The HP Envy 13 is an excellent Ultrabook with rapid speed, extended battery life, and a vivid display at an affordable price. The HP Laptop boasts a 13-inch display and is powered by Intel’s 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU and up to Core i5 and Core i7 processors from the previous generation, as well as Nvidia GeForce MX250 GPU, 32GB RAM, and 1TB SSD for multitasking.
HP Envy 13 Key Features and Specs
- Up to 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU
- Nvidia GeForce MX250, Intel’s Ice Lake graphics
- Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro
- 13.3-inch 1920 x 1080 FHD LED IPS Display (4K display option)
- Up to 32GB RAM
- Up to 1TB SDD
- 720p webcam with a built-in privacy shutter.
- Full-sized Backlit Keyboard
- Intel® AX201 Wi-Fi 6 (2×2) and Bluetooth® 5
- Fingerprint Reader (Optional)
- Dual stereo speakers, 3 multi-array microphones.
- Up to 18 hours Battery Life
Design
HP’s Envy laptop series is the company’s intermediate laptop line, with an all-metal design that feels smooth and durable and provides a level of class comparable to a high-end laptop. The overall dimensions of this laptop are 12.1 x 7.66 x 0.67 inches, and it weighs 1.3kg.
The lid has a sleek chrome HP logo centered on the metal frame. The sleek lid opens to reveal a 13.3-inch display with a thin bezel around the corners.
A 720p HD webcam is housed within the top bezel, which is sufficient for business meetings and catching up with friends. On the keyboard, there is a webcam kill switch that allows you to deactivate the camera so you don’t have to worry about someone seeing you.
Furthermore, the HP Envy 13 keyboard stretches all the way to the deck’s corners, leaving only thin sidewalls and a large arm rest on both sides of the touchpad.
A thin power button with an LED strip sits next to a fingerprint sensor and a dual speaker on the deck.
For connectivity, the HP Envy 13 features a USB-C Thunderbolt 3, a microSD card reader, headphone jack and 2x USB-A.
Display
The HP Envy 13 sports a 13.3-inch Full HD touchscreen display with 1920 x 1080 resolution and low bezels, resulting in a screen-to-body ratio of 88 percent. Corning Gorilla Glass technology is used to safeguard this touchscreen display from being scratched.
The 1080p panel reproduces 109 percent of the sRGB color spectrum, which is more vibrant than the 4K display, which only managed 99.4%. This 120-Hz panel has a good contrast ratio (1600:1) and brightness (778.3 cd/m3). This laptop also has a high brightness of 1000 nits.
Performance
The 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 CPU, which is a power-efficient quad-core SoC based on the Tiger Lake-U generation, is used in the HP Envy 13’s highest model. It has a basic clock speed of 1.8 GHz and can turbo to 4.1 GHz (four cores), 4.5 GHz (two cores), and 4.6 GHz (one core). A Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics supports this CPU.
There’s also a model with the Intel Comet Lake i7-10510U processor, which has a base speed of 1.8 GHz to 4.9 GHz Turbo Boost, 8 MB cache, and 4 cores.
Other processors based on the 10th Gen CPU are also available, but all of them are supported by the Nvidia GeForce MX250 graphics card, which is capable of handling web browsing and other routine business operations.
The RAM and SSD storage on this laptop are also different. It has RAM ranging from 4GB to 32GB and solid-state storage ranging from 128GB to 1TB.
The HP Envy 13 comes pre-installed with Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) or Windows 10 Home Single Language 64-bit.
Depending on usage and configuration, the HP Envy 13 battery can last up to 18 hours. The 4K variants have a battery life of up to 10 hours, while the full HD ones have a battery life of up to 18 hours.
Other Features
The HP Envy 13 comes with a dual speaker with preinstalled Bang & Olufsen software, as well as equalizer options to modify the bass, midrange, and treble for a more immersive audio experience.
HP also includes an app called Audio Switch, which allows you to switch between internal speakers and headphones for audio input/output.
Furthermore, the Envy 13 supports Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and Bluetooth 5 for sharing and connectivity, as well as the typical Wi-Fi standards.
HP Envy 13 Price and Availability
The HP Envy 13 starts at $649, depending on the configuration of the laptop.
It may be purchased via HP’s official store as well as various third-party e-commerce sites such as Amazon.