Here is the HP Envy x360 15 Review and This is the HP Envy x360 15 2022 convertible AMD Ryzen laptop or 15z, especially which means the AMD Ryzen inside that.
So, we always like the envy line because they sit between the pavilion which is a pretty low-end line from hp and the very pricey spectra line
And you’ve got things like an aluminium clad chassis here the usual 360-degree hinges pen support on board and more, we’re going to look at it.
So, this model starts around 699 dollars list price is currently actually 659 dollars on hp’s website and that gets you a rise in five-eight gigs of ram a 256 gigs SSD and a Full HD touch and pen compatible display not too bad
Considering this is a pretty classy chassis a nice design all that sort of thing and the mode that we have is a little higher in configuration and the list price is about 9.99
You will probably find it for less again and now it has 16 gigs of ram 512 gig SSD horizon 7 and a full HD brighter version of the display
There’re two versions of the display with the AMD models one’s 250 nits and the 400 nits display we have which is like 80 more totally worth the spend.
I would say unless you work in really dark places all the time especially because hp displays are very reflective.
HP Envy x360 15 Review
HP Envy x360 15 2022 convertible AMD Ryzen Specification:
| 15.6” inch IPS Full HD 250 nits & 400 nit’s options |
| 4K 400 nits only on intel model |
| All support touch & N-Trig MS Pen Protocol 2.0 with tilt |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500U / Ryzen 7 5700U with AMD Radeon integrated graphics |
| Intel 11th gen core i5 & i7 with Iris Xe graphics |
| 8/16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz Ram, 2 slots |
| 256GB/512GB/1TB M.2 NVMe SSD |
| Intel AX 200 Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Fingerprint Scanner |
| Webcam Privacy Shutter |
| 51 Whr Battery, 65-Watt Charger |
| Weight: 1.86 kg/4.11 LBS. |
| Current Starting Price: $659 |
So inside we have AMD Ryzen like I said so this is a 500 series set of CPUs, we have the Ryzen 7 5700u it gets a little confusing what’s Ryzen’s doing with the U-series CPUs this year.
It’s a 5000 series which is normally the latest but some of them like the 5700 and the 5500 this is also available are based on a modified Zen architecture, not the latest Zen 3 architecture that said
It’s still a good enough CPU and in terms of thermals and battery life it’s still doing better than the intel and so it’s desirable nonetheless even though it’s not the ultimate fastest and it allows us to sell it to you for this great price.
I mean we’re talking about an 8 per cent difference in performance between this and a Zen 3 architecture, not something you want to kill yourself over if you need to save some money.
Speaking of intel there is an intel model which is the 15t which is typical for hp lingo with their z’s for AMD and Ts for intel
That one is also available with the 4K 400 nits IPS display all the displays are IPS on this model so if you have to have a 4k display you’re going to have to go to intel and spend some more money too.
Where it’s available with core i5 and core i7 intel 11th gen tiger lake U series CPUs since this is a big Ultrabook a 15-inch convertible which is pretty typical for convertibles you’re looking at AMD Radeon graphics or if you got the intel version you would’ve Iris Xe graphics
There’s no room for a d GPU in here and again for this one they’re keeping the price down that said it’s perfectly fine for things like well content consumption anything can handle that these days and even for things like doing some photoshop it’s perfectly fine for casual everyday sort of use
Then a little bit of video editing I prefer the H series more powerful CPUs that use 45 watts of power.
If you’re gonna be serious about doing 4k video editing or something like that build quality on this is pretty good.
It’s stamped aluminium chassis again it’s nice enough looking in that minimalist way that I think ages well and offends no one shows some fingerprints.
But not a lot it’s got pretty good structural rigidity on board the weight is pretty reasonable for a convertible of this size ports are pretty good on this in terms of the number and selection
You’ve got two USB ports and those are 10 gigabytes per second we have one USB C 10 gigabytes per second and no thunderbolt because not intel there’s that HDMI 2.0 a headphone jack of course and a full-size SD card slot.
So, this is aimed toward the consumer content creator type that’s nice to have the SD card slot onboard
Display on this again we have the full HD 400 nits display on Hp’s website it says it comes with their magnetically attached active pen which is n trig now called Microsoft pen protocol 2.0 with tilt support but we didn’t get the pen in the box.
The display on this subjectively is nice looking and hp says that they calibrated for under delta e of 2.0 which is pretty good and it’s true.
HP Envy x360 15 2022 convertible AMD Ryzen Display Metrics:
| Brightness 358 Nits |
| 100% SRGB |
| 77% Adobe RGB |
| 79% DCI-P3 |
| 2.2 Gamma |
| 7400K |
| 0.31 Black Level |
| 1150:1 contrast |
| AUOA08B Panel |
You look at it and you say that’s a nice pleasant display most people watching enjoy watching content on it.
It’s not a super wide gamut and again reflections it’s an annoying thing with hp’s consumer laptops they have plenty of reflections the pen works decently on this entry is not my favourite but it is catching up with Wacom AES and still not good as Wacom EMR or an apple pencil
But certainly, is good for note-taking if you’re editing photos which is the idea with this if you’re doing creative kind of stuff and if you want to do some drawing it’ll do the job for you in terms of performance
It is where we expect it to be which is pretty darn good even if it’s not the apex of what Ryzen can do right now and it holds, its own certainly versus intel 11th gen if not outperforming it has been a multi-core test not on single-core so much.
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It’s a good performer and the selling point with Ryzen is the fact that it runs cooler and uses less power than a seven-nanometer process it does even have two fans that’s a lot of cooling actually for this and you have got a bunch of powerful profiles to choose from for actually anything from what’s called quite
So you must never hear the fans to full performance and it’s not typically a noisy laptop nor does it get burning hot to the touch it’s cooler than most spectra’s for example which tend to be hot customers because they’re pushing the performance and the size and the thinness
There are more than they do with the envy line speaking of battery life it’s a 51-watt hour battery which is okay it’s kind of more standard for a 13-inch Ultrabook.
It’s not bad and given the fact that we have a fairly powerful platform going on HP claims up to 13 hours of battery life and manufacturer’s claims are optimistic
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But we were doing about nine on this with brightness set to 150 hits mix of productivity streaming video a little bit of creative work in photoshop doing that for about half an hour of the time it comes with a 65-watt fast charger which can go from empty to 50 full in 30 minutes
And the 50 to 100 is always slower on laptop charging and phone charging too to increase battery health.
There is a fingerprint scanner embedded in the keyboard deck there are no windows hello IR camera for facial recognition login but for the price that’s fair.
The webcam is your usual okay webcam and there is a privacy shutter the keyboard is backlit in white and I like the tactile feel of this nice and crispy key spring back not mushy at all not in deep travel by any means but nonetheless
I found it pleasant to type on and the trackpad is spacious certainly and works just fine.
So that’s the hp envy x360 15 inches for 2022 with Ryzen inside I applaud what you get for the price honestly and envies usually are a good deal.
It’s a nice-looking aluminium clad machine with 360-degree hinges pen support touch screen and a pretty good keyboard on this and the upgradability if you can tolerate trying to get inside this is unusually good for a 15-inch convertible Ultrabook I mean you got two ram slots, of course, your M.2 is socketed and your WIFI too.
So, it’s serviceable, repairable and upgradeable ones you get inside.
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