HP introduces HP Specter x360 15 with Core i7 8705G with Vega GPU

HP has announced the 2018 version of the HP Specter x360 15. It is a 15.6 “laptop with a thickness of 19.5 mm that is equipped with the Core i7 8705G, an Intel processor combined with an AMD GPU. HP also announces an Envy x2 with Intel instead of Intel. of Qualcomm processor.

The HP Specter x360 15 has a folding 15.6″ touchscreen, which can optionally be operated with the Tilt Pen from HP. HP has placed a glass plate of Gorilla Glass 4 over the screen. The configuration with Core i7-8750G with Radeon Vega M-gpu has a claimed battery life of 12 hours and is charged to 50 percent in half an hour.HP offers alternative models with Core i-quadcores and Nvidia GeForce MX 150, which have a longer battery life of up to 13.5 hours and in 90 minutes to 90 percent of their capacity.The starting price in the US is USD 1370, converted and with VAT that is EUR 1384.

HP also comes with a variant of the Envy x2 that the company announced at the end of last year. This always connected PC was then equipped with a Snapdragon soc and Windows on ARM, but the new version comes with Intel Core Y processors and Windows 10 Home. However, there is standard LTE support. HP calls a battery life of 17 hours, which is a lot less than the 20 hours of the Snapdragon version. The laptop with Intel CPU will appear in the spring.