If you grip it from the top, it transitions smoothly. The flip is harmless, but it momentarily looks like the display has broken off. The first few times you use the display, you might flip it outward accidentally, especially if you grip it from the side. The HP Spectre Folio’s display moves from clamshell to viewing to tablet modes. Notice that in tablet mode, the flipped display covers the keyboard, so you don’t have that weird upside-down keyboard situation of most convertibles. You can flip it out from the middle partway into a tentlike viewing mode, or completely flat to use like a tablet. It attaches only to the top part of the lid, with a hinge in the middle, and gentle magnets at the bottom. The screen design is unusually versatile. This frugal design helps achieve the Spectre Folio’s long battery life. For one, it uses Intel’s low-power display technology (LDPT), which runs on as little as 1 watt of power (up to 1.5W-1.6W at maximum brightness), compared to 2 watts for a typical non-LPDT display.

The Spectre Folio’s 13.3-inch touchscreen is bright and crisp with wide viewing angles, but there’s a lot more to it. There’s even a “Cool” mode you can set via the system BIOS (a “Balanced” mode is the default), but we’d guess performance would take a big dive if you did so. HP confirmed this reading to be “within tolerance.” The Spectre Folio’s dismal performance in our HandBrake CPU test (see our Performance section, below) suggests that, overall, the laptop sacrifices performance to stay cool. I measured it with a FLIR sensor at 109.8 degrees Fahrenheit, concentrated (not surprisingly) over the CPU. It got noticeably hotter on a couple of random occasions, after extended use. This FLIR heat sensor map shows the hot spot that developed occasionally around the CPU on the HP Spectre Folio’s slender motherboard. The leather is soft and breathable, and its texture makes it less prone to sliding off my knees. My experience when the Spectre Folio is actually on my lap seals the deal. The leather edge made ports a little hard to access. The glued edges of the leather are potentially the weakest point, but so far they’ve held strong. I also appreciate how the Spectre Folio’s surface is easy to grip and doesn’t show fingerprints. After several months of use, it still looks like new. I carried the Spectre Folio in a laptop bag, as I would with any laptop, and I treated it just like any laptop. But t here’s also a somewhat less intuitive caution: “ HP does not recommend applying leather protectant or sealant products.” And notably, most of HP’s care instructions-such as cleaning with a soft cloth, and avoiding harsh chemicals and abrasive surfaces-would also apply to a hard-shell laptop.

HP advises taking care of the Spectre Folio just as you would a leather jacket or handbag. It’s stain- and water-resistant, with a pebbly texture. HP Wide Vision FHD IR Camera with integrated dual array digital microphoneīang & Olufsen quad speakers HP Audio Boost 2.To those who’d ask, “Why would you ever build a laptop out of leather?” it’s fair to reply, “Why not?” We already use leather for shoes, bags, athletic equipment, and riding tack because it’s durable and flexible. The Spectre Folio’s leather was made with a chrome-based tanning process that is also used for car seats. Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2×2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 ComboĢ Thunderbolt™ 3 (Data Transfer up to 40 Gb/s, Power Delivery, DP1.2, HP Sleep and Charge) 1 USB Type-C™ 3.1 Gen 1 (Data up to 5 Gb/s, Power Delivery, DP 1.2, HP Sleep and Charge) 1 headphone/microphone combo HP Imagepad with multi-touch gesture support Intel® Core™ i7-8500Y (1.5 GHz base frequency, up to 4.2 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 4 MB cache, 2 cores)ġ3.3″ diagonal FHD IPS BrightView WLED-backlit micro-edge multitouch-enabled edge-to-edge glass (1920 x 1080)

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