HP Makes OLED Standard on $699.99 OmniBook 5 14 With Wildcat Lake
HP has set the starting price for the 2026 OmniBook 5 14 at $699.99. The base configuration pairs an Intel Core 5 315 "Wildcat Lake" processor with 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, with OLED included on every SKU. The system is scheduled to launch in October. The Verge
That entry price buys a 1920 x 1200 non-touch OLED panel rated at 300 nits. A touchscreen variant will be available at launch in October. Buyers who want higher density will wait. A 2560 x 1600 OLED option rated at 400 nits is not scheduled until March 2027.
The ceiling for the 14-inch chassis is a Core 7 350 chip, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. All models ship with the same fixed I/O and multimedia baseline: 1080p webcam, dual speakers, HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack, and two 10Gbps USB-C ports. HP is offering the machine in silver, pink, blue, and green. Starting weight is 2.56 pounds. Minimum thickness is 0.46 inches, or 11.7mm.
HP is also announcing a business counterpart, the ProBook 4 G2iS. HP claims 0.47 inches, or 12mm, thickness for that design. It will start with Intel Wildcat Lake chips, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD when it launches in December. The Verge
The broader portfolio context helps explain the positioning. HP updated its entire OmniBook portfolio with Snapdragon X2 chips and OLED displays across the line earlier this year, and it listed the HP OmniBook 5 14 inch Laptop Next Gen AI PC in its CES 2026 press kit. HP OmniBook 5 as a family has spanned multiple silicon vendors, with configurations listed up to AMD Ryzen AI 9, Intel Core Ultra 9, or Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus.
The 16-inch branch shows where HP is taking panel options at the higher end. The updated OmniBook 5 16 is built around Intel's Wildcat Lake platform and can be configured with a 120 Hz, 1,100-nit OLED display. Notebookcheck HP's lineup guide separately describes a 14-inch 16:10 3K OLED touchscreen supporting 48-120Hz variable refresh rates, and HP states that 14-inch 3K OLED touchscreen OmniBook offers up to 22 hours of battery life. HP
Looking at what this means for buyers and IT planners, the interesting decisions are memory, storage, and display cadence. An 8GB and 256GB floor keeps the $699.99 entry accessible, but for developers, VM users, and anyone holding large local datasets or models for inference, the practical SKU is the 16GB and 1TB ceiling. That split is now familiar in thin-and-light designs, where soldered memory and board area leave little headroom.
The display roadmap also deserves attention. Standardizing OLED even at 1920 x 1200 and 300 nits removes the traditional low-end IPS panel from this line, which simplifies panel qualification and color management. At the same time, staggering touch and the 2560 x 1600 400-nit option creates three distinct buying windows: non-touch now, touch in October, higher-resolution in March 2027. For fleets that standardize on a single image and dock setup, that timing matters more than peak brightness.
In this author's view, the pairing of a 2.56-pound, 11.7mm consumer chassis with a 12mm business chassis on the same silicon generation is the quieter signal. It points to a lineup where thinness and OLED are no longer differentiators reserved for flagship tiers, but expected defaults. The upside is straightforward: lighter bags, better contrast for code, video, and photo work, and more color choices without a price penalty at entry. The trade will be in ports, sustained power, and repairability, the usual costs of this form factor, and worth flagging for anyone planning to keep these machines for four or five years.
