Huawei’s notebook model is presently categorised
into four series – Matebook X Pro, X, D, and E. In early November, Huawei
announced the new full-screen, ultra-slim and lightweight MateBook 13
(WRT-W29E) which is a new series entirely. More details of the Matebook 13 was
also revealed today during the Nova 4 launch.
Huawei MateBook
13 adopts Huawei’s family-style full-screen design, with narrow bezels around
it. The left and right-side bezels are just 4.4 mm while the laptop has a
screen ratio of 88%. As the name implies, it packs a 13-inch IPS glossy screen
with a resolution of 2160×1440 pixels (3:2). The display has a 178-degree
wide-angle view, 1000:1 contrast, typical brightness of 300nits and minimum of
240nit, but the screen does not support touch control. The laptop has a thin
14.9mm metal body and weighs just 1.28kg. The body is manufactured using
diamond cutting technology, supplemented by delicate sandblasting technology
with well-chamfered edges.
The Mateboo 13 is powered by the latest
eighth-generation Intel Core i7-8568U (Whiskey Lake) processor with the lower
model utilising an Intel Core i5-8265 chipset. Both SoCs are Quad-core eight
thread chipsets. The processor also has a power consumption of 15W. The laptop
is also equipped with an NVIDIA MX 150 discrete graphics, 2GB GDDR5 independent
graphics memory, thermal design power consumption 25W, with LPDDR3 memory, NVMe
solid state drive.
On the internals, it has a shark fin fan 2.0 smart
cooling system, dual fan separation heat source, seven sensors real-time
temperature control. The battery capacity is 41.838Whr (3670mAh/11.4V), the
theoretical battery life is about 10 hours, and it can be used for 2.5 hours
after charging for 15 minutes. The interface has only two USB-Cs with data
transfer and charging on the left side, data transfer and DisplayPort output on
the right side, and a 3.5mm headset. Other aspects, it packs a full-size island
chocolate keyboard, power button which also doubles as a fingerprint sensor,
dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0, 1MP camera, dual speaker, dual
microphone, Dolby Atmos sound.
The Matebook 13 comes in three colours of Deep Gray
Ash, Cherry Powder and Gold. As for the pricing, the Intel Core i7 version is
priced at 6399 yuan. However, the Core i5 variant with 8GB RAM and 256 storage
is priced at 4999 yuan. It will go on sale on January 1 but pre-sale will start
on December 25.
