HP launches dual-screen gaming laptop - Omen X 2S in India

HP Friday launched a new lineup of gaming laptops with dual screen options in the Indian market. The firm also launched new laptops in its Pavilion series.

HP launched OMEN X 2S - claimed to be the world’s first dual-screen gaming laptop - that has an unprecedented second screen in the form of an easy-to-use six-inch 1080p touchscreen that lets players message friends in WhatsApp, browse in Spotify, watch Twitch, YouTube, or even serve as a hub for OMEN Command Center software.

“Gaming it is not just a hobby but a fast-evolving lifestyle and, in select cases, a profession. At HP, we share our users’ passion and love for the game – be it beginners, enthusiasts or professionals. We have engineered the best experiences based on user insights to enable a holistic and exciting gaming ecosystem for the modern gamers in India,” said Sumeer Chandra, Managing Director, HP Inc. India.

“As the market leader, HP is democratizing gaming in India by bringing powerful devices and solutions that cater to the needs of all types of gamers,” said Vickram Bedi, Senior Director, Personal Systems, HP Inc. India. “We are pushing the paradigms of gaming innovations through disruptive new devices like OMEN X 2S, that provide unmatched experiences to the gamers and help them reach the next level.”

The OMEN X 2S is 20 mm thin with a full metal chassis and is the first 15-inch diagonal gaming laptop in the world to come with an applied liquid metal compound to the thermal system by way of Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut. The path to smaller, cooler, and more powerful applies to the newest version of the OMEN 15 laptop. With a 20 percent reduction in thickness over previous versions, it sits at a slim 20 mm.

Both laptops feature OMEN Tempest, an overhauled advanced thermal solution powered by a 12V fan, which utilizes three-sided venting to enable five-way airflow to keep things ultra-cool. Realistic visuals are delivered by support for up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 features Max-Q7 design for the OMEN X 2S and OMEN 15. Additionally, multitasking and grand-scale games – which take mountainous resources – have never been smoother, with up to the latest 9th Gen Intel® Core i9 high performance mobile processor8, powered by up to 5.0 GHz Turbo9, eight cores and 16 threads, and up to 16 GB of RAM.

Both the laptops come integrated with Intel Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) which is designed to support gigabit speeds up the wireless game with up to 3X faster file transfer speeds than Wi-Fi 5(802.11ac)12. 

The HP OMEN X 2S Laptop is expected to be available on July 1 via HP.com and other retailers from a starting price of Rs 209,990 and the OMEN 15 Laptop is priced at Rs  124,990.