The HP Spectre x-360 has Always Been One of the Best Laptops You Could Buy

The HP Spectre x-360 has always been one of the best laptops you could buy, and we got to spend some hands-on time with the brand new version that HP has just announced. We have to tell you all the little problems we had with this laptop are completely gone.

The New Design

The new Spectre x-360 looks pretty much like the previous version. It's still made entirely of aluminum and has those fancy gold diamond cut edges that give it that really distinctive look. It's still rock-solid, of course, and you even get a new silver color option that looks pretty slick.

However, the real change is that you'll notice when you open up that lid and take a look at that brand-new screen. Obviously, you're getting trimmed-down bezels. Finally, HP has trimmed down these bezels to make it look like pretty much every other laptop out there. Better late than never now.

HP says one of the tricks they did to actually get this bezel especially that top bezel down to as thin as it is was shrinking down the camera module and that's the Windows Hello IR camera for facial recognition. This is the smallest IR cam we've ever seen in a laptop, and it's really awesome that a few minutes just squeeze it into the top of this thin bezel.

The Screen

More impressive is the screen itself. What you're getting here is an option for the 4K OLED 13.3 inch screen size. We've seen plenty of OLED screens on 15-inch laptops but this is the first time we're seeing it on a 13-inch laptop in recent memory. That's really awesome because you're getting the same deep blacks and rich colors that always come with OLED screens.

Even more than that, HP's using some of their own display technology and software to crank up the screen to a thousand nits which is like twice as much as the standard laptop or even a really bright laptop. I don't know what you're gonna do with a thousand nits but it is cool that HP is sort of pushing the technology.

And hey, you're never gonna have a problem if you're using your laptop outside that's for sure.

The Touchpad

One other big complaint we've had with the Spectre in the past is the touchpad. Great news, HP has finally brought a Windows Precision Touchpad to the Spectre and we're really happy about that because it now it's finally as good as every other laptop out there especially with multi-touch gestures and really precise tracking.

Now there aren't any changes to port selection or anything like that. You're still getting USB-C, USBA in a microSD card slot but the big change are getting is the processor inside you're getting Intel's 10th Generation Isolate processors and not only are these the latest and greatest from Intel they're quad core they're powerful they also come with the option for Iris Plus graphics which means even though these are integrated graphics you're gonna get some capability for light gaming and some increased productivity and maybe some content creation.

The Processor

So that's a really cool thing coming to a really slim and really small 13-inch laptop. Just like that this little two and one basically solves every problem that we've had with the Spectre in the past and of course you're still getting all the stuff that the Spectre was already really good at such as the record-breaking battery life.

