HP OmniBook X Flip 14 Review: OLED 2-in-1 for Travel

Quick summary: The HP OmniBook X Flip 14 is a thin, light metal 2-in-1 that folds all the way back into a tablet. My configuration costs about $2,500, but you can spec one from about $1,300.

Specs (as reviewed)

• 14-inch OLED touch display, 2K (3K available), about 300 nits
• AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 with Radeon 880M graphics
• 32GB RAM and a 2TB SSD
• Espresso color, metal build
• 65W USB-C charger (a really tiny brick)

Ports

On the left are USB-A, HDMI, USB-C and a headphone jack. On the right are USB-C and USB-A. You can charge from either side.

Design, display and keyboard

It’s really thin and light and very well built. At 300 nits, the OLED isn’t great outdoors, but indoors it looks nice with good viewing angles. The backlit keyboard is easy to type on, and the trackpad supports gestures. It flips into a tablet, and you can add a pen when you configure it on HP’s site.

Performance

• Geekbench: about 1,980 single-core and 11,140 multi-core.
• Video editing: a nearly four-minute 4K60 video rendered in 4 minutes 47 seconds, and the timeline played fine for my style of editing.
• Gaming: a not-well-optimized game struggled at medium settings but was more stable on low. Expect light gaming.

Speakers and battery

I’d give the speakers a 6.5 or 7 out of 10. I’d want more volume and low end, but they’re above average. Battery is rated up to about 22 hours of local video playback. Expect 10 to 17 hours of real use, and as low as six hours with heavy editing or gaming.

Verdict

It’s thin, light, compact and great for travel, works as a laptop or tablet, handles light editing and gaming, and gets solid battery life.

• HP OmniBook X Flip 14 at HP