Yesterday, Huawei
announced the Media M5 Youth Edition tablet and the a 13-inch MateBook. The USP
of this notebook is that it carries support for NFC connectivity. Compared to the existing MateBook
X Pro notebook that was announced in February, the 13-inch Matebook features a
13.3-inch touchscreen display that carries support for 2160 x1440 pixels and
offers an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 88 percent. The left and right
bezels of the laptop measures only 4.4mm. It carries support for an aspect
ratio of 3:2, 100 percent sRGB color gamut and 300nits brightness.
The thickest portion of the 13-inch Matebook
measures only 14.9 mm and it weighs 1.28 kg. The new laptop from Huawei is 6
percent smaller and lighter than the MateBook X Pro. It can be brought in
colors like gray, silver and rose gold.
The USP of the 13-inch MateBook it is equipped NFC
connectivity. The NFC recognition area is placed on the right-hand side palm
rest. Users with NFC-enabled smartphone cane transfer files at up to 30MB per
second by establishing connection between the two devices. It features a
fingerprint scanner that is embedded under its power button.
The 13-inch MateBook comes in two variants driven by
8th generation Intel Core i5-826U with UHD620 graphics and 8th Core i5-8560U
with NVIDIA MX150 graphics. Both variants feature 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of SSD
storage and 42W battery. The laptop is also equipped with Shark Fin Fan 2.0
technology that includes dual-fan and dual heat pipe cooling module that works
at 8,000 RPM. The left side of the device features a USB-C port and another a
USB-C port and a 3.5mm audio jack can be found on the right side.
Huawei did not confirm on the pricing of the new
13-inch MateBook. The product is yet to appear on VMall. The Chinese
manufacturer will begin the sales of the 13-inch MateBook in December. The
notebook is expected to be priced lower than MateBook X Pro that carried a
launch price of 7,988 Yuan (US$ 1,155) in China. The MateBook X Pro was made available in the U.S. in May. As far as the
13-inch MateBook is concerned, there is no information on its international
availability.