HP Elite x3

The HP Elite x3 has been up for sale via several retailers for quite a while now, but the phone’s hefty price has since scared off budget-conscious consumers. Now, UK retailer Carphone Warehouse is offering the HP Elite x3 from £37.50 a month on a 24-month contract with an upfront cost of £59.99.



If you opt for the version with the desk dock, you will have to shell out £30 more upfront. Without contract, the Elite x3 will set you back £679, or £699 with the Desk Dock. The Dock supports Windows 10 Mobile‘s Continuum to let you use a mouse and keyboard with the handset when connected to a larger display.

The Elite x3 is one of the few Windows 10 Mobile devices out there that does not disappoint. The specs include: 

 

• Windows 10 Mobile 
• HP Elite x3 in Graphite with Chrome 
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (2.15 GHz, 4 cores) 
• Qualcomm MSM 8996 5.96″ diagonal WQHD AMOLED 494 PPI multitouch-enabled (2560 x 1440) 
• 16 MP rear-facing camera, 8 MP front facing camera and Iris camera 
• 2 Stereo speakers (one with earpiece) 
• 3 integrated omni-directional noise cancelling microphones 
• 1 external microphone (from headset jack) 
• Snapdragon Audio+ support 
• Audio by B&O PLAY 
• Integrated Qualcomm Adreno 530 GPU 
• 4 GB LPDDR4 
• 64 GB eMMC 5.1 
• Near Field Communication capable 
• Ambient light sensor + proximity combo 
• Accelerometer + gyro 
• eCompass 
• Pressure sensor 
• Hall effect 
• GPS 
• 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2×2) WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0 LE combo (Miracast supported) 
• 1 Cell 16.4 WHr 
• One 3.5 mm 3 and 4 pole headphone jack; 1 USB 3.0 Type-C connector 
• Dual SIM model (Dual Nano-SIM, Dual Stand-by) 
• Pogo pins 
• 1 microSD
• Security management: Elite x3 device has dual biometric authentication with Iris recognition and Fingerprint reader, FIPS 140-2 cryptography; Qualcomm processor includes Secure Boot, 128-bit key Unified Image Encryption, 256-bit key Full Disk Encryption, Anti roll back and fTPM 2.0 security; Windows 10 includes 128 key Bitlocker encryption and Enterprise grade VPN