HP Spectre x360 16-aa0074ng
Specifications
Primary Camera: 9 MPix HP Wide Vision IR Camera with Shutter
Price comparison
Average of 6 scores (from 9 reviews)
Reviews for the HP Spectre x360 16-aa0074ng
HP's Spectre x360 16 is a premium 2-in-1 convertible with a new, high-res 16:10 OLED touchscreen and pen input. While last year's predecessor still used an Intel Gen 12 CPU, this year's model has skipped a generation and now uses a Core Ultra with an NPU for AI applications. Furthermore, the device has been given even more updates and in this review, we will be looking at whether they have improved the 16-inch Spectre.
Source: 91mobiles
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time with HP’s Spectre x360 convertible. The laptop is scheduled to be returned any day now, and I know I’ll miss its OLED display, spacious keyboard deck, and responsive trackpad a lot. The same can be said for its performance and battery backup, which didn’t disappoint me in the slightest. Contrary to most system apps, HP’s myHP and HP Command Centre offer excellent features that will undoubtedly benefit the end user, too. I personally found the auto-locking mechanism quite helpful. Having the laptop lock itself when you step away from your desk and unlock it as you return simplifies the authentication process tenfold. The same goes for the trackpad’s brightness and volume control gestures, too. That said, while the laptop’s 360-degree design, albeit attractive and quite functional, will see little use given the Spectre’s overall heft.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/15/2024
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 03/29/2024
Source: Laptop Media
The HP Spectre x360 16 (16-aa0000) is a multipurpose laptop with transforming capabilities. It looks stealthy, modern, and even distinctive thanks to the diagonal corners on the sides. The all-metal build feels premium to the touch and the rigidity is on point. The input devices are impressive, the backlit keyboard is comfortable for long hours of work and the enormous touchpad is smooth and accurate. No matter if you are going to use the notebook for gaming or maybe 3D rendering, you can expect snappy overall performance. That’s possible thanks to the competent cooling solution with two large fans and a pair of long heat pipes. That’s why the power is always there when you need it because of the high CPU frequencies even under prolonged periods is 100% processor loads. In this scenario, the two fans remain near-silent which amazes us.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/28/2024
Source: Digital Trends
The Spectre x360 16 puts me in a difficult position. On the one hand, it’s an excellent 360-degree convertible 2-in-1 with a solid build, beautiful OLED display, and superior keyboard and touchpad. Its performance is very good for all but demanding creators. Therein lies the rub. As a 16-inch laptop, the Spectre should appeal most to that very market — demanding creators — but it’s simply too slow.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/22/2024
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Mag
The 2024 HP Spectre x360 16 is a powerful, premium 2-in-1 that earns its high price with stellar performance and a sleek chassis design. This is a do-it-all device that can go from productivity tasks to gaming with ease. The inclusion of an Nvidia RTX 4050 discrete GPU takes performance up a notch, which is great for gaming as well as content creation. Overall, the Spectre x360 16 thoroughly impressed me in my hands-on testing. The large OLED display renders everything in bright, colorful detail and the speakers are some of the best I’ve ever heard on a laptop. If you’re looking for a top-tier 2-in-1, this one deserves your attention.
Hands-On, online available, Medium, Date: 02/21/2024
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/09/2024
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Computerbild
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/13/2024
Rating: Total score: 95%
Source: Tweakers
NL→ENUser Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/09/2024
Rating: Total score: 20%
Source: Laptopmedia CN
zh-CN→ENPositive: Very long battery life; premium design; backlit keys; large touchpad; nice cameras; excellent display; modern connectivity; high performance; decent speakers; good cooling and silent system. Negative: Non-expandable RAM; only 3 USB ports.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/28/2024
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Intel Arc 8-Core: Integrated graphics adapter based on the Xe LPG architecture (similar to the dedicated Arc GPUs, but with a focus on efficiency). Provides all 8 Xe cores (128 Xe vector engines) and 8 ray tracing units.
With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Ultra 7 155H: A high-end Meteor Lake chip that debuted in December 2023. This 1st Gen Core Ultra processor has come to replace 13th generation Core chips; it has 16 cores (6 + 8 + 2) and 22 threads at its disposal. Its Performance cores, of which there are 6, run at up to 4.8 GHz while its Efficient cores, of which there are 10 (8 main cores plus 2 extra ones found in the Low Power Island) run at up to 3.8 GHz. The integrated AI Boost NPU offers two Gen 3 engines for hardware AI workload acceleration. This laptop processor's Base power consumption is 28 W while its Turbo power consumption is supposed to stay within 115 W. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
16.00":
15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.
The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.
In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.
74.4%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
