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HP has enhanced its Spectrum x360 convertible laptop range with a supposedly quieter sound profile, Intel’s new Arc graphics card, and rugged webcams.
Today, HP released 12th Gen Intel versions of the Spectre x360 in 13. 5-inch and inch sizes.
If the 13. 5-inch seems new to you, it’s because HP hasn’t released a “Spectre x360 13. 5” since 2020. Last year, its 13. 5-inch Spectre was called the “Spectre x360 14. “But don’t get confused; This slim, smooth computer still has a display that measures 13. 5 inches diagonally and uses the 3:2 aspect ratio for a solution of up to 3000 × 2000 if you opt for OLED.
If you prefer a brighter (OLED claims up to 400 nits with SDR and 500 nits with HDR), less hungry for strength, you can get the 13. 5-inch Spectre x360 with a 1920 × 1280 IPS LED display with up to 1,000 nits of brightness.
HP says the 13. 5-inch Spectre will be quieter than its predecessor. A new fan design claims 8% noise reduction and 10% more air circulation. New enthusiasts have 122 blades, 46% more than before, and those blades are 25% thinner. Since the 13. 5-inch Spectrum is 0. 67 inches thick, heat control will be a must to improve functionality and make sure it doesn’t burn your knees.
Across the Entire Spectre range, HP went from a 0. 9 MP webcam to five MP. lighting) and HP GlamCam, which claims your appearance by softening the appearance of your skin and bags under your eyes, for example.
You can also get the 13. 5-inch Spectre with a built-in privacy screen that prevents others from seeing the screen from an angle once you press a key combination. Meanwhile, the 16-inch Spectrum can use AI software and the infrared camera to automatically encode the screen if it detects someone slipping on you, which seems like another type of more virtual tracking.
A smaller addition, the 3. 5-inch Spectre x360 also features HP Palette, which HP describes as a “digital job” for managing artistic photos. It includes a photo search function, to draw with a pencil and share records wirelessly.
In terms of components, the 13-inch Class Spectra outperforms an Intel Core i7-1255U (two functionality cores running at 1. 7-4. 7 GHz, 8 effective cores running at 1. 2-3. 5 GHz and 12 threads). Smaller laptops can also play up to 2TB of PCIe 4. 0M. 2 SSDs and 32GB of LPDDR4x-4266 memory, as well as integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics. The 13. 5-inch display claims a 16-hour battery life with combined use, based on MobileMark18, but you’ll most likely get the numbers dropped if you opt for OLED and/or peak brightness.
The 16-inch Spectre x360 is slightly tougher than the smaller Spectra. It can bring up to an i7-12700H (six P cores at 2. 3-4. 7 GHz, 8 E cores at 1. 7-3. 5 GHz and 20 threads), 32 GB of DDR-4-3200 RAM, 2 TB of storage and an Intel Arc A370M discrete graphics card.
Intel plans to expand its diversity of cellular (and desktop) GPUs, but so far only A370M computers have been announced. The GPU has 4GB of GDDR6 memory and can run at clock speeds of up to 1550 MHz. For comparison, Nvidia’s RTX 3060 computer GPU has 6GB of GDDR6 and an accelerated clock speed of up to 1,283 to 1,703 MHz. The Spectre x360 16 joins the likes of the upcoming Asus Zenbook Flip two-in-one and the Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro at the start of Arc adoption.
The 16-inch Spectre x360 at $1,650.
HP also today released updates to its less expensive Envy laptops, equipping them with the aforementioned 12th Gen Intel chips, discrete graphics, and 5MP webcam features. HP has released updates for the 17. 3-inch and 16-inch Envy cases, as well as the 15. 6-inch Convertible that will be sold with AMD Ryzen 7 processors plus Team Blue options, and a 13. 3-inch convertible.
However, those with graphics-intensive workloads will be drawn to the 16-inch version, which can be configured with an Arc A370M or RTX 3060 GPU and up to an i9-12900H (six P cores at 2. 5-5 GHz, 8 E-cores at 1. 8-3. 8 GHz and 20 threads). The computer starts at $1,400.
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