The new variants of HP Spectre and Envy are now slimmer but still powerful


The new variants of HP Spectre and Envy

HP releases new variants for the Envy and Spectre lines, various improvements have been given to these devices.  One of them is in the design part, where the HP Spectre has a super slim body only 10,4mm, which makes it one of the world's thinnest notebooks. While the Envy gets improvements in the battery capacity and in some other important parts.

HP Spectre


The newest variant of HP Spectre comes with a thickness of 10,4mm, almost the same with the size of AAA battery. Remarkably, although the size is reduced, the embedded battery can still last up to 9.45 hours. The reduction in thickness also gives an impact to the weight of the device, which now becomes 1.12 kg.

The new variants of HP Spectre and Envy

The design of HP Spectre is made more innovative, where the surface is made of solid aluminum, and the bottom is polished with flexible carbon fiber casing. While at the front, the device presents a 13.3-inch screen with 300 NITS Full HD resolution. This screen is protected by Gorilla Glass layer from edge to edge.

The latest HP Spectre variant is powered by Intel Core i5 and i7, SSD up to 512GB, and 8GB RAM. To maintain its stability, HP provides hyperbaric cooling system to keep the engine cool when the device is used for work.

The Pre order of 13.3-inch HP Spectre will be opened through the HP official store and BBY.com from April 25 with the prices start from $ 1,169.99. In retail stores, the laptop can be purchased at prices start from $ 1,249.99, but perhaps it will be available on May 22.

HP Envy 15.6 and 17.3

The new variants of HP Spectre and Envy

In addition to Specter, HP also releases three new variants for Envy line, with a thickness that has been trimmed up to 21%, but with better battery life. 

The first variant brings 15.6 inch screen. This variant is powered with Intel Core i7 processor with two options: Intel Iris graphic or UMA. There is 16GB internal memory with options of 1TB HDD or 256GB SSD.

The second variant has a 17.3-inch screen with an Intel Core i7 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 940M. There are two internal storage options: 1TB HDD or 512GB SSD SATA. Both of these variants are equipped with Windows Hello and Intel RealSense camera.

The last variant is the HP Envy x360 which has better battery life than the previous variants; it can last up to 11 hours or 3 hours longer. This laptop is powered by Intel Core i5 or i7 with two configuration options: Intel Iris or AMD FX 9800P. The 16GB memory also has two options: HDD 2TB or 256GB SSD PCIe.


HP Envy x360 15.6 inch is scheduled to debut on June 1 with prices start from $ 679.99. Then the HP Envy 15.6-inch will be released on May 25 at a price of $ 779.99, while the HP Envy 17.3 inch is offered at a price of $ 1,029.00 on June 12, 2016. All three will be sold in official stores of HP and BestBuy.