Much fanfare has been made about the HP Spectre Foldable since the laptop’s launch. So does it live up to all the hype? The simple answer from a design perspective is that absolutely it does. This 17-inch laptop does exactly what its name implies, folding down the middle of its continuous OLED display and converting from a laptop to a desktop to a tablet and vice versa.
It isn’t a new concept. I’ve seen the same kind of versatility in likes of the Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED. But it does feel a little more refined: From the design heights the Zenbook achieved, the Foldable goes one further, slimming down in size, shedding some weight, and rocking the most unobtrusive fold I’ve seen to date.
The one downside is that the Foldable shows off only middling CPU power. It also costs a whopping $4,799 at checkout. If you’re not a power user, the middling performance may well be of no consequence, but if you’re expecting this laptop to pull out all the stops for heavy productivity work, then all its wonderfully bendy circus tricks may not quite be enough.
SPECIFICATIONS
Right now, there’s just one configuration of this laptop available for purchase. It features an Intel i7-1250U, 16GB of DDDR 5 RAM, and integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics. The full specifications are as follows:
CPU: Intel i7-1250U
RAM: 16GB DDR5/5200 MHz
Graphics: Intel Iris Xe
Display: 2.5K (1920×2560), Foldable, touch-sensitive, OLED, 99.5 percent DCI-P3 color gamut, VESA TrueBlack HDR compatible, TUV+Eyesafe for low blue light
Storage: 1TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe
Webcam: HP True Vision 5MP IR camera
Connectivity: 2× Thunderbolt 4 ports (USB Power Delivery and DisplayPort 1.4)
Networking: Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3
Battery capacity: 94.3 WHr
Dimensions: 10.91×14.81×0.33 inches (unfolded), 10.1×7.53×0.84 inches (folded)
3.58 pounds (with keyboard attached), 2.99 pounds (without