The product does go on sale this October starting at $1,300 for that 1080p model and $1700 for that OLED 4K model but stay tuned for the full review coming from Digital Trends.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe HP Spectre x-360 has always been one of the best laptops you could buy and we got to spend some hands-on time with the brand new version that HP has just announced and I got to tell you all the little problems I had with this laptop are completely gone and you have to see what HP is done with this new design on the outside the new Spectre x-360 looks pretty much like the previous version it's still made entirely of aluminum and has those fancy gold diamond cut edges that give it that really distinctive look it's still rock-solid of course and you even get a new silver color option that looks pretty slick but of course the real change is that you'll notice happen when you open up that lid and take a look at that brand-new screen obviously you're getting trimmed-down bezels and come on finally HP has trimmed down these bezels to make it look like pretty much every other laptop out there but hey better late than never now HP says one of the tricks that it did to actually get this bezel especially that top bezel down to as thin as it is was shrinking down the camera module and that's the windows hello IR camera for facial recognition so this is the smallest IR cam we've ever seen in a laptop and it's really awesome that a few minutes just squeeze it into the top of this thin bezel but more impressive is the screen itself what you're getting here is an option for the 4k OLED 13.3 inch screen size and we've seen plenty of OLED screens on 15-inch laptops but this is the first time we're seeing it on a 13-inch laptop in recent memory and that's really awesome because you're getting the same deep blacks and rich colors that always come with OLED screens and even more than that HP's using some of its own display technology and software to crank up the screen to a thousand nits which is like twice as much as the standard laptop or even a really bright laptop I don't know what you're gonna do with a thousand nits but it is cool that HP is sort of pushing the technology and hey you're never gonna have a problem if you're using your laptop outside that's for sure one other big complaint I've had with the specter in the past is the touchpad and great news HP has finally brought a Windows precision touchpad to the specter and I'm really happy about that because it now it's finally as good as every other laptop out especially with multi-touch gestures and really precise tracking now there aren't any changes to port selection or anything like that you're still gating USBC USBA in a microSD card slot but the big change are getting is the processor inside you're getting Intel's 10th generation isolate processors and not only are these the latest and greatest from Intel they're quad core they're powerful they also come with the option for iris plus graphics which means even though these are integrated graphics you're gonna get some capability for light gaming and some increased productivity and maybe some content creation so that's a really cool thing coming to a really slim and really small 13-inch laptop and just like that this little two and one basically solves every problem that I've had with the specter in the past and of course you're still getting all the stuff that the specter was already really good at such as the record-breaking battery life but really there's a lot to still test we're gonna get this thing in for a full review so make sure to stick around the product does go on sale this October starting at $1,300 for that 1080p model and $1700 for that OLED 4k model but stay tuned for the full review coming from Digital Trends hey thanks for checking out this video if you liked it make sure to give it a thumbs up but really leave us a comment below I'm really curious if you guys are interested in the spectra now that it solved these problems it has that OLED panel let us know what you think of the new Spectre and make sure to subscribe for more videos from Digital Trendsthe HP Spectre x-360 has always been one of the best laptops you could buy and we got to spend some hands-on time with the brand new version that HP has just announced and I got to tell you all the little problems I had with this laptop are completely gone and you have to see what HP is done with this new design on the outside the new Spectre x-360 looks pretty much like the previous version it's still made entirely of aluminum and has those fancy gold diamond cut edges that give it that really distinctive look it's still rock-solid of course and you even get a new silver color option that looks pretty slick but of course the real change is that you'll notice happen when you open up that lid and take a look at that brand-new screen obviously you're getting trimmed-down bezels and come on finally HP has trimmed down these bezels to make it look like pretty much every other laptop out there but hey better late than never now HP says one of the tricks that it did to actually get this bezel especially that top bezel down to as thin as it is was shrinking down the camera module and that's the windows hello IR camera for facial recognition so this is the smallest IR cam we've ever seen in a laptop and it's really awesome that a few minutes just squeeze it into the top of this thin bezel but more impressive is the screen itself what you're getting here is an option for the 4k OLED 13.3 inch screen size and we've seen plenty of OLED screens on 15-inch laptops but this is the first time we're seeing it on a 13-inch laptop in recent memory and that's really awesome because you're getting the same deep blacks and rich colors that always come with OLED screens and even more than that HP's using some of its own display technology and software to crank up the screen to a thousand nits which is like twice as much as the standard laptop or even a really bright laptop I don't know what you're gonna do with a thousand nits but it is cool that HP is sort of pushing the technology and hey you're never gonna have a problem if you're using your laptop outside that's for sure one other big complaint I've had with the specter in the past is the touchpad and great news HP has finally brought a Windows precision touchpad to the specter and I'm really happy about that because it now it's finally as good as every other laptop out especially with multi-touch gestures and really precise tracking now there aren't any changes to port selection or anything like that you're still gating USBC USBA in a microSD card slot but the big change are getting is the processor inside you're getting Intel's 10th generation isolate processors and not only are these the latest and greatest from Intel they're quad core they're powerful they also come with the option for iris plus graphics which means even though these are integrated graphics you're gonna get some capability for light gaming and some increased productivity and maybe some content creation so that's a really cool thing coming to a really slim and really small 13-inch laptop and just like that this little two and one basically solves every problem that I've had with the specter in the past and of course you're still getting all the stuff that the specter was already really good at such as the record-breaking battery life but really there's a lot to still test we're gonna get this thing in for a full review so make sure to stick around the product does go on sale this October starting at $1,300 for that 1080p model and $1700 for that OLED 4k model but stay tuned for the full review coming from Digital Trends hey thanks for checking out this video if you liked it make sure to give it a thumbs up but really leave us a comment below I'm really curious if you guys are interested in the spectra now that it solved these problems it has that OLED panel let us know what you think of the new Spectre and make sure to subscribe for more videos from Digital Trends\n"