HP and Sony are very big manufacturers of laptops and they have produced HP Pavilion 13 X2 and Sony Vaio Duo 13 with touch screen. Pavilion Device is hybrid tablet computer which can be used as tablet and laptop and it has keyboard stylus. On other end, Sony Vaio Duo 13 is hybrid laptop with fixed keyboard but it can also be used as tablet due to its body structure. It has also pen stylus. Both hybrid devices are very good and have operating system of windows 8. So what is better laptop of these two? Let’s make a decision after seeing specifications of Sony and HP devices.

| HP Pavilion 13 X2 | Sony VAIO Duo 13 |
Display Screen . | 13.3 inch HD display touch screen (Capacitive finger) with resolution of 1366×768 pixels | 13.3 inch touch screen at resolution of 1920×1080 pixels to get realistic HD result |
Processor | Intel Haswell AMD processor with integrated Intel HD 2400 graphic processor | Intel Haswell 4th generation Core i7 (4500U) processor with clock speed of 1.8GHz (users can get it with speed of 2.39GHz). Also available in Core i5 variant. Graphics processor of Intel HD Graphics for better graphics. |
RAM | 4GB | 4GB DDR3 RAM |
Storage Space | 64 GB of internal storage, 128GB storage is also available | 128GB and 500GB Solid state Hard Drive storage options |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 | |
Battery | 33 Whr Battery with live time of 11 hours | 50Wh Solid battery of live time of 15 hours |
Connectivity | WiFi (with WEP, WPA and WPA2 security), 3.5mm audio jack, Stereo speakers for HD outputs, built in microphone, USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports | WiFi, NFC, Bluetooth, USB 3.0 ports, HDMI port, SD card reader and ports for headphone and microphone. |
Webcam | 2 megapixels HD webcam on front | Exmor RS HD webcam for video conservations |
Weight | 4.89 pounds or 2.21 KG (higher than Sony Vaio Duo 13) | 1.3 KG or pounds lbs which make it highly portable |
Thickness | 21mm or 0.82 inch | 19.55mm or 0.77 inches |
Stylus | Keyboard Dock | Pen as stylus |
Price | $599.99 USD (you may get some relaxation while purchasing online) | $1,520 but you can get it with lower price from different websites online |
Status | Released November 2013 | Released July 2013 |

So full specifications of HP Pavilion x2 13 and Sony VAIO Duo 13 are given above and you can see that Sony’s touch screen laptop is very higher than HP’s device in most features. But there is very big difference in price of both touch screen laptops. Sony laptop has HD screen, Better processor, big storage, light weight, beautiful body shape and attractive look. HP Pavilion 13 X2 is also good and have very beautiful body design but it is lower than Sony Vaio Duo 13 in specifications. So if you want to buy touch screen laptop with full HD quality hardware and HD experience than you should buy Sony Vaio Duo 13 but if you want to purchase a touch screen laptop with low price, beautiful look and for normal user, than you should purchase HP Pavilion 13 X2. There is another laptop HP Pavilion 11 X2 available with same specifications of Pavilion 13 X2. If you want touch screen laptop of small size than you can buy that. So get your touch screen laptop and enjoy. Have a nice day!
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