Got mine (Model  1H9M0UA#ABA  with 16GB Ram 1TB SSD) 2 months ago in April 2021 at BestBuy.
I am VERY happy with my Oled Display with zero PWM issues and displaying amazing colors.
My unit's hinges are super sturdy and lid will not close by itself even at 45 degrees opened, so maybe HP fixed the issue described by reviewer.
Blessings :)

Quote from: Hale on April 16, 2021, 07:01:20
Again, a yellowish article.
- The main problem with Spectre is that in many regions it is not offered without SureView screen filter, which destroys colors, limits gamut and brightness even in OFF-state.
Nothing is told about that problem. Seems like the author was offered a custom-made laptop without that freaking filter, and a brick of dollars.
- The problem with OLEDs is crazy flickering at very visible 60 Hz. Again, nothing is told about that.

That is not a testing/review, but merely an advertising paper!

That's very interesting, I've had the OLED model for a few days and while I'm quite sensitive to PWM I haven't noticed it yet.

Again, a yellowish article.
- The main problem with Spectre is that in many regions it is not offered without SureView screen filter, which destroys colors, limits gamut and brightness even in OFF-state.
Nothing is told about that problem. Seems like the author was offered a custom-made laptop without that freaking filter, and a brick of dollars.
- The problem with OLEDs is crazy flickering at very visible 60 Hz. Again, nothing is told about that.

That is not a testing/review, but merely an advertising paper!

Just got this a week ago. Like it mostly except for a few quirks.

Ran the CrystalDiskMark and my numbers for Seq both R and W are about 1/2 what they got in the article. And my read for Seq Q32T1 is lower by 1000 mb/s (2400 mb/s instead of 3500mb/s) and my write is 1600 mb/s compared to the article's 3000mb/s. Using all the same parameters as in the review.

This is the version with the Intel SSD w/32gb Octane (got at Best Buy on sale). I confimed I am in High Peformance mode. Is the difference due to the reviewers having  NVMe?

Here's some much more in-depth info about the cycling behavior with the power limits I posted on another website. It should be similar to the Spectre x360 14, but this is the 13. Note that there is a BIOS update for the 13 which causes the clocks not to fluctuate while gaming.

I have the Spectre x360 13 tiger lake i7, and I also do note this cycling behavior, but it is at higher power limits and temperatures. In performance mode, the PL1 when temperatures are low is 29.5W, which is a bit higher than the XPS. When initiating a stress test, the temperatures skyrocket to 100, and sit there, while the CPU continues to draw 35-40W. Then, the turbo time limit is up, and it drops to 29.5W in 15 seconds after sitting at 100 degrees. At 29.5W, the temperatures are at around 85-90 degrees, and it sits there for a little bit, and then starts dropping, .5W every second, until it reaches 20W. At 20W, temperatures are around 70 degrees, and then after around 10 seconds or so at 20W, it starts increasing, once again at .5W per second, until reaching 29.5W. Then, the temperatures are a little lower, but still over the 80 degree mark.  It sits at 19.5 W for 15 seconds and then drops back down to 20W. During this time, the fans are running at max speed and do not fluctuate. In balanced mode, the PL1 is 18W and drops to 14W, with temperatures in the 60 degree range.
NOTE: When gaming, for my Spectre, the power limits do NOT cycle. It sits at 29.5W constantly (temperatures around 80) and does not decrease to 20W. The GPU clock is at max frequency all the time (1300 MHz) and CPU is at 4 GHz. The frame rates do not cycle, and stay consistent.
Honestly, I see HP's approach to dynamic tuning as much better than Dell's. Not only did they use a triple heat pipe design (two leading to fans and one for passive cooling), compared to one for the XPS, but they also kept power limits higher and when gaming, the power limits do NOT cycle, which is good for gamers.

Quote from: Greg on January 22, 2021, 18:15:47
Hello.
I just received this same model machine today and am shocked at how bad the viewing angles are. Researching this issue online I found that the screen behaves exactly like one with a Sure View option even though I am certain it didn't come with it. Is there any way you can check the screen viewing angles on this laptop again? I've seen others writing online with the same exact problem.
Thanks.

I just got my laptop yesterday (i7, 512GB ssd, 16GB ram, IPS 1280p (non-sureview)) and the viewing angles are up to my expectations, and don't seem bad at all. I think there was a problem with the first batch of laptops, but I don't know for sure. (Kind of like the Dell XPS 15 touchpad problem with the first batch). I received my laptop yesterday, so I doubt that it was of the first batch, and probably was the third or fourth batch, so I think that problem is gone. You should probably get in touch with HP support, because it's probably a defective unit, but I don't know completely.

Hello.
I just received this same model machine today and am shocked at how bad the viewing angles are. Researching this issue online I found that the screen behaves exactly like one with a Sure View option even though I am certain it didn't come with it. Is there any way you can check the screen viewing angles on this laptop again? I've seen others writing online with the same exact problem.
Thanks.

Quote from: JRNY on January 11, 2021, 06:30:20
Just received delivery of my HP Spectre x360 14t.  My config is the Core i5, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, 1000nit IPS panel with integrated Privacy Screen. Something that bothers me about this specific display panel are the very bad viewing angles whilst the privacy screen turned OFF. With the privacy screen ENABLED, it's supposed to darken areas of the screen so it makes it hard for prying eyes next to you to see the contents of your screen. But with the privacy screen disabled, you can still notice dark areas on the screen or a fading effect like a gradient effect (colors going from white to grey) when you SLIGHTLY move your viewing angle from the center of the screen to a few degrees over to the left, right, top or bottom of the screen.  In other words, if you're looking at the screen at dead center, tilt the screen toward you or away from you about 1-inch or so. Or sit 2-3 inches off center of the screen. It's very noticeable on lighter screens such as white colored backgrounds of webpages (i.e. homepage of Google), or Word, Excel, etc. It may not bother many people but it certainly bothers me and it's not a pleasing experience.  I would much rather go with the non-privacy screen 400nit display model and purchase a removable privacy screen filter and attach it to my screen when I need to do some private work in public places.  The other issue I noticed on my specific unit, there seems to be a slight bulge that can be felt on the bottom center of the laptop just below the air vent grille. It seems a little high for it to be the battery but that's what it feels like, a battery bulge. Maybe it's just my unit but I didn't notice it while I was using the laptop to drain the battery. But noticed it while I was charging it.

