HP has launched the company’s latest laptop – HP Spectre in India at a starting price tag of Rs. 1,19,990.It is touted as world’s thinnest laptop. When compared with MacBook, MacBook is 13.3-inch thin while the HP Spectre is 10.4mm thin. It has carbon fiber bottom that is both durable and lightweight so the laptop weighs just 1.1 kilograms. It has backlit keyboard and glass trackpad, high gloss copper accents with hand-polished, jewellery-like finish and an innovative hidden piston hinge.
Commenting on the launch, Rajiv Srivastava, Managing Director, HP Inc. India said:
“HP as India’s technology leader aims to make life better, productive and more fun. We are at the forefront of delivering industry-leading innovation and HP’s Spectre 13 is a beautifully crafted Notebook and a reflection of what many millennials aspire to be — exceptional, cool, dazzling, standing out from the crowd, but making an impact.”
Ketan Patel, Director, Personal Systems Business, HP Inc. India, said:
“We are motivated to be the trendsetters in style and technology by introducing products like HP Spectre 13. It is an absolute engineering marvel with convergence of good looks with the best in class technology. With fast growing demand for premium products in India, HP is committed to provide the most stylish products with best performance to its customers.”
On the specifications front, it features 13.3-inch edge-to-edge Full HD display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080p pixels and it comes with scratch resistant edge-to-edge Corning Gorilla Glass 4 display. It is powered by 6th Core i5-6200U or i7-6500U processor with Intel HD Graphics 520. It has 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD.
It has three USB Type-C connectors, two of which support Thunderbolt with data transfer speeds of up to 40gbs and connectivity features like 802.11 ac 2×2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 .
It runs on Windows 10 and has Stereo speakers by Bang & Olufsen with HP Audio Boost technology.
It has a hybrid battery split into two thinner pieces that delivers the same wattage as a single battery for up to 9 hours 45 minutes of battery life.