HP 15 Ryzen 3 5300U 15.6-inch(39.6 cm) FHD Thin & Light Laptop I) Full Indepth Review

 HP 15s-EQ2042AU Full Review

HP 15s-EQ2042AU 

Pros:

1. Performance is pretty good.
2. Matt finish giving a premium look.
3. Lifetime Windows 10 and MS office support.

Cons:

1. Display is a weak point.
2. Don't have the latest Wifi or Bluetooth support.
3. No backlit keyboard.

Box Contents:

1. The Laptop itself
2. A 65watt fast charger with barrel type pin.
3. Paper works and manuals.

Specifications

RAM- 8GB DDR4(3200MHz) upgradeable upto 16GB.
Processor- AMD Ryzen-3 5300U
Storage- 512GB upgradeable upto 2TB (1 slot only)
Graphics- Radeon Graphics (512MB dedicated and 4GB  integrated)

Exterior Overview:

The device has a very minimalist approach to it and is very light weight. The body is made up of  plastic. Over all the look is very professional and doesn't feel cheap, built quality is certainly on the premium side the mat-finish  certainly enhancing the looks. There is just a Hp logo on the lid, enhancing the overall look. 

Exterior Overview

                                               

On the rear the material is average as expected which houses an air-vent which allows air-intake by the system. There is also rubber padding which helps the laptop taking in adequate air. 

Ports Available:

Left side:
1.Power port
2.USB type-A,3.2 x2

Left-side View

                                    

Right side:
1. HDMI port x1
2. Gen-2 Type-C 
3. LED indicators
4. Headphone jack(3.5mm)
5. Full-sized SD card reader.

Right-Side View

Interior Overview:

The lid opens to reveal the 15.6" display 1080p display surrounded by narrow bezels on all sides except the bottom which houses the Hp logo. Just beneath the display there is the full-sized keyboard which has decent typing experience but a big drawback is that there is no backlighting, which can be a deal-breaker. Just above the keyboard there is the speaker grille which has decent sound output. 

Interior Overview

There is also a fairly decent-sized trackpad. The trackpad support all the required windows 10 multi-touch gestures and is quite decent to use. On the top of  the screen there houses a 720p web-cam which is certainly not that great, but the audio from the microphone is decent. Sadly there is no manual shutter for the camera.

Display & Software

The laptop comes with a full HD (1920 x 1080p) anti-glare display with 45% NTSC and 141 ppi (pixels per inch).  The display is SVA panel (Super Vertical Alignment) which is certainly not on the IPS level and shifts colour very easily even the slightest change in viewing angle. The brightness is also decent enough which is 250 nits and having almost 84% screen to body ratio. 

The laptop also comes pre-loaded with Windows 10 home and Microsoft home and office 2019 for lifetime. It also have built in alexa support. It also have wifi- 5 support and bluetooth - 4.2 for connectivity.
Battery life is also decent enough  averaging almost about 4-5 hours depending upon the usage which is decent enough. It also comes with a 65Watt charger which is 

Performance

The laptop is powered by AMD Ryzen 3  5300U  which has a base clock speed of-2.60GHz and boost clock speed of 3.8GHz. It also has 4 cores and 8 threads and is based upon 7nm technology which inturn boosts its  efficiency.

We Ran a few benchmarks and here are they:
1. CPU Mark- 10,642
2. Single Thread Rating- 2441
3. Cinebench R23- Single-Core- 513
                                Multi-Core- 2770

We also used the device for a few days and it can very easily handle simple tasks like web- browsing and also is benefited by the 8 GB of memory. Overall in normal Powerpoint, Words , Excel usage it just flies. We also ran a  few of the games which was certainly playable but not quiet enjoyable. 
Overall it is a decent device and can certainly handle all basic tasks and also can do a bit of video-editing and also few not so intensive games. You can also do basic 2-D Autocad easily so college students can check it.

Verdict

The laptop is in the range of Rs 40,000-45,000, link of the best deal is given below. For the price is offers decent value for money the only drawbacks are not having backlit keyboard, the display shifts colour very easily and also lack of fingerprint sensor. 
But it have plenty of good stuffs to make up for it like the performance is very smooth , the overall feel and build is also impressive. So, to sum it up I would say if the bigger display is not a factor just check out below where there is a link of a HP laptop I would pick over  this. 

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