![]() The Spectre x360 14 has a tapered body to create the illusion of it being thinner than it actually is. But at least it supports Windows Hello logins. Above the display is a 720p webcam, which, like most other notebooks, is fairly hopeless. But even with these shortcomings, this is an excellent display. My only gripes are the rather thick bezels above and below the display, and that the display doesn’t seem to get quite as bright as the brightest notebook screens. Really, it’s hard to go back to a notebook with a conventional LCD once you experienced one with an OLED display. There’s outstanding contrast and, predictably, blacks are a real highlight. The colours look vivid and life-like too. ![]() It’s high-resolution so images and text look super sharp. The unit I received for testing came with the OLED display.Īs you’d expect, the display looks fantastic. Regardless of which display you pick, it’s protected by anti-reflective Corning Gorilla Glass NBT. I like this aspect ratio for work because it lets me see more a document. Display enthusiasts will no doubt notice that means the Spectre x360 14 has a 3:2 aspect ratio. You can get it with a regular LCD IPS panel that has WUXGA resolution (that’s 1920 x 1280 pixels) or you can get it with an OLED panel that has a 3K resolution (3000 x 2000 pixels). There are two display options to choose from. In other words, it isn’t actually much larger than the display on the older Spectre x360 13 which has a 13.3-inch display. Confusingly, it’s only 13.5 inches large. Unfortunately, because these models are so new, the one that I received for testing has the older Core i7-1165G7 processor. The actual hardware – meaning CPU cores and GPU execution units – are unchanged. Readers familiar with Intel's line-up will notice these are the company's newer chips with slightly higher CPU and integrated GPU clock speeds. Two configurations are available and here they are: HP Spectre x360 14 configurations Display The Spectre x360 14 is powered by Intel’s 11th generation Tiger Lake processor and comes with up to 16GB of memory and up to 1TB of SSD storage. ![]() The internals is pretty much standard fare for any ultraportable-class notebook – at least until Intel’s Alder Lake processors are officially announced. It looks and feels like an expensive notebook. The body is aluminium and feels solid, the trackpad is smooth to touch, and the chamfered edges are nicely finished. And crucially, with a weight of 1.34kg, it remains fairly portable.īuild quality is exemplary, which is what you’d expect from a flagship-class ultraportable notebook. It looks unlike any other notebook in its class and I reckon it’s quite attractive. Like the Spectre x360 13, the new model comes in black and features copper accents. The Spectre x360 14 doesn’t look all that different from the smaller Spectre x360 13. And now, HP has a new 14-inch version with updated internals and a larger, improved display. It was so competent that it won the Best UItraportable Notebook award in our 2020 Tech Awards. Thinner bezels, a smaller footprint, new processors and internals mean added attractiveness, better portability, and performance. In the later part of 2019, HP made the wise decision to give its Spectre x360 13 notebook a major refresh. Note: This review was first published on 24 December 2021.
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