HP EliteBook 840 G3 - 14” FHD, Intel Core i5-6300U 2.4Ghz, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, Bluetooth 4.2, Windows 10 64 (Renewed)

The battery life is fair enough and actually pretty impressive given the slim size of the laptop. The keyboard is backlit and very comfortable. The size makes the laptop pleasant to use, although the screen resolution is 1366x768, which is a fair screen resolution given the size of the laptop and should suffice for most people, but those who are looking for a laptop with a bigger screen resolution should be aware and perhaps look for a larger laptop. The quality of the laptop is impressive given its price, it feels like brand new. It also has many ports. It also has a TouchStyk which makes navigation easier and much comfortable. The packaging was also neat. I express my gratitude to the seller! 👍

The HP 840 G3 I received was as good as new! Fast, clean, and perfect for my needs. The seller did a great job refurbishing it, and I’m thrilled with how it performs. Highly recommended.

Good laptop! I would recommend this. There are a few caveats and some problems (though I suspect this was just bad luck) but first the arguments for it.-well packaged. The unit came strapped tight under stretch plastic and was securely packaged for transport.-good physical condition. I would agree that this is "A" grade in its overall physical condition and marks of wear. It could be characterized as "gently used".-decent battery life still. I get a good 4 hours of life from the battery despite the age of the platform (2016) under "normal" usage. Word, excel, browser, some YouTube.-6th generation Core i5 platform with USB-C. This alone makes going for 6th gen (over 5th and 4th) worth it.-Smart card reader. This is very useful to me (and one of the primary reason I went for this HP series of laptops) as my organization uses smart cards extensively.Now for the "cons".-screen is not 1080p despite being advertised as "FHD". It's your usual low-grade, washed-out looking "HD" panel with 1366x768 (these laptops are built using a wide variety of options and parts). Not a deal breaker, but just so you're aware, you may not get an actual 1080p panel (which is what "FHD" means).-Large decal on the lid. Kind of baffling, the lid has a decal that covers the entire lid. It has a "brushed aluminum" appearance and texture to it. Makes me think that the lid might have ugly mark(s) on it that the decal is covering. Not a deal breaker, just an unusual thing for me to see.-Damaged SSD. The laptop came with a bad SSD. The refurbisher utilized a 256GB Adata SU650 SSD that initially worked, Windows 10 got set up and rebooted, but then would keep going into chkdsk (storage check for data integrity) and upon scanning it, come to find out, smart errors/bad blocks. I swapped it out for a Western Digital Blue 512GB SSD and then everything was fine.All in all, for $350 this laptop is a good value for what you get in return. If the SSD hadn't been shot, and if the panel was 1080p instead of half HD, this would represent an outstanding value. But as it is, this is okay.

Bought this laptop even though the reviews appear to be quite negative and was very surprised. Yes there are scratches on the cover but otherwise this thing is in great shape. No wear on the keyboard or screen (did have to do a quick clean up though no biggie). Functionally it is perfect - boots up quick with the ssd and seems to be quite zippy for being a few years old. It does have the higher res HD screen at 1920 x 1080 - anything less than that this day and age is just not acceptable. Was surprised to see it has a slot for a sim card not sure I would ever use it but neat anyway.

- HP EliteBook 840 G3 sold by "95 Computer"- The questionable bare minimum packaging this laptop came in was an immediate concern. The laptop showed up in a small, never-designed-for-a-laptop box floating/banging around inside wrapped in a single layer of thin, popped bubble wrap.- No screen protector between the keyboard+screen. The laptop's screen has a clear print from the stick mouse on the keyboard, This is why laptops are normally shipped with a piece of material between the keyboard and screen.- Clearly a used laptop, hair in various areas on the laptop including stuck to a sticker affixed to the external power supply.- Laptop won't turn on. While not turning on out of the box on battery isn't a big surprise, the clearly dead and damaged power supply is. The power supply clearly does not work and is clearly damaged (bent) at the power connecting "Tip" that inserts into the laptop itself."Luckily" I'm familiar with this laptop model and I think i have an extra power supply to test with. However I will have to wait to see if that's the only issue, hopefully the laptop actually works but I have no way of being able to determine that, hence "DoA"I think it goes without saying that "95 Computer" doesn't actually test items they ship out and despite the bottom-tier packaging I have no reason to believe the PSU connecting Pin was damaged during shipping. The damaged PSU was certainly shipped out this way.I may update this review after testing with a functional power supply.UPDATE 12-04-2021: Amazon conveniently took "plenty" of time before posting this review. My initial conclusion was correct, the laptop was shipped with a clearly broken power supply. Sourcing another power supply I was able to get this laptop up and running and the battery did seem to hold a charge OK.However i was then lead into the next problem that others have mentioned: This was not an FHD/1080 display. Just like others that have posted screen shots, this laptop (but specifically the screen it comes with) is not capable of displaying 1080, and as some are aware, the lower quality/resolution 1366x768 screen this one (i think normally) comes with is really *not* super great to look at.I've never actually seen an 840 G3 with a 1080 display but apparently they exist. Anyways yes just like others this laptop was advertised and specified both FHD and 1080 neither of which it actually has.For a variety of reasons when it comes to "renewed" equipment, AMZ just seems worse off than seemingly any other semi-reputable PC refurb place you can find on another popular website that sounds like day.It's really the intentional lack of transparency and reputation of AMZ refurb sellers that makes renewed/refurb consistently more of a gamble on AMZ. Lesson learned here, *know* who you're actually buying from on AMZ, regardless of AMZ claiming to be the ones behind the scenes.There were actually (2) additional concerns I had with this laptop, one of them speculative. According to Device Manager this laptop had a "HEYING 265GB SSD" as its primary Disk. If you research HEYING you will basically find absolutely nothing at all, no one has ever heard of this device/manufacturer period.I forgot to check and confirm but this laptop was sold as having "DDR4" which seems unlikely vs DDR3.Lastly, it seems myself as a long time reputable customer and the hundreds of dollars spent on this laptop was truly not valued by AMZ at all, because when i shipped this back (and all of this has taken a *ton* of my time) - somehow it appears i've been tricked into accepting the refund back entirely as an AMZ gift card, instead of an actual refund back to the card/etc.So yeah the scamming really just keeps on churning. I have no idea why it seems by-default AMZ purposely avoided refunding to the source, but nothing would be more sure to me now than this by no means being a coincidence. I'm now out that cash through the holidays. "Thanks" AMZ - I may not ever (knowingly) buy anything used/refurbished/renewed etc from AMZ *ever* again.Let this be a lesson to anyone reading at no point in time should you buy anything on AMZ that isn't brand new, coming from a legitimately historically reputable company. They are out here taking literally *everyone* for a ride. This has burned me pretty good and i feel bad for those with less resources/capabilities than me that can't address this similarly head-on.Image gifting a completely dead laptop to someone for the holidays then you can't even get another one because the refund was purposely thrown onto a gift card.I think this will be the last update on this nightmare but I've got pictures and screen shots I could also add just in case - (as an FYI to AMZ and reseller.)