CES 2017: HP Inc. Ignites Powerful PC Experiences with new Spectre x360, EliteBook x360 and ENVY AIO 34.

The new 15” HP Spectre x360 laptop, announced this week, is an example of that innovation cycle at work. By listening to customers, we knew that 65 percent of them prefer 15-inch displays and that 93 percent prefer the Ultra HD, or 4K, resolution.

 To address and anticipate the needs of customers, we added an NVIDIA 940MX discrete graphics chip that increased the height of the laptop by a mere 1.9mm – or the thickness of a nickel – and included a larger battery, too. We also included the Fast Charge technology that juices the battery to 50 percent in just 30 minutes.

We also know that customers like the freedom that comes with using a stylus pen, so we are using a panel with Ink Certification for N-trig pen to ensure more seamless interactions, whether taking notes, marking up PDFs, drawing or browsing without leaving fingerprints.

Meanwhile, we also reduced the laptop’s overall footprint. With 97 percent of users preferring a thin bezel or no bezel at all, we shifted to a “micro-edge display” design that reduced the bezel width by 70 percent, now only 4.65mm thin on both sides.

Finally, customers told us how much they loved the Ash Silver color on earlier products so the Spectre x360 sports a fully CNC machined aluminum chassis in Ash Silver with copper accents – and made that color an option on a new 13” version, too.

Press Release:

Customers inspire new business convertible PC, upgraded Spectre x360, next-generation Sprout by HP and curved gaming display

News Highlights:          

• EliteBook x360, world’s thinnest business convertible¹, offers long battery life, collaboration and security.
• Spectre x360 features 15.6” diagonal 4K display² and discrete graphics for creators.
• ENVY Curved All-in-One 34, world’s widest curved all-in-one, with new integrated sound bar design.
• Sprout Pro by HP, the world’s first immersive PC, gets major hardware and software redesign to power HP’s Blended Reality 3D experiences.
• OMEN X 35 Curved Display delivers immersive gaming with NVIDIA® G-Sync™ technology.

Palo Alto, Calif., Jan. 3, 2017 – At CES 2017, HP Inc. today debuted exciting new PC innovations that will change the way people interact with their PCs.

“HP has been on an innovation roll over the last year and that momentum continues with major advances across our PC portfolio that create incredible customer experiences for both personal and business uses,” said Ron Coughlin, president, Personal Systems, HP Inc. “By continuously seeking insights from customers we are changing the way we create and deliver computing experiences.”

For work, home or on the go, HP premium PCs are designed to exceed customer expectations for what they want to accomplish with their devices. New products debuting today include:

• HP EliteBook x360, the world’s thinnest business convertible¹,combines HP Spectre’s powerful thin and light design, HP EliteBook Folio’s collaboration capabilities and HP Elite enterprise security and durability. It features the world’s longest battery life in a convertible ³ with up to 16 hours and 30 minutes ⁴. Its integrated collaboration capabilities enhance productivity and bring new life to meetings with dedicated conferencing keys, powerful audio, an optional 13.3” diagonal 4K UHD display² with Windows Hello ^5, and pen support⁶. As part of the HP Elite family, the world’s most secure and manageable PCs ⁷, the business convertible includes latest innovations such as HP Sure Start Gen3⁸, the world’s only self-healing BIOS now with run-time memory (SMM) protection. It also protects the office of the future with HP WorkWise⁹, the most advanced Smartphone App for PC Management and first to offer Tamper Protection¹⁰.
• HP Spectre x360, following the success of HP’s 13.3” diagonal model, the second generation of HP’s 15.6” diagonal x360 is the most powerful in the Spectre portfolio. A bigger battery allows for up to 12 hours and 45 minutes⁴ while powering a micro-edge 4K display². This is close to the same battery life as the Full HD model launched last year. The new HP Spectre x360 features the latest Intel® Core™ processors¹¹, high-performance NVIDIA® GeForce® 940MX graphics, adds two new front facing speakers expertly tuned by Bang & Olufsen for a great audio experience and an IR camera for Windows Hello⁵.
• HP ENVY Curved All-in-One 34, the next edition of HP’s award-winning and world’s widest curved all-in-one¹², now adds more computing power for immersive media experiences. The new curved AIO features a 34” diagonal Technicolor Color Certified Ultra WQHD micro-edge display¹³ that floats over an integrated four-speaker sound bar tuned by Bang & Olufsen. For evening use, the display can easily switch to a low blue light mode for improved eye comfort and a better night’s sleep.

