Your mind probably is made up already, but have you also looked at the Asus G14 Zephyrus line-up?
Have been using one for a few weeks now, and am quite impressed by the display and battery life so far. The display is supposedly 100% sRGB (maxes out at 250 nits, though). You also have one upgradable memory slot, with 8GB soldered in another. Found the keyboard slightly cramped and their AnimMe Matrix feature a bit gimmicky, but overall happy with the build.
My variant is a 4900HS/16GB/512GB/1660Ti/1440p/60Hz model that cost around 1.05L (which I later noticed sold for around 10k less during the recent FK sale). If you don’t need the CPU power, you also get the Ryzen 5/7 variants for around your intended budget. And at the time I bought mine, they also had a running offer on an additional 2-year extended warranty (and they still may).