HP Pavilion & Spectre Repair Cost UK 2026: Screen, Battery & Keyboard Prices
Direct answer: HP Pavilion and Spectre x360 sit at opposite ends of the HP range, and their repair costs reflect it. A Pavilion screen runs from £94.95 on an older 15 up to £149.95 on a Pavilion Plus, an ENVY x360 around £139.95–£179.95, and a Spectre x360 from £164.95 on a 2019 model up to £219.95 on a current 16. Batteries span £44.95–£119.95 and keyboards £54.95–£149.95 across the three lines. Every figure below is published up front from our live price list — no quote form — with standard screen, battery and keyboard work underwritten for 27 months.
Pavilion is the HP most UK households own; Spectre x360 is the HP they aspire to. The two share a logo and almost nothing else — the Pavilion is a workhorse clamshell engineered to a price, the Spectre a slim, machined-aluminium convertible with an OLED-touch panel and a 360-degree hinge. That difference in engineering is the difference in repair cost: the Spectre's panel, battery and keyboard are all dearer parts in a harder-to-open chassis, and the convertible hinge adds reassembly complexity the Pavilion never has. This page puts the two lines next to each other, with the ENVY x360 — HP's middle convertible — in between, so you can see exactly what your model costs before you book. For the full HP range including EliteBook, start at our HP laptop repair cost hub.
HP Pavilion repair prices
Pavilion is celltech's highest-volume HP repair, and its prices are the most stable in the range — IPS panels, socketed or lightly-glued batteries, and riveted-but-accessible keyboards. Prices below are fitted by post, including parts, labour and insured return. Where your exact Pavilion variant is not listed, contact us for a quote.
| Model | Screen | Battery | Keyboard | Charging port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavilion Plus 16 (2025) | £149.95 | £89.95 | £109.95 | £44.95 |
| Pavilion Plus 14 (2025) | £149.95 | £89.95 | £109.95 | £39.95 |
| Pavilion Plus 14 (2024) | £139.95 | £79.95 | £99.95 | £34.95 |
| Pavilion 15 Intel (2023) | £129.95 | £69.95 | £89.95 | £34.95 |
| Pavilion x360 14 (2024) | £139.95 | £79.95 | £99.95 | £34.95 |
| Pavilion 15 Intel (2021) | £119.95 | £69.95 | £79.95 | £29.95 |
| Pavilion 15 AMD (2020) | £109.95 | £59.95 | £69.95 | £24.95 |
| Pavilion 15 Intel (2019) | £104.95 | £54.95 | £64.95 | £24.95 |
| Pavilion 15 Intel (2018) | £99.95 | £49.95 | £59.95 | £24.95 |
HP ENVY x360 repair prices
The ENVY x360 is HP's mid-range convertible — a 2-in-1 hinge and a touch panel like the Spectre, but with IPS rather than OLED glass. That makes it the bridge between the two: dearer than a Pavilion clamshell, cheaper than a Spectre. The convertible hinge and touch digitiser mean the same careful reassembly as a Spectre, just with a less costly panel inside.
| Model | Screen | Battery | Keyboard | Charging port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENVY x360 16 (2025) | £179.95 | £99.95 | £129.95 | £54.95 |
| ENVY x360 14 Intel (2025) | £179.95 | £99.95 | £129.95 | £49.95 |
| ENVY x360 16 (2024) | £169.95 | £89.95 | £119.95 | £49.95 |
| ENVY x360 15 AMD (2023) | £159.95 | £79.95 | £109.95 | £44.95 |
| ENVY x360 13 Intel (2023) | £159.95 | £79.95 | £109.95 | £39.95 |
| ENVY x360 15 AMD (2021) | £149.95 | £79.95 | £99.95 | £39.95 |
| ENVY 15 (2020) | £139.95 | £69.95 | £89.95 | £34.95 |
HP Spectre x360 repair prices
The Spectre x360 is the premium end of the HP consumer range, and it carries the price that goes with OLED glass, a slim machined chassis and a 360-degree hinge. The table below spans the current 2025 models back to 2018; older Spectres are noticeably cheaper to repair as their panels and cells are simpler and more plentiful. Note the Spectre x360 prices reflect the OLED-touch panel and slim-chassis complexity.
| Model | Screen | Battery | Keyboard | Charging port |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectre x360 16 (2025) | £219.95 | £119.95 | £149.95 | £69.95 |
| Spectre x360 14 (2025) | £209.95 | £119.95 | £149.95 | £59.95 |
| Spectre x360 16 (2024) | £209.95 | £109.95 | £139.95 | £64.95 |
| Spectre x360 14 (2024) | £199.95 | £109.95 | £139.95 | £54.95 |
| Spectre x360 14 (2023) | £189.95 | £99.95 | £129.95 | £49.95 |
| Spectre x360 14 (2022) | £179.95 | £89.95 | £119.95 | £49.95 |
| Spectre x360 15 (2020) | £169.95 | £79.95 | £109.95 | £44.95 |
| Spectre x360 13 (2019) | £164.95 | £74.95 | £104.95 | £44.95 |
Why Spectre repairs cost more than Pavilion
- Panel technology. The Spectre's OLED-touch assembly is a far costlier part than a Pavilion IPS panel, and it is the single biggest swing in a screen repair. ENVY x360 uses a touch IPS panel, so it lands between the two.
- Slim, glued chassis. The Spectre is machined aluminium with a glued, riveted back. Getting inside cleanly takes soft heat, a plastic spudger and patience — a rushed job cracks a chassis. The Pavilion clamshell is a serviceable, screw-fastened build by comparison.
- Convertible hinge. The 360-degree hinge on the Spectre and ENVY x360 means the touch-digitiser and display cabling route through the hinge and must be reassembled so the device still folds flat and touch tracks to the corners. A Pavilion clamshell has none of that.