For more information, go to the HP EliteBook x360, HP Spectre x360 and HP ENVY Curve All-in-One 34 CES 2017 online press kit.

To better meet the needs of commercial customers, HP is introducing the new Sprout Pro by HP, the second generation immersive all-in-one PC. It incorporates a grounds-up redesign with a 2.2mm thick, 20-point capacitive Touch Mat display with a sharper, near 1080p projected resolution¹⁴. The advanced technologies and new features empower users in education, retail kiosk and manufacturing to create highly visual content and interactive experiences by blending the physical and digital worlds. This generation makes it easier to interact with Windows 10 Pro and streamlined software gives easy access to Sprout’s key features including faster 2D scanning and, for the first time, high-precision 3D scanning. Included is an Active Pen, allowing pressure-sensitive digital inking for annotation and design. It also now features an Intel® Core™ i7 processor¹¹, 1TB of SSHD storage, up to 16GB of RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960M graphics for faster 3D scanning¹⁴.

For more information, go to Sprout Pro by HP CES 2017 online press kit.

First launched in August, OMEN X by HP is now bringing gamers closer to their virtual worlds with the new OMEN X 35 Curved Display. As the first OMEN display with NVIDIA® G-Sync™ technology, stutter and lag will never be a problem, providing higher refresh rates that result in a more natural, realistic, and true-to-life gaming experience. The latest addition of a 35" diagonal curved display to the OMEN lineup adds a whole new level of immersion for gamers who engage enemies on the battlefield or maneuver against the competition on the racetrack.

For more information, go to OMEN X 35 Curved Display CES 2017 online press kit.

Pricing and Availability¹⁵

• The HP EliteBook x360 is expected to be available at the end of January 2017.
• The HP Spectre x360 15.6” is expected to be available for pre-order starting on January 3, 2017 via BestBuy.com and HP.com. It will be available for purchase late January 2017 via BestBuy.com and in U.S. Best Buy stores in February starting at $1,499. The HP Spectre x360 15.6” is expected to be available via HP.com on February 26, 2017 starting at $1,279.99.
• The HP ENVY Curved All-In-One 34 is expected to be available on HP.com on January 11, 2017 and select retailers on February 26, 2017 starting at $1,729.99.
• The Sprout Pro by HP pricing and availability for commercial consumers is expected in March 2017 in select countries.
• The OMEN X 35 Display is expected to be available on HP.com and select retailers in March 2017 starting at $1,299.99.

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1. Based on competitors as of 12/1/16 with >1m units annually of convertible, non-detachables having a Windows Pro OS and 6th or 7th generation Intel® vPro™ enabled processors
2. 4K Ultra High-definition (HD) content required to view 4K Ultra HD images
3. Based on competitors as of 12/1/16 with >1m units annually of convertible, non-detachables
4. Windows 10/ MM14 battery life will vary depending on various factors including product model, configuration, loaded applications, features, use, wireless functionality, and power management settings. The maximum capacity of the battery will naturally decrease with time and usage. See www.bapco.com for additional details.
5. Some features including Windows Hello require more advanced hardware. See www.hp.com/go/windows10upgrade and www.windows.com/windows10upgrade. Pre-release product shown, subject to change. Apps sold separately.
6. Pen sold separately
7. Based on HP’s unique and comprehensive security capabilities at no additional cost and HP Manageability Integration Kit’s management of every aspect of a PC including hardware, BIOS and software management using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager among vendors with >1M unit annual sales as of November 2016 on HP Elite PCs with 7th Gen Intel® Core® Processors, Intel® integrated graphics, and Intel® WLAN.
8. HP Sure Start Gen3 is available on HP Elite products equipped with Intel® 7th generation processors.
9. P WorkWise smartphone app will soon be available as a free download on the App Store and Google Play.
10. Based on major competitors as of November 1, 2016 with smartphone managed PC security, performance and print features
11. Multi-core is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. Performance and clock frequency will vary depending on application workload and your hardware and software configurations. Intel’s numbering is not a measurement of higher performance.
12. Based on diagonal measurement of the screen, consumer All-in-Ones as of 10/10/16
13. Wide Quad High-definition (WQHD) content required to view Wide Quad HD images.
14. Compared to the previous generations of Sprout.
15. Estimated U.S. street prices. Actual prices may vary.

Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. 

NVIDIA, GeForce, Surround, and the NVIDIA logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

Media contacts

• Kaitlyn Dierkes, HP
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• Angie Alaya Oksanen , Edelman for HP
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2Q 2016: WorldWide PC Monitor market share: Dell 17%, HP Inc 13%, Lenovo 10% says IDC.

The total worldwide PC monitor market shipped more than 30 million units in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), up 4.9% year over year and 4.6% quarter over quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker.

"The second quarter proved better than forecast overall, with the U.S., EMEA, and Canada markets recording solid year-over-year results. However, IDC expects the global monitor market will continue to decline at rates around 3% year over year from 2018 through 2020," said Maura Fitzgerald, senior research analyst, Worldwide Trackers.

IDC currently forecasts 118 million PC monitor units will be shipped for the full year 2016 and expects to see a year-over-year decline of 12.7% in worldwide shipments to 26.7 million units in the second quarter of 2017. By 2020, worldwide shipments are expected to be less than 100 million units as the adoption of mobile devices at lower price points is expected to continue.

Technology Highlights

• Curved monitors continue to be on the rise, with 1.9% market share in 2Q16. This represents year-over-year growth of 221%.

• 21.5-inches wide and 19.5-inches wide segments continue to dominate the worldwide market, with 22.0% and 12.2% market share respectively in 2Q16. Of the top 10 screen sizes, 23.8-inches wide and 31.5-inches wide saw the largest year-over-year growth, posting 100.1% and 76.8%, respectively, in 2Q16.

• Monitors with TV tuners are expected to have 5.3% market share in 2Q17, up from 4.8% in 2Q16, led by LG and Samsung with a combined market share of 99.0% in this category.

Vendor Highlights

• Dell – Dell stayed in the top position in 2Q16 with worldwide market share of 17.0% on shipments of more than 5.2 million units. The vendor posted strong year-over-year growth in Central & Eastern Europe (31.2%), Canada (25.5%), and Middle East & Africa (18.0%).

• HP – HP saw 4 million units shipped, resulting in 13% share in 2Q16. Year-over-year unit increases of 51.1% in the U.S. and 22.4% in Central & Eastern Europe helped bring the vendor a total year-over-year increase of 19.6%.

• Lenovo – Lenovo made significant gains, moving into the top 3 position with year-over-year growth of 2.7% to more than 3 million units shipped. Lenovo also posted significant quarter-over-quarter growth of 27.1%, with especially large growth in Central & Eastern Europe (114.5%) and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) (33.1%).

• Samsung – Samsung moved down to the number four position with nearly 3 million units shipped. The vendor saw a year-over-year decline in all regions except Central & Eastern Europe, and Canada.

• LG Electronics – LG rounded out the Top 5 in 2Q16 with 9.2% market share in the worldwide market. The vendor logged year-over-year gains across all regions except Middle East & Africa.
  
  

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HP to acquire Samsung printer business for $1.05B

HP Inc. Accelerates Disruption of $55B Copier Segment with Acquisition of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s Printer Business

Aims to reinvent and replace service-intensive copiers with superior multifunction printing.

Palo Alto, Calif., and Suwon, South Korea, Sept. 12, 2016 — HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ), the world leader in printing, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s (005930.KS) printer business in a deal valued at $1.05 billion. 

The acquisition positions HP to disrupt and reinvent the $55 billion copier industry, a segment that hasn’t innovated in decades. Copiers are outdated, complicated machines with dozens of replaceable parts requiring inefficient service and maintenance agreements. Customers are frequently frustrated with the number of visits needed to keep copier machines functioning. Today, HP is investing to disrupt this category by replacing copiers with superior multifunction printer (MFP) technology.

