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日本HP 15s (15s-eq3000) – Top 5 Pros and Cons
The HP 15s (15s-eq3000) is a top-budget option recommended by Google if you can consider ads as recommendations. For once, we agree with the search engine, as the HP 15s comes in with very good hardware, which is both powerful and efficient, as well as integrated graphics that are among the best available options.
On the low end, there’s the IdeaPad 3 and the Aspire 3, so let’s see what HP has sacrificed to deliver this level of hardware and if you should consider it.
Today we are presenting you with LaptopMedia’s top 5 picks about the HP 15s (15s-eq3000).
HP 15s (15s-eq3000): Full Specs / In-depth Review
4 reasons to BUY the HP 15s (15s-eq3000)
1. Battery life
Starting off strong, the Ryzen 5 5625U that’s inside the laptop lasts for 9 hours and 24 minutes of Web browsing, or 8 hours and 49 minutes of video playback. All of that is from a small 41Wh unit. We conduct the battery tests with the Windows Better performance setting turned on, screen brightness adjusted to 120 nits, and all other programs turned off except for the one we are testing the notebook with.
2. Upgradeability
The laptop has good upgradeability, with two SODIMM slots for DDR4 RAM and one M.2 slot for PCIe Gen 3 SSDs.
Here is our detailed teardown video, which shows how to access both the RAM and SSD slots.
3. Input devices
We’re really surprised by the keyboard of the device. While it falls short when it comes to feedback, the key travel is long, which still delivers a comfortable typing experience. The board also spans from side to side and has a NumPad. The touchpad is wider than the display, which may feel weird for some people, however, it’s very responsive.
4. Display quality
At this price point, we don’t expect a Creator-ready display, and we just want a good one for daily use. Thankfully, the HP 15s covers that aspect, as its Full HD IPS panel delivers good viewing angles, a peak brightness of 287 nits, and a contrast ratio of 1340:1. It covers about 52% of the sRGB gamut, while delivering decent, but not great accuracy, both with the stock settings and with our Design and Gaming profile applied.
Here are the results of our test in factory condition (left) and with our profile applied (right).
More importantly, the panel uses no PWM across all brightness levels, ensuring safe working conditions even in prolonged usage.
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Office Work
Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.
Design and Gaming
This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.
Health-Guard
Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.
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1 reason NOT to buy the HP 15s (15s-eq3000)
1. Build quality
Expectedly, the HP 15s is built entirely from plastic. However, we still expected some structural support on the inside, but got none, as both the base and the lid are flexy and can be easily snapped in half if the need arises. With a weight of 1.69 kg and a profile of 17.9 mm, the laptop will be appealing to the pursuers of a thinner and more portable laptop, however, it also increases the chance of it being destroyed in seconds.
