While other companies have been doing their best to release devices that are lighter and slimmer, HP has done the opposite. The HP Spectre x360 has always been a respected line of convertible laptops, renowned for their design and performance. The 2017 edition of the Spectre x360 that was unveiled at CES is slightly fatter and heavier, thanks in part to the larger battery.
Yes, it seems the wish we wanted has come true. Companies are giving us more battery life at the cost of some extra weight, which we don’t really mind. Unfortunately, it only gives the new HP Spectre x360 a battery life of upto 12 hours and 45 minutes, which is close to the same battery life of last year’s Spectre. The reason for no extra battery life is due to the display.
The new HP Spectre x360 comes with a beautiful, 15.6-inch, 4K touchscreen as well as a dedicated GeForce 940MX graphics card, placing it firmly ahead of the 13-inch version. As a result of having a more vivid viewing experience, you lose out on some battery life to power all those 8 million pixels.
Thankfully, in an age where companies are removing ports from laptops (even HP did it for a previous version of the Spectre), HP is staying true to our I/O needs. Users will get an HDMI port, a card reader alongside one each of Thunderbolt 3, USB-C and conventional USB.
On the performance end, the 15.6-inch Spectre comes with the same low-voltage 2.7GHz Core i7 processor and speedy 256GB solid-state drive as its smaller sibling, but you’ll get an additional 16GB of RAM as opposed to 8GB.
You can preorder the HP Spectre x360 today at both HP’s website and Best Buy; however the shipping date and configuration depends on your region. Current prices put it at $1,500 with an expected price on HP for next month dropping to $1,280.
