HP unveils new 800 series EliteBook professional laptops

HP announced some new hardware today as they refresh their EliteBook line of laptops. The fifth generation EliteBooks come in three variants namely the EliteBook 830, 840, and 850. Check them out below.

All three laptops come in touch and non-touch flavours. Non-touch models come with a special feature — their own webcam cover. This implementation is similar to the one we saw with Lenovo’s ThinkPads that were announced during CES 2018. HP opted to remove this cover on touch models.

Other than that, the new 800 series EliteBooks also have a third microphone at the back of the display panel. The said mic can be in two modes — Individual and Conference. The individual mode turns the microphone into a noise-cancelling device. While Conference mode turns it into a standard microphone for voice pick-up and the like.

The trio sports similar specs, except the 840 and 850 models can be equipped with a dedicated graphics card. The new EliteBooks feature a thin and light frame and have relatively slim side bezels. Design-wise, the notebooks look bland and simple. As mentioned earlier, they similar specs and design apart from the size differences and graphics card configuration.

The new EliteBooks can come equipped with a 7th gen up to an 8th gen processor, Intel UHD graphics, AMD Radeon discrete graphics (for 840 and 850), up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM (2 SoDIMM slots), and up to 1TB of PCIe NVMe M.2 SSDs.

HP EliteBook 840 and 850 specs:
14/15.6-inch FHD/4K IPS panel can be touch or non-touch
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (touch panel)
Intel 7th Generation i5-7200U to 8th Generation i7-8650U processor
Intel HD/UHD 620 or AMD Radeon RX 540 GPU
Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD
Up to 32GB DDR4 RAM
2x USB 3.1 Gen1 (1 for charging) port
1x USB Type-C Thunderbolt port
1x RJ-45 port
1x HDMI 1.4b port
1x Docking connector
1x Combo audio port

HP EliteBook 830 specs:
13.3-inch FHD IPS panel can be touch or non-touch
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (touch panel)
Intel 7th Generation i5-7200U to 8th Generation i7-8650U processor
Intel HD/UHD 620
Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD
Up to 32GB DDR4 RAM
2x USB 3.1 Gen1 (1 for charging) port
1x USB Type-C Thunderbolt port
1x RJ-45 port
1x HDMI 1.4b port
1x Docking connector
1x Combo audio port

Pricing for the new 800 series EliteBooks start at $1029PHP 60,387INR 87,208EUR 980CNY 7,489 (~Php 52,672) and will become available later this month. Local availability and pricing are yet to be announced.

source: HP