor makes sure that things work smoothly as required while it’s 4 Gigs of RAM boosts the startup and performance to a great extent.

Powered with a 64 Gigs of solid state drive helps to boost both speed and performance to the next level. And boots in a few seconds of pressing the power button.

The powerful and long-lasting battery allows you can stream videos and work for up to 10 hours in a day with just a single charge.

While the flexible 360 degrees hinge enables you to transform it into a Laptop, Tablet, or in Tent mode as needed.

The Flip C302 comes with the compatibility of running apps both from Play Store and Chrome Web Store. Install the applications without any storage limits and work seamlessly.

Interact with your device not only with the traditional way, use the touchscreen to increase your interaction with your device to the fullest potential.

A simple, Sleek and lightweight design looks very professional that has been achieved with the pure aluminium body. The ultimate corning of Gorilla Glass on display protects it from scratches. In short, the design of this Chromebook makes it stand out of the crowd.

Carry your Chromebook on the way as it features a very light weight of 1.2 KGs that is nothing for such a great device.

A 12.5 inches Full HD displays powers the AUS C302 and guarantee for an anti-glare panel with less reflection so that you can share it with a group of the people even in bright environments. While the touchscreen allows you the interact with the machine very quickly.

Acer R11’s 360 rotating hinge, its long lasting and the low price (as compared to other machines of this level) are those few features due to which it has been listed on the 2nd position on our list of 10 best Chromebooks.

While when talked about the design it is also attractive but a bit thicker as compared to the other latest models. However, you will love it’s 360-degree flip features which allows you to convert it into a tablet as it also allows to install and run Android applications.

R11 comes with a full HD display of 1366×768 pixels that can display each and every single dot very clearly.

4GB RAM and 1.6 GHz process powers this machine and makes sure you get most out of your device, the best thing is you will never experience any hang issues, as it is a Chromebook so 4GB RAM with the 1.6GHz process is enough.

Moreover, to boost the performance of Acer’s R11, it is backed with a 32GB of SSD which confirms a fast boot within 5 seconds.

Last but not least, Acer Chromebook R11 gets power from a 3-Cell Li-Ion Battery of 3220 mAh and last for up to 10 hours.

Samsung has been dominating the market in all the technology related stuff, no matter, whether you are going to purchase a Laptop, A Tablet or a Smartphone, you can go for Samsung devices blindly.

Samsung Chromebook 3 is one of the finest device manufactured by Samsung Inc.

The lightweight, stylish and ultra slim design is the main feature of this Chromebook. You can carry it with you at any place. The water resistance keyboard helps to protect it from getting damaged in case of falling water on it. The stylish texture makes sure it feels great in your hands and you love to carry it.

Long lasting battery life that can stay up for up to 11 hours enables you to use it all day long at any place without getting worried about picking its charger with you.

4 gigs of RAM with Intel processor power it up to keep doing all of your tasks smoothly.

The multiple physical keyboard shortcuts help you to perform a lot of actions quickly. Such as screen adjustment and a few other tasks with a combination of other keys.

While one thing that I would like to add about the keyboard is it is soft, easy to use, and lovely if you are a person who types very often then you are going to fall in love with the nice keyword of Samsung Chromebook 3.

All the Chromebooks that comes in the market has a screen size of up to 12 or 13 inches, but Acer is the first company who manufactured a 15.6 inches full HD Display for Chromebooks.

It is a beast when talked about the screen size and would be a perfect pick for anyone who wants to do both work and enjoyment.

Acer’s Chromebook 15 comes with a simple design that is lightweight, simple and feels much better. On top of the screen, you will find your HD camera with a microphone on its left side. That allows you to make video calls.

In addition to the largest screen, Acer’s Chromebook 15 is equipped with a very powerful processor based on Broadwell micro-architecture. The 4 Gigs of RAM helps to boost the performance to another next level. While the addition of an SSD, instead, of traditional HDD, helps you to boot the whole system in maximum 7 seconds.

For internet geeks, it comes with the latest wireless connectivity technology 802.11ac that features MIMO and helps you to connect with 802.11ac based networks with over three times faster connectivity rate, making sure you get connected very fast and can browser smoothly.