- Glued internal battery. Spectre and current ENVY cells are glued into the chassis; Pavilion packs are often lighter-duty or socketed on older models, which is part of why a Pavilion battery sits lower.
What a Pavilion or Spectre repair actually involves
On a Pavilion clamshell the bench process is the straightforward end of laptop repair. The bottom cover is removed, the display assembly is unplugged from the motherboard and the webcam and touch cables detached, the new IPS panel is seated, the hinges re-torqued to factory tension, and the whole unit function-tested — display, touch, webcam, backlight uniformity. A Pavilion battery is exposed once the back is off, the connector unclipped, the worn or swollen cell lifted out, the new cell seated, and the battery controller reset so the machine reports accurate capacity again. Keyboards on modern Pavilions are riveted into the top cover, so a "keyboard replacement" can mean a palmrest or top-cover assembly rather than a discrete keyboard — we quote the correct scope up front, never surprising you with it on the invoice.
A Spectre x360 is the involved end. The 2-in-1 hinge and the touch-digitiser cabling demand careful separation of the slim display assembly — the OLED panel is fragile and edge-lit, so it lifts on controlled heat rather than leverage — and the digitiser and display cables route through the hinge barrel, which has to be reassembled in the right order or the convertible stops folding flat. The glued internal battery on a Spectre is the labour owners underestimate: it must be unseated without puncturing the cell, which matters doubly when the pack is already swollen. Once the new cell is fitted, the battery controller is reset and the chassis resealed. The same logic applies to the ENVY x360, which shares the Spectre's hinge and glued construction but uses a cheaper touch-IPS panel.
Charging-port work splits along the same line. Modern Spectre and current ENVY models charge over board-mounted USB-C, so a charge-port fault is micro-soldering on the connector tier, not a socketed DC-jack swap — it carries the 9-month connector tier, not the 27-month standard. Older barrel-jack Pavilions use a discrete, swappable barrel socket, which is a simpler, cheaper job in the same connector tier. We diagnose the actual fault — cable, port, torn board pad, or failed charging IC — before quoting, because each is a different repair at a different price. See our charging port & DC jack guide for the full breakdown.
OEM-grade parts, not the lowest-priced that fits
We fit OEM-grade displays, cells and keyboards that match the original specification for colour, brightness, capacity and key travel, and we tell you what is going in before any work starts. Aftermarket panels are cheaper but routinely trade away colour accuracy and brightness uniformity — the difference is most visible on a Spectre's OLED, where a cheap substitute looks washed-out next to the original. Aftermarket cells understate capacity and swell sooner, which is the last thing you want in a glued-shut Spectre or ENVY. See our parts-grade guide for the detail.
Is repairing a Pavilion or Spectre worth it?
Almost always. A Pavilion is mid-range, and a £69.95 battery or a £129.95 screen returns a perfectly good machine for a fraction of a replacement, underwritten by the 27-month guarantee. The Spectre is premium — a current Spectre x360 16 is a four-figure machine, so even a £219.95 screen is far cheaper than a new one, and a repaired Spectre keeps its OLED panel and machined chassis intact. The honest exception is a board-level fault approaching the machine's value, which we diagnose free and weigh against the beyond-economical-repair threshold before you spend anything.
The 27-month guarantee on standard screen, battery and keyboard work — more than double the 12 months most independents offer — makes the economics even cleaner. Charging ports and DC jacks carry the 9-month connector tier; board-level and liquid-damage work carries 120 days, each tier matched honestly to the repair type rather than a blanket figure.
Repairing your Pavilion or Spectre by post
celltech is a UK-wide mail-in specialist, so you do not need to be in the Midlands. Book at /repair/laptop/hp, pack your HP tracked and insured via Royal Mail Special Delivery — a Spectre needs extra padding around the hinge and USB-C edges, a Pavilion 15 a rigid double box with corner foam — and we diagnose free, confirm the exact price, fit the OEM-grade part, test, and return it tracked and insured with your guarantee logged. Our HP laptop repair by post guide covers packing line by line.
All HP laptop repairs
This page covers the consumer range. For the full HP picture — Pavilion, ENVY, Spectre, EliteBook, ProBook, OMEN and Victus — see our HP laptop repair cost hub, and the focused screen replacement and battery replacement pages.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an HP Pavilion screen replacement cost?
From £94.95 on an older Pavilion 15 up to £149.95 on a Pavilion Plus, with the common current Pavilion 15 Intel (2023) at £129.95. Every model's price is in the table above, and each carries a 27-month guarantee.
Is HP Spectre x360 screen repair worth the cost?
Yes — a current Spectre x360 16 screen is £219.95, which is a fraction of a four-figure machine, and the repair keeps the original OLED panel grade and machined chassis. Older Spectres are cheaper still, from £164.95 on a 2019 model.
What is the most common Pavilion fault?
Battery degradation and cracked screens are the two we see most on the Pavilion line, followed by stiff or cracking hinges that, left alone, chafe the display cable. See our common HP faults guide.
Can celltech repair HP ENVY laptops?
Yes — the full ENVY x360 range, current and legacy, is in our price list. ENVY sits between Pavilion and Spectre in both panel grade and cost, as the tables above show.
Do you offer a guarantee on Pavilion and Spectre repairs?
27 months on screens, batteries and keyboards — more than double the 12 months most independents offer. Charging ports and DC jacks carry the 9-month connector tier; board-level and liquid work carries 120 days.
How is HP Spectre repair different from Pavilion repair?
The Spectre uses an OLED-touch panel in a slim, glued convertible chassis with a 360-degree hinge, so the parts are dearer and the disassembly more involved. The Pavilion is an IPS clamshell with a screw-fastened, serviceable build — simpler parts, less labour, lower cost.