HP Spectre x360 14 ups the ante with 3:2 OLED display and Intel Tiger Lake for $1199 USD

[Redaktion]

If the HP Spectre x360 13 seems too small and the HP Spectre x360 15 seems too big, then the upcoming HP Spectre x360 14 might be just right. The new model will be introducing both a 3:2 display aspect ratio and Intel Tiger Lake Core U processor options when it launches later this month.
Oct 2, 1 AM ET NDA

https://www.notebookcheck.net/HP-Spectre-x360-14-ups-the-ante-with-3-2-OLED-display-and-Intel-Tiger-Lake-for-1199-USD.496255.0.html

[Mothertrucker19]

Acer spin 5 with a 3:2 screen: oh no, it's so deep
This probably won't have this issue.
Also it caught up to ryzen ones, now it laso lacks a side power button.

[Joax]

I find all 13 inch laptops the last couple of years lacking in that department. If its deeper that's good for me

[Gus]

I checked HP's official websites and social networks and found nothing about it.

[Gus]

I checked HP's official websites and social networks and found nothing about it.

Found it on press release.

[pierre]

Well this is so awesome! I was so looking for a 3:2 convertible!
And I was an inch from ordering the new xps 2-in-1, even if it had several issues : non-removable SSD, no USB-A, only 16:10 (which is better than any 16:9 but not as good as 3:2).
That really made my day. One hour more and I would have ordered the XPS as I have been waiting for the tiger lake updated version for few months. A bit more of waiting is totally worth it.

Only few things that I wished could be better :
- A slightly bigger screen. 14" like the matebook X pro. Or even 15".
- Another small thing is the keyboard layout. I like the fact there are two additional buttons on the arrows on the XPS 2-in-1 for pageup pagedown. There is actually a keyboard layout that I like even more, which can be found on some chinese laptop. It's one with 4 big arrows, the up taking some space on the shift key, and an additional row of keys on the right for home end pageUp PageDown.
- If the pen could be inside the laptop like the galaxy book flex. Even if the pen has to be small I think it's definitly worth it.
- I'm not a fan of the 'gem cut' design of the specter line. I actually really don't like it. I much prefer xps/galaxy book flex/inspirion/envy styles.
- SD card reader would have been nice addition.
- Thanks to the big width of the 3:2, they could have fit a bigger trackpad by moving the keyboard up. They could even put a second screen, like the asus screenpad. They could fit a big 7-8" 4:3 secondary display 'screenpad' Which would be really usefull vs the asus screenpads. Asus screenpad being only 5.5" and 16:9, their width is too small to really being usefull as secondary display.

[DF]

Would be a game changer if XPS 13 and Surface Pro also came with an OLED at least optionally.  Surface book could use this one but I'm pretty sure something could be built in the 12-13 sizes.

[Wiwid]

It uses PWM or DC dimming for dim the OLED screen?

[alessio.b87]

No one says nothing about the really slow RAM? Dell and Lenovo put RAM 1000mhz faster. That is going to influence the iGPU performance quite a bit.

[vertigo]

No one says nothing about the really slow RAM? Dell and Lenovo put RAM 1000mhz faster. That is going to influence the iGPU performance quite a bit.

Plus I guarantee they'll require you to get the i7 in order to get 16GB RAM, like always, which is one big thing that keeps me from buying an HP.

[Mothertrucker19]

Well this is so awesome! I was so looking for a 3:2 convertible!
And I was an inch from ordering the new xps 2-in-1, even if it had several issues : non-removable SSD, no USB-A, only 16:10 (which is better than any 16:9 but not as good as 3:2).
That really made my day. One hour more and I would have ordered the XPS as I have been waiting for the tiger lake updated version for few months. A bit more of waiting is totally worth it.

Only few things that I wished could be better :
- A slightly bigger screen. 14" like the matebook X pro. Or even 15".
- Another small thing is the keyboard layout. I like the fact there are two additional buttons on the arrows on the XPS 2-in-1 for pageup pagedown. There is actually a keyboard layout that I like even more, which can be found on some chinese laptop. It's one with 4 big arrows, the up taking some space on the shift key, and an additional row of keys on the right for home end pageUp PageDown.
- If the pen could be inside the laptop like the galaxy book flex. Even if the pen has to be small I think it's definitly worth it.
- I'm not a fan of the 'gem cut' design of the specter line. I actually really don't like it. I much prefer xps/galaxy book flex/inspirion/envy styles.
- SD card reader would have been nice addition.
- Thanks to the big width of the 3:2, they could have fit a bigger trackpad by moving the keyboard up. They could even put a second screen, like the asus screenpad. They could fit a big 7-8" 4:3 secondary display 'screenpad' Which would be really usefull vs the asus screenpads. Asus screenpad being only 5.5" and 16:9, their width is too small to really being usefull as secondary display.

Maybe take a look at the acer spin 5 too.

[A]

32 gb Optane + 1tb NVMe? Is there a reason for this weird setup?

In terms of speed, Optane and NVME should be around the same. Sure, it has better read/write latency than most NVME, but at best it still about only same as the top nvme drives in both speed and latency.

Why not a 32gb ram option instead?

[Abdul]

Why are all hp laptops so weak looking and their designs suck

Type 10 words and the keyboard starts crying for help..you can't bang it in frustration you can't can't play flip flop with the screen, can't hand it to your toddler as a toy for throwing around

These new laptops in general and hp in specific are lame and weak

What happened to sturdiness ??

[A]

Why are all hp laptops so weak looking and their designs suck

Type 10 words and the keyboard starts crying for help..you can't bang it in frustration you can't can't play flip flop with the screen, can't hand it to your toddler as a toy for throwing around

These new laptops in general and hp in specific are lame and weak

What happened to sturdiness ??

Well at least they have the best keyboard layout design. (in the 13-14 inch space)

As for lack of quality, it's cause they want to push people towards the more expensive premium lines.

Why do you think they have probook, elitebook and zbook which are pretty much the same thing?

[S.Yu]

Hmmm, $1200 *starting* price sounds a bit high.