I'm wary of privacy screens for that very reason, it seems this is currently where the technology is at, it's far from perfect and severely compromises viewing angle. The screen itself is probably less efficient too.

Just received delivery of my HP Spectre x360 14t.  My config is the Core i5, 256GB SSD, 16GB RAM, 1000nit IPS panel with integrated Privacy Screen. Something that bothers me about this specific display panel are the very bad viewing angles whilst the privacy screen turned OFF. With the privacy screen ENABLED, it's supposed to darken areas of the screen so it makes it hard for prying eyes next to you to see the contents of your screen. But with the privacy screen disabled, you can still notice dark areas on the screen or a fading effect like a gradient effect (colors going from white to grey) when you SLIGHTLY move your viewing angle from the center of the screen to a few degrees over to the left, right, top or bottom of the screen.  In other words, if you're looking at the screen at dead center, tilt the screen toward you or away from you about 1-inch or so. Or sit 2-3 inches off center of the screen. It's very noticeable on lighter screens such as white colored backgrounds of webpages (i.e. homepage of Google), or Word, Excel, etc. It may not bother many people but it certainly bothers me and it's not a pleasing experience.  I would much rather go with the non-privacy screen 400nit display model and purchase a removable privacy screen filter and attach it to my screen when I need to do some private work in public places.  The other issue I noticed on my specific unit, there seems to be a slight bulge that can be felt on the bottom center of the laptop just below the air vent grille. It seems a little high for it to be the battery but that's what it feels like, a battery bulge. Maybe it's just my unit but I didn't notice it while I was using the laptop to drain the battery. But noticed it while I was charging it.

It's quite impressive what Intel can do with only four cores, getting over 2000 pts in Cinebench, which is almost matching what AMD can do with 6, and yes, both of them are running at 25W (The Envy x360 13 runs at 25W, and this Spectre cycles between 30 and 20, averaging 25). If only Intel increased the number of cores in their mobile U series chips, then AMD could be in trouble, since Intel's graphics are already more powerful. But right now, it seems that AMD has a leg up, since their R7 4700U (this chip's main competitor. 4800U is 1185G7's competitor), has 8 cores and 8 threads, and because of that, its Cinebench score is around 2400, which wrecks Intel.

Quote from: Grey Vic on December 30, 2020, 15:59:26
Thanks for this. Please what's the VRAM of this laptop? Under the display adaptive properties. Thanks a lot

Since Intel integrated graphics used shared memory, the amount of RAM available to the GPU depends on the amount of RAM available to the system. It currently has 0MB of dedicated VRAM, but it has around 8GB of shared memory.

Thanks for this. Please what's the VRAM of this laptop? Under the display adaptive properties. Thanks a lot

Quote from: dadankboi on December 25, 2020, 18:35:19
I got the OLED spectre x360 14, and my thoughts on it so far are that first off, the display is literally the best. It does use PWM, but it's at 240 hz under 30% brightness, and above that, I don't notice it.

The odds are it's agressive low 240Hz below 99%.

Quote from: Mothertrucker19 on December 27, 2020, 17:45:38

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Quote from: Handy on December 24, 2020, 12:55:04
Does the power button on the keyboard work, if it is in tablet or tent mode?

(This is at least an issue on this years Envy x360 13" where the power button is also builtin the keyboard. But in tent and tablet mode the keyboard incl. power button is disabled, so one need to fold it back to power it on or wake it from standby. HP knows about the issue, but for the Envys HP did not release a fix.)

Though the power button on the keyboard doesn't work, HP does keep the digitizer on the display on, meaning that if the laptop is sleeping in tablet mode, then with just a tap of the display, it wakes up. When the laptop is shut down in tablet mode, the digitizer is off, BUT they do keep the keyboard on in that mode.

Does this only work on the new devices? Does this work on the Probook 435 for example?

I'm not completely sure, since I have only experienced it on the Spectre and Envy series. Since the Probook is a higher premium line than the Spectre, aimed at business professionals, my assumption is that they do have that feature as well, but I'm not completely sure.

Quote from: dadankboi on December 26, 2020, 23:40:36

Quote from: S.Yu on December 26, 2020, 23:21:29
Interesting, I just checked HP US a few days ago and the OLED option wasn't available, not greyed out but not even shown as an option.
The advantage of OLED is primarily the contrast. Even a VGA video would look a notch better than on a regular screen. 3000x2000 isn't even needed at this size, honestly.
7hrs light use is worse than the battery size would suggest though.
Overall the price is still good. HP may possibly be the only manufacturer in the PC market that reports prices I consider reasonable without flash sales or deals from unofficial channels. There are cheaper alternatives of course but the really ugly ones or those that look flimsy at a glance like barebones I just plainly ignore.

I just noticed that on HP's website. That's interesting. I didn't purchase the device on from HP directly though. I got it from Best Buy, since it was at a lower price. What HP does is that instead of showing that a certain config or part is out of stock, they just remove it from their website. I have no idea why they would do this, since it tells the customer that they might have discontinued that specific config, which isn't true.

That's not been my experience. Over the past couple months, I've checked HP's website numerous times, and every time pretty much everything has been out of stock.