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HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae028TU review

HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae028TU

CHOICE Expert Rating

74%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Screen has excellent viewing angles, colours, and luminance
  • Highly portable
  • Excellent storage performance for reading data very good performance for writing data in our tests
  • Excellent keyboard
  • Quick charge time to 80 per cent
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Glossy screen produces noticeable reflections
  • Chassis did not sit flat on the desk (slight wobble on the left side)

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
74%
Performance score
67%
Tablet use score
63%
Ease of use score
77%
Battery life score
72%
Display score
84%
Audio score
50%
Wi-Fi score
64%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
1521
Storage read-speed (MBps)
3512
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
25
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
7:57
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:17
Expert tester comments
A tablet-convertible laptop with a flashy style that sets it apart from other laptops. It's highly portable for a laptop, and, while usable as a tablet, probably a little on the heavy side for note-taking and drawing unless you rest on a desk. It ships with a stylus for those tasks. Its performance rating was good in our testing, with its solid state drive being noteworthy for its high speed both when reading and writing data. Note: This laptop's performance is not directly comparable to current products due to it being tested with an older version of our benchmark.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
Not collected

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$1,998.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
13.3
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i5-8250U
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.6
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Storage capacity (GB)
256
Available user space (GB)
186
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.3
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
Size (mm, H x D x W)
16 x 218 x 306

Features

Screen finish
Glossy
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
1
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
0
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
2
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
1

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