The Freestyle Plus all-in-one moveable projector options 430 ISO Lumens, or “almost twice the brightness of the earlier technology,” according to Samsung. Nice! But in addition slightly unusual since each the unique and second technology Freestyle projectors listed “550 lumens” on their respective spec sheets.
See, projector makers are infamous for taking part in quick and unfastened with the lumen spec. A lot in order that Epson has been on a authorized rampage over the previous couple of years. In consequence, corporations like Anker, Yaber, AAXA, Xgimi, AWOL vision… even Dr. J have all been compelled to restate brightness measurements in trade customary ISO Lumens. That’s good as a result of having a constant lumen spec makes it simpler to foretell how the projected picture will maintain as much as ambient mild that desires to scrub out the viewing expertise.
The Freestyle Plus nonetheless appears to be like and acts very very similar to the unique 1080p Freestyle projector that launched in 2022, sustaining its rotating barrel design, built-in speaker, and talent to stream your favourite providers over Wi-Fi. Now it comes with all the automated adaptation options widespread to fashionable portables, together with keystone correction, focus, display screen match, and a capability to calibrate the picture based mostly upon the colour and patterns of partitions and ceilings. It nonetheless lacks a battery, nonetheless, though it may be paired with some energy banks to maximise portability.
Samsung isn’t offering any detailed specs, a preorder date, and even pricing forward of the massive CES present. We discovered the unique to be severely overpriced at $899, and that was in a pre-Trump-tariff world.