HP Elite X3 SD820

The HP Elite x3 phablet, revealed on Sunday at this year's MWC, is therefore as surprising as it is ambitious. The world's first Windows 10 Mobile device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, the Elite x3 is an enterprise-focused handset that aims to replace not just potential users' existing...

HP Elite X3 Review

HP is a name more associated with laptops than smartphones, but with the Elite X3 the brand is hoping to bring a little of its business nous to one of the most crowded and, arguably, tough to succeed in fields in tech. The idea behind the Elite X3 is something we've seen before.

After quite the hiatus, HP is back in the phone business with a bang: the Elite x3 is a Windows 10 phablet with big aspirations. It's not content with merely being a king-sized smartphone, either: the Elite x3 wants to depose your phone, your PC and your laptop, too.

At the presentation of the company's representative emphasized several times that HP Elite x3 is not just a smartphone, a multi-function device designed to replace a laptop, desktop and phone one gadget.

HP Elite x3 hands-on review

It all sounds like the Elite x3 is shaping up to be a real beast. It makes the best of a bad situation, focusing on Windows Phone's business strengths rather than going after Apple, Samsung, and LG in the home market. Unfortunately, that also extends to how HP's going to be selling the thing. You won't be able to walk into a phone shop and get one on contract; instead, HP will be selling it directly to companies through its business networks. That means it could be pretty difficult to get hold of one, but you certainly won't be disappointed if your IT guy decided to place an order. It should arrive later this summer, with more than 30 countries in line at launch, but there's no official price just yet.

HP Elite x3 hands-on review review

HP first showed off the Elite x3 back in February at the annual Mobile World Congress show, and a few months later, we got a sneak peak of an updated version of the device during HP's big business printers and business PCs launch event in Macau.

HP Elite x3, The First '3-In-1' Computing Device

After several days of trying out the new HP Elite x3 at the CRN Test Center, we're not ready yet to predict whether this is the future of computing. But the device is definitely futuristic. It feels legitimate to say, as HP does, that the Elite x3 is a new category of device-the "3-in-1.

Everything about HP's Elite X3 seems like a gamble. It's the company's first phone in two years, and it's the first major Windows Phone device since Microsoft's Lumia 950 debuted last year.

HP Elite X3: The most interesting phone you don't need (hands-on)

The HP Elite X3 is a high-end Windows phone built with serious business in mind. What if there was one device to replace them all? What if you no longer needed a laptop or a desktop to get work done? That's what HP is trying to provide with the new Elite X3 phone.