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HP brings ultra-high resolution 4K displays to its entire Envy line-up

By Koh Wanzi - on 7 Apr 2016, 3:04pm

HP brings ultra-high resolution 4K displays to its entire Envy line-up

HP Envy 15.6

The stunningly thin HP Spectre may be the star of HP’s recent product unveiling, but the company has also updated its line of Envy notebooks with new features and configuration options. The changes apply to the 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch Envy models, in addition to the 15.6-inch Envy x360 2-in-1 laptop.

The 13.3-inch Envy has already been available with a 4K display for some time (you can check out our review of the ultrabook here), and with HP’s latest announcement, 4K displays are finally available across the entire Envy line-up.

 

15.6-inch Envy x360

15.6-inch Envy x360

The new 15.6-inch Envy x360 is the first notebook to have the option to be equipped with AMD’s upcoming seventh-generation APU, a quad-core FX-9800P processor featuring onboard Radeon R7 graphics. Additional dual-core APUs will also be available, but we don’t have details on those yet. AMD processors aside, you’ll still have the option to configure it with a sixth-generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processor (Intel Iris Graphics on the latter).

The hybrid device also supports up to 16GB of RAM and dual storage drives to the tune of a 256GB PCIe SSD and a 2TB HDD. HP is also working to make USB Type-C a standard feature among all its notebooks, and the Envy x360 features a Type-C port and two further USB 3.0 ports.

Finally, the new Envy x360 is also slightly thinner and lighter than its predecessor – it is 18.4mm thick and weighs just over 2kg.

 

15.6-inch Envy

15.6-inch HP Envy

The updated 15.6-inch Envy notebook sports a slightly different design compared to its smaller 13.3-inch counterpart. For instance, the lift hinge elevation appears a lot more pronounced, and the edge of the hinge no longer touches the bottom of the notebook. A strip of chrome with the Envy branding is also located along the base of the hinge, which helps convey a more premium feel, even if it is something of a fingerprint magnet.

You can get the laptop with either an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor (with Intel Iris Graphics), up to 16GB of RAM, and a dual-drive storage configuration comprising a 256GB PCIe SSD and 1TB HDD. To add on, there is support for Windows Hello as well, in the form of an optional HD IR camera.

The notebook also has a USB Type-C port, in addition to three more USB 3.0 ports, a full-sized HDMI 1.4 port, and an SD card reader.

Furthermore, at 17.95mm thick, it is even thinner than the Envy x360. However, this is not a light notebook – not that we were expecting it to be given its display size – and it feels quite hefty at 1.93kg. Still, that’s 0.36kg shaved off its predecessor’s weight.

As mentioned above, a larger 17.3-inch model with a discrete NVIDIA GeForce GTX 940MX card was also announced, but that, along with the new Envy x360, will unfortunately not be available in Asia.

Only the 15.6-inch Envy notebook will be coming to Asia Pacific and Japan. We’ll update when we have further details on availability and price.

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