Samsung has built a formidable portfolio of A3 MFPs that deliver the performance of copiers with the power, simplicity, reliability and ease-of-use of printers and with as few as seven replaceable parts. Integrating the Samsung printer business’ products, including their mobile-first and cloud-first user experience, with HP’s next-generation PageWide technologies will create a breakthrough portfolio of printing solutions with the industry’s best device, document, and data security.

This is the largest print acquisition in HP’s history and accelerates its growth opportunities in the copier segment, strengthens its leading laser printing portfolio that has been established with Canon, and paves the way for future printing innovation. It also creates new avenues for growth and greater profitability for partners as they expand managed print services as sales models shift from transactional to contractual.

“When we became a separate company just 10 months ago, it enabled us to become nimble and focus on accelerating growth and reinventing industries,” said Dion Weisler, president and CEO of HP. 

“We are doing this with 3D printing and the disruption of the $12 trillion traditional manufacturing industry, and now we are going after the $55 billion copier space. The acquisition of Samsung’s printer business allows us to deliver print innovation and create entirely new business opportunities with far better efficiency, security, and economics for customers.” 

Samsung’s printer business also brings a compelling intellectual property portfolio of more than 6,500 printing patents and a world-class workforce that includes nearly 1,300 researchers and engineers with advanced expertise in laser printer technology, imaging electronics, and printer supplies and accessories to support continued innovation in print market solutions.

“HP Inc. has been a valued partner and customer of Samsung,” said Dr. Oh-Hyun Kwon, vice chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. “We can now leverage our combined capacity for innovation to further enhance the value of our relationship."

Acquiring Samsung’s printer business will also strengthen HP’s ability to service customers in global laser printing, a category where it has enjoyed a strong, mutually beneficial partnership with Canon for more than three decades. HP is confident this transaction will provide new opportunities to further strengthen and accelerate this highly valued relationship.

“HP and Canon have long discussed print innovation to create customer value in business printing and in the growing MPS market,” said Fujio Mitarai, chairman and CEO of Canon Inc. “This transaction will further evolve our collaboration and bring about growth for both of our companies.”

The acquisition is expected to be accretive in the first full year following closing, with cost synergies and a strong financial model. The transaction is expected to close within 12 months pending regulatory review and other customary closing conditions. After closing, Samsung has agreed to make a $100 million to $300 million equity investment in HP through open market purchases.

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About HP Inc.

HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs, mobile devices, solutions, and services, we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP Inc. is available at http://www.hp.com.

 About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s printer business

Since 1982, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.’s printing business has been exploring and delivering digital revolution to the printing industry with solutions that transform workplaces into smart offices. More information about Samsung’s printer business is available at http://samsungprintingsolutions.com/ .

HP OfficeJet Pro 8720 Wireless All-in-One Photo Printer with Mobile Printing, Instant Ink ready (M9L75A)

HP unveils World's First Quad Core Workstation Ultrabook.

Launches ZBook Mobile Workstation -- HP's Thinnest and Lightest Full Performance Model Ever.

HP re-asserted its workstation market and innovation leadership with the introduction of the HP ZBook Studio, the world's first quad core workstation Ultrabook(TM).(1) The 15.6-inch diagonal HP ZBook Studio, a meticulously-designed performance machine for professionals on-the-go, revolutionizes the design language of mobile workstations -- becoming HP's thinnest and lightest full performance model ever brought to the market.

The ZBook Studio represents the expertise developed over the past 30 years of HP workstation engineering excellence, HP Z DNA, and the extensive testing that went into the development of the system.

"As the world's first quad core workstation Ultrabook, the ZBook Studio is a perfect combination of brains and beauty with the engineering toughness of a HP Z Workstation," said Jim Zafarana, vice president and general manager, HP Workstations and Thin Clients, HP Inc. "The ZBook Studio endures 120,000 hours of testing and features numerous first-time workstation advancements, including Intel XEON CPUs with ECC memory, Thunderbolt 3, Gen 2 Z Turbo Drives, HP Sure Start client security, and an eight million color-critical pixel DreamColor 4k display."

