“The world’s first built for business 3-in-1 device that combines PC power and productivity with premium smart-phone capabilities”
HP has started taking orders for the HP Elite x3 in the United Kingdom and has priced their new high-end smart-phone at a price of £706.80(including VAT) with promises that the devices will be expected to be shipped within a period of 5 to 10 business days.
The high-priced handset from Hp promises to be the most exciting smart-phone with Windows 10 Mobile for a while, and will look for further enhancement on availability of Redstone, which will enable to fingerprint reader.
The HP Elite x3 is equipped with a high-performance Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 820 processor chipset that can effortlessly power applications traditionally reserved for PCs, along with premium smartphone features. A 5.96″ diagonal edge-to-edge HD display with the durability of Corning Gorilla Glass is a major plus in terms of overall looks with the smart-phone garnering praise for its clear display and sleek design from various technological concerns. The device has 4 GB LPDDR4-3733 SDRAM, 64 GB eMMC 5.1 storage and also sports a 4150mAh battery, and it also supports wireless charging.
The Elite X3 is HP’s ticket for re-entering the smart-phone market, an area where the company has failed previously. HP’s goal with the Elite x3 is to bridge the gap between PCs and smart-phones. It is providing services so desktop applications can be used on the smart-phone via the cloud.
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| BODY | Dimensions | 161.8 x 83.5 x 7.8 mm (6.37 x 3.29 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | |
| – IP67 certified – dust and water resistant – Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes – MIL-STD 810G – grade salt, fog, humidity, transport shock and thermal shock resistant |
| DISPLAY | Type | Capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.96 inches (~72.5% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels (~493 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
| PLATFORM | OS | Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 | |
| CPU | Quad-core (2×2.15 GHz Kryo & 2×1.6 GHz Kryo) | |
| GPU | Adreno 530 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | 16 MP, autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 1080p@30fps | |
| Secondary | 8 MP |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| – Bang & Olufsen – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v4.1, A2DP | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | v3.1, Type-C reversible connector |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Iris scanner, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | |
| – Microsoft Continuum support – MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player – MP4/H.265 player – OneDrive (15 GB cloud storage) – Document viewer – Video/photo editor |
| BATTERY | Removable Li-Ion 4150 mAh battery | |
| MISC | Colors | Black |