All the Best Chromebooks of 2020 are having a long battery life, so the Acer Chromebook 15 also do. It has a 4-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery of 3220 mAh that can easily last up to 9 hours. Which means you can work and entertain yourself all the time with a single charge.

The Chromebook 15 comes with a slim, easy to grip, and a beautiful design that can be picked up on the go. And it looks beautiful both on your hands and at the table. The design speaks itself.

While the anti-glare screen helps you to work on it without affecting your eyes even after long use.

The large touchpad helps you to interact with your machine with ease and it’s super sensitive which can detect whether you are going to make a click or want to move the cursor.

There are no doubts that Samsung is the beast when talked about digital devices like Laptops, Chromebooks, Tablets & Phones. And the Samsung Convertible Chromebook Plus is one of the best Chromebooks with a bunch of great features.

Whatever you want to do the Samsung Convertible Chromebook Plus is the best option as it features a full HD display (its resolution is 2400×1600 pixels) with a 360-degree rotations option, compatibility of Google Play Store allows you to use the same apps as on your Android, wanna draw something – Samsung has got you covered – use highly personalized stylus to get things done. To do all these great things you have got a 4GB memory backed up with a 32GB of SSD storage that can store all of your things.

Samsung Convertible Chromebook Plus is one of my favourite devices when it comes to the design, durability, and shape. The design is adorable and looks pretty advanced. You can compare its design with any advance Chromebook of 2020.

Its super flexible screen makes it highly portable so that you can convert it into a normal Android device to play your favourite games or do the routine work.

The addition of the Stylus is just love, you can use the pen for doodling, taking and editing screenshots, drawing on the screen or for unlocking your device.

As mentioned above, the screen resolution is 2400×1600 pixels that mean you will get full detailed images and web pages.

Samsung Convertible Chromebook Plus is powered by a Samsung processor of 2 GHz and has a 32 GB of a solid-state drive with a 4GB of RAM. So, when talked about the performance, it is unbeatable and will never show any bugs or hanging issues.

Samsung Chromebook Pro is just the upgraded version of the previous Chromebook we just discussed above.

It has almost all the same feature of the Samsung Chromebook Plus the only big difference is the processor. The processor of the Plus version has been manufactured by the Samsung itself, while the Pro versions are by the Intel.

However, the other specifications like Display screen, weight, design, stylus, material are almost the same.

One other difference between the Plus and the Pro variant is the quality of the materials that are used in the manufacturing. Plus version had some display issues that a lot of users were reporting while the Pro version doesn’t have any display issues.

Samsung Chromebook Pro comes only in the black colour which is even more beautiful and stylish than the default white the Plus variant.

If you are a die heart fan of Google (like me) then don’t read further because it is the best Chromebook to buy in 2020.

As I described in the heading, the Google Pixelbook is one of the most expensive Chromebook and it is really worth it.

It comes with an 8 GB of RAM that is the highest amount of the RAM memory that any Chromebook mentioned above had. While the processor that is integrated into this device is an Intel 3.3 GHz process. And a solid state drive of 128GB is also integrated with it that can store all of your images and videos or anything you want.

Moreover, Google Pixelbook comes with one of the latest processors of Intel called, “Intel i5”. And this is the first Chromebooks so far that I have seen with an i5 (7th generation) processor.

Let’s talk about the other features and specifications of this Chromebook.

Google Pixelbook is also one of the first Chromebooks that have Google Assistance builtin by default if you have ever used the Google Assistance on your Android device then you are going to love it. To access the Assistance you have a dedicated button on the keyboard – press it – and say “Okay Google” and start using the Google Assitance right away.

The design of this Chromebooks speaks itself, it’s simple, attractive, charming, elegant and looks just awesome. And the 10.3mm super-thin unibody feels very good when picked in hands. Moreover, you can convert your Pixelbook into a tablet, tent or laptop due to its 360-degree rotatable screen.

For the ultimate protection of your device, it has a strong metallic body with the Corning of the Gorilla glass. While if you happen to work in dim light then Google has got you covered and has provided a Backlit Keyboard.

The Pixelbook is also highly portable, for maximum portability it has a powerful battery that can last for up to 10 hours with a single charge. While if the battery is running low and you got a got, recharge it for just 15 minutes to get a chargeback of up to 2 hours.

