HP tana da mawuyacin lokaci a duniyar fasahar wayar hannu, don haka ta yanke shawarar mai da hankali kai tsaye ga ƙwararren ɓangaren ƙwararrun masani a cikin Windows Phone. Koyaya, rabon Windows Phone da Windows 10 Mobile suna ta ƙara ƙasa, wanda ke nufin ɓataccen ɓacewa a cikin matsakaici ko dogon lokaci. A gefe guda, waɗannan na'urori suna da damar zama tsarin tebur saboda ci gaba, wani abu da zai iya fa'idantar da wasu ɓangarorin aiki da waɗanda HP ke saurin girgizawa. HP Elite X3 ya sauka a Turai a yau kuma yana nufin Amurka a matsayin kasuwa mai zuwa ta gaba, daidaita farashin.
Wannan na'urar tana da, ta yaya zai zama ba haka ba, tare da yiwuwar aiwatar da aikin Cigaba. Matsalar ita ce duk da tsadarsa, na'urar ba ta da tashar da ta dace don waɗannan ayyukan, wato, dole ne mu sayi tashar jirgin don ci gaba da daban, wanda zai ƙara haɓaka kashe kuɗi a kan na'urar da ke da kayan aiki mai kyau, amma yana fama da iyakantaccen software a yau, tunda Windows Phone na fama da ƙaura daga masu haɓaka aikace-aikace.
Na'urar tana da allon inci 6, tare da ƙuduri 2560 x 1440 (WQHD). Don matsar da allo, mai sarrafa Snapdragon 820, mafi kyawun Qualcomm. Game da RAM, mun sami 4GB, abu na yau da kullun a cikin kowane kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na asali tare da Windows 10, amma hakan bai dace da farashin na'urar ba. Dangane da adanawa, 64 GB na asali, tare da mai karanta zanan yatsan hannu gaye. Haɗin haɗi, ya dogara da USB-C guda ɗaya don haka gaye a yau kuma tare da haɗin jack na 3.5 mm don belun kunne a yankin na sama. Farashin, gwargwadon ƙasar, kusan € 870 a Turai, yayin da a Amurka zai kai kusan $ 800.