Starting at just 4.4 lbs.(2) and 18mm thin, the HP ZBook Studio can be configured to fit business and road warrior needs with professional choices of memory, processor, graphics and more. The model features Intel(R) Core(TM) or Xeon(R) processors,(3) dual 1 TB(4) HP Z Turbo Drive G2(5, 6) for up to 2 TB of total storage, up to 32 GB ECC memory,(7) dual Thunderbolt(TM) 3, dual cooling fans, and optional HP DreamColor UHD or FHD touch displays.(5, 6) The ZBook Studio is built to handle heavy graphics loads, with a choice of new NVIDIA(R) Quadro(R) M1000M 2 GB GDDR5 Professional graphics or Intel(R) HD graphics 530.

HP also introduced three additional HP ZBook Mobile Workstation models. Dramatically thinner and lighter than their predecessors, the third generation products boast the performance, innovation, and reliability expected from the technology partner trusted by customers designing everything from running shoes and racecars to animated characters and deep-sea submersibles.

--  HP ZBook 15u delivers workstation performance in a low cost, compact
    package. With its 15.6-inch diagonal display, it is the perfect

    Ultrabook(TM)(8) can be configured with up to 32 GB of memory, AMD
combination of mobility and affordability. This workstation

    Drive G2, 1.5 TB of total storage, and a FHD touch display.

    FirePro(TM) professional graphics with 2 GB frame buffer, HP Z Turbo

--  HP ZBook 15 is the next generation of the world's top-selling mobile
workstation.(9) This thin and light, portable powerhouse was

    lighter than the previous generation. Boasting a 27 percent(10)
redesigned inside and out, and is 27 percent thinner and 7 percent

    with a 15.6-inch diagonal display is equipped with an Intel(R)
increase in battery life over previous generations, the HP ZBook 15
    Core(TM) or Xeon(R) processor, 64 GB ECC memory, dual 1 TB HP Z

    and optional HP DreamColor UHD or FHD touch displays.

    Turbo Drive G2 for up to 3 TB of total storage, dual Thunderbolt 3,

--  HP ZBook 17 features a 67 percent(10) increase in battery life and the
17.3-inch diagonal workstation is now also 25 percent thinner and 11

    Core or Xeon processor, up to 64 GB ECC memory, dual 1 TB HP Z Turbo
percent lighter than its predecessor. It is configured with an Intel
    Drive G2 for up to 4 TB of total storage, dual Thunderbolt 3, and

    frame buffer.
optional HP DreamColor UHD or FHD touch displays. The ZBook 17 also
    features NVIDIA graphics support up to M5000M Quadro with an 8 GB

The HP ZBook Studio, ZBook 15 and 17 all feature the new NVIDIA Quadro Professional graphics, providing nearly two times the performance of previous generation graphics. These systems also offer a choice of Intel Iris(TM) Pro Graphics P580, Intel HD graphics P530 or Intel HD graphics 530, offering customers more choices.

All HP ZBook Mobile Workstations are reliable, designed to pass MIL-STD 810G testing.(11) HP ZBooks also come preloaded with HP Remote Graphics Software for remote collaboration, HP Performance Advisor for optimal performance and HP Velocity for more reliable and fast network performance.

Offered with HP ZBook Workstations is the new HP ZBook Dock with Thunderbolt 3. Users can link up to 10 devices at once through ports that include Thunderbolt 3 (supporting DisplayPort 1.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2, and PCIe), four USB 3.0, RJ-45, VGA, combo audio, and two additional DisplayPorts.

"HP ZBook products have significant reliability advantages and are designed to pass military standards testing and endure 120,000 hours in HP's test process," said Ron Rogers, vice president and head of engineering, Workstations and Thin Clients, HP Inc. "HP practices physics of failure techniques to predict reliability and improve product performance. This engineering approach has provided end-users our most reliable workstations available."

Pricing and Availability

--  The HP ZBook Studio is planned for availability in December starting
    at $1699.

--  HP ZBook 15u is planned for availability in January starting at $1099.
--  HP ZBook 15 and ZBook 17 are planned for availability in January --

--  HP ZBook Dock with Thunderbolt 3 is planned for availability in
pricing not yet available.
    December starting at $229.

About HP Inc. HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs, mobile devices, solutions, and services, we engineer experiences that amaze. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.

Editorial contact:

Jim Christensen
HP Inc.
jim.christensen@hp.com
www.hp.com/go/newsroom

SOURCE: HP Inc.

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