Asus and HP present Windows 10 devices with Snapdragon 835-soc

By admin On Dec 5, 2017

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Asus and HP presented the first laptops with Snapdragon 835-soc at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit. The Asus NovaGo is a 2-in-1 model with a flip screen, the HP Envy x2 is a tablet with a detachable keyboard.

The Asus NovaGo 2-in-1 is a 13.3″ model with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. There will be a version with 4GB ram and 64GB ufs 2.0 storage and it costs $599. A version with 8GB ram and 256GB storage costs $ 799. According to Qualcomm and Asus, the device has a battery life of 22 hours. There is an lte gigabit modem in the NovaGo and the laptop works with both e-sim and nano sim.

The Asus NovaGo should be available ‘soon’, probably this year, but a date is not mentioned. A euro price has not yet been announced. It is not yet clear whether and when the NovaGo will be released in the Benelux. The device will come to the UK, Germany and France, among others.

HP comes with the Envy x2 with Snapdragon 835, according to HP, the device is 6.9 mm thin. It is a 12.3″ tablet with a keyboard cover and the battery is expected to last 20 hours. The screen resolution is 1920×1080 pixels and there are versions with up to 8GB of ram and up to 256GB of storage. It will be a while before the HP Envy x2 with Snapdragon -soc is for sale, it will be on the market in the spring of 2018. A suggested retail price was not disclosed.

Both the Asus and HP come with Windows 10 S, but a free upgrade to Windows 10 Pro is available.

Asus and HP presented the laptops during the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, where chip manufacturer Qualcomm presents its latest technologies. The event can be followed via a live stream. Microsoft has published a blog about the new ‘always on’ devices. They get that name because, like a smartphone, they could always be on and have a long standby time.

The NovaGo and Envy x2 are the first Windows 10 devices with a Snapdragon 835 soc. The arrival of such hardware was announced months ago, when Microsoft announced an ARM version of Windows 10, which can also run x86 programs through emulation.