Windows phones aren’t quite dead yet as HP has just revealed its new high-end flagship phone that runs on Windows 10 mobile – the HP Elite x3.
Marketed towards the corporate and enterprse sector, the Elite x3 is powered by a Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. The phone comes with a 5.96″ 2560×1440 AMOLED screen and features 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac and LTE Advance connectivity.
Security on the the device is impressive as well, as the Elite x3 sports both iris recognition and a fingerprint reader. As for encryption standards, the Elite x3 features FIPS 140-2 cryptography, 256-bit key full disk encryption, TPM 2.0, protection against firmware rollback, and so on.
Possibly the most interesting thing about the HP Elite x3 however has to do with the Pogo pins located at the back of the phone. According to HP, the company hopes that third parties will be able to build an array of sleeves that fit over the phone to give it the extra capabilities it needs to meet all these industrial needs.
As the x3 uses Windows 10 Mobile, HP has designed a few peripherals that is meant to take advantage of the Continuum feature. The first is the Desk Dock, which is similar to Microsoft’s own dock for the Lumia 950 and 950 XL. This allows you to dock the Elite x3 through its Type-C connector and comes with a DisplayPort, two USB Type-A, a USB Type-C, and RJ-45 Ethernet ports. The other accessory is the Mobile Extender. Described as a laptop without any working parts of its own, it contains a battery, a 1920×1080 12.5″ screen and a keyboard. To use this peripheral, one must connect the x3 to the device itself via USB Type-C.
HP has yet to announce the x3’s pricing and availablity, but they have promised that the x3 will be “competitive”. Considering that the Elite x3 is a flagship class phone, expect the pricing of the device to exceed the RM2,000 mark.
Source : Ars Technica, Gizmodo (Image)
