2-in-1 Convertible HP Spectre x360 16 (2024) laptop review: A powerful Core-Ultra allrounder with OLED

[Redaktion]

HP's Spectre x360 16 is a premium 2-in-1 convertible with a new, high-res 16:10 OLED touchscreen and pen input. While last year's predecessor still used an Intel Gen 12 CPU, this year's model has skipped a generation and now uses a Core Ultra with an NPU for AI applications. Furthermore, the device has been given even more updates and in this review, we will be looking at whether they have improved the 16-inch Spectre.

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The performance control function of HP command center has been migrated to myHP APP.

[NikoB]

I'm not at all impressed with the model.

16" with a non-working, cut-off keyboard, without a numpad? Straight into the trash. A lot of space on the left and right is wasted.

Why was it necessary to make the second TB4 at an angle? What kind of stupidity is this?! Draw it from the left symmetrically to the right! It's so convenient to power plug (TB4 port) for both right-handers and left-handers! And this is exactly how Intel itself recommends TB ports be laid out - symmetrically on the left and right.

Why was the audio port placed at an angle towards the back (which the author didn't even mention in the photo of the sides)? Why, again, with so much space on the left and right, not output two 4-pin sockets symmetrically on the left and right? And it would also be nice to bring out optical SPDIF for a "premium" laptop, for complete galvanic isolation of the external DAC/Amplifiers from the laptop's power circuits...

Screen - again holes in the subpixel structure, fake 480Hz PWM (I don't believe that with this value, the dynamic range of the panel was not affected, in terms of black level - the author does not write it, but it definitely does not correspond to the maximum allowable according to the HDR10 standard - 0.0005 nits) . Well, finally, buy a calibrator with such black level sensitivity - 0.0001 nits!

It is also clear that again the shameful AMOLED panel could not pass the standard calibration with dE < 2. You can immediately forget about working with color on it.

Otherwise, a rather boring laptop, considering that it could have been not a stupid Intel processor, but a 7840/7940HS at the same 40W, which would have easily won over MeteorLake, despite the fact that they are a year older. Well, that is. this model could have been released exactly a year ago with exactly the same performance and capabilities on the AMD platform.

The memory has monstrous latency, but at least its efficiency is close to 80%. At least something...

The only good thing is that HP, unlike other redneck manufacturers, has finally started installing webcams with normal resolution for the second year already (but in video recordings they again do not correspond, which is upsetting - why not 4k@60fps? After all, processors have been easily encoding this in hardware for a long time flow...), although again without autofocus, because the authors didn't mention it, which means it doesn't exist.

And again, not a word - you can install a Double-Sided SSD in this model, since the absence of such an option reduces the choice of buyers by an order of magnitude. The list of 2TB+ models in Single-Sided is actually limited to Samsung models and very rare models from Hynix with a dram buffer. And if we take into account energy efficiency...

The target audience with such a keyboard is again very limited. But apparently HP marketers know what they are doing. The flag is in their hands...

[Poly]

Do it have the same problem with the 120hz active signal mode as the 14 inch model?


Can this be solved in the system settings?