HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 Review: A 2-in-1 That Leads With Its Display

HP's OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 is a convertible laptop that puts its best foot forward immediately: open the lid and the display does most of the convincing. It is one of the more polished Copilot+ 2-in-1s you can buy, and after using it for work and media, it earns its place as a premium pick with only a few caveats worth knowing about.

A display that justifies the price

The standout feature is the 14-inch 2.8K OLED touchscreen. Colors are rich and accurate, blacks are genuinely black, and contrast is effectively infinite, which makes everything from photo editing to late-night streaming look excellent. As a tablet, when you fold the screen all the way back, that same panel makes sketching and reading a pleasure.

Lunar Lake efficiency over raw power

Inside is an Intel Core Ultra 7 processor from the Lunar Lake generation. The design philosophy here favors performance-per-watt rather than chasing benchmark records, and that shows in real use: everyday productivity, browser-heavy multitasking and light creative work all feel smooth, while integrated graphics are noticeably stronger than previous generations. If you compile code or render video for a living, a more powerful machine will suit you better, but for the vast majority of users this is plenty.

All-day battery is the real win

Battery life is where this laptop quietly excels. In lighter workloads it can stretch toward the mid-teens in hours, and even under steadier use it comfortably clears a full workday on a single charge. Combined with a metal chassis that weighs around 1.34kg, it is a machine you can genuinely carry everywhere without anxiety about finding an outlet.

The compromises

The biggest limitation is connectivity. You get USB-C ports and a headphone jack, but no USB-A, no HDMI and no SD card reader, so a dongle is part of the package if you work with older peripherals. The convertible hinge also adds a little thickness compared with a pure clamshell, though it stays impressively light.

Who it's for

The OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 is for someone who wants a premium, portable Windows machine and values screen quality and battery life over maximum horsepower. If that sounds like you, the OLED panel alone makes it hard to go back to a typical laptop display, and the flexibility of the 2-in-1 form factor is a genuine bonus rather than a gimmick.