Google Play store is one of the most demanded features of the Chromebooks. And Pixelbook also features the capability of running Android applications. You can install Games/App from Play Store and can use them either in laptop mode or in tablet mode.

Booting time is one of the most considered factors for any Chromebook and the Pixelbook boots in under 10 seconds and stays as fast as it was on the first boot all day.

Moreover, if you Pixelbook also gives you the surety to keep your device updated with the latest version of the Chrome OS so that you can get each and every new feature that rolls out.

Add-on facility of the Pixelbook Pen makes it even more flexible if you wanna draw something on the screen then purchase the Pixelbook Pen to get most out of your device.

ASUS Chromebook Flip C101 is a powerful device in reasonable price. It comes with the compatibility of the Google Play Store that allows you to run Android Games/Apps with ease. Unlike the other latest Chromebooks of 2020 Flip C101 comes with the 360-degree hinge that can help you to turn your Chromebook in 4 different styles.

The lightweight and super thin body allow you to pick the Asus Flip C101 with ease and bring it with you at any place, furthermore, the 9 hours of battery timing helps you to get rid of charging slots.

The display of the ASUS Flip C101 has some awesome features like the wide-angle view that helps you to see the screen from any angle in any mode. While the multi-touch screen enables you to play and work at the same time and enhances your experience with the Chrome OS.

The body of ASUS is made with the fine quality aluminium that is stronger, durable, resistant and is much more sleeker than any traditional plastic.

To stay connected with all the other devices, you have got one USB type-A port while two USB type C ports for charging and data transfer etc. It does have a dedicated micro SD card that helps you to connect your card directly to your device.

For the ultimate performance, ASUS has included a Rockchip RK3399 processor that powers the device with the help of dual-core Cortex-A72 and quad-core Cortex-A53 with a separate NEON coprocessor. These processors help you to run apps both from Chrome Web Store and Android App Store, natively, smoothly and efficiently.

Previously I had written about the Acer Chromebook R11 and R11 is really an awesome machine that can serve the students in all ways.

The price of R11 is around $300 and if you can’t afford the R11 and wish a Chromebook, even more, cheaper than the R11 then Dell Chromebook 11 is going to be the best suit for you.

Dell Chromebook 11 has an 11.6 inches of HD screen with screen resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, while an Intel processor of 2.1 GHz powers it up along with 4 gigs of RAM. For the faster boot, it has got a 16GB of SSD that can help you to boot this device in under 8 seconds. Moreover, the battery timing can easily last up to 10 hours.

The design of this Chromebook is simple, being a cheaper model, it doesn’t look much fancy. And is not the latest design of 2020 in any respect, but still, it can compete with other models of this price.

The quality of the external material that is used is much durable and sturdy and has been tested for durability, pressure, temperature, humidity, shock and vibration, so it can handle student life.

If you plan to keep this Chromebook in your backpack then you can put it there and as it has a rubberized outer part which can absorb the jerks and shocks.

Unlike other Chromebooks, this device doesn’t support a 360-degree hinge, instead, it has a 180-degree hinge that you can use to adjust the screen for group studies or for best adjustments according to your needs.

Dell Chromebook 11 comes with two different types, one is the touchscreen which will cost you an extra $100 while the other is a simple non-touch screen that costs less than $200.

HP has earned a very good reputation in the market of the Laptops and now they are earning very good reputation in the Chromebooks.

HP Chromebook 14 is one of the best Chromebooks from HP. It comes with 4 GB of onboard DDR3 RAM, Intel Celeron Dual-Core Processor of 2.16 GHz, an anti-glare wide screen of 14 inches with a super-resolution of 1366 x 768.

The design of this Chromebook is similar to the previous Laptop models of HP Elitebook 840 series and looks very modern and fancy.

The body is made of pure and high-quality plastic-type material that may get scratches on it but it is solid and can bear shocks and jerks.

The battery life of HP Chromebook 11 is up to 8 hours that is the lowest of this list. But the battery is very reliable as you can use it all day long without worrying about the charing. Unlike most of the Laptops and Chromebooks, it doesn’t lose it battery timing over time.

Intel-based processor helps to boot it under 10 seconds and a 4 GB of RAM sticks confirms a smooth use after the boot.