The Huawei MateBook X brings a nearly bezel-less 13-inch 3000x2000px touch
display with 100% sRGB coverage and 400 nits of brightness. The full-sized
keyboard offers 1.3mm of key travel and full backlight, while the trackpad is
26% larger than on the old MateBook X' and, similarly to Apple's MacBook, is a
solid-state part with clicking being imitated by piezoelectric plates (eight of
them) underneath the trackpad surface.
Because the keyboard stretches from edge
to edge the speakers have been tucked under the Shift keys on either side. In
typical Huawei fashion, the webcam has been hidden away in a pretend key in the
topmost row of the keyboard. There are dual microphones at the front edge for
conference calling.
The MateBook X is a 13.6mm thick device
that weighs just 1kg, but makes room for two USB-C ports (placed on either side
of the machine and both capable of charging) and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The
Huawei MateBook X carries a 42Wh battery, which claims 9 hours of FullHD video
plauback on a single charge. The laptop recharges through a 65W USB-C adapter.
Huawei have equipped the MateBook X with
either an 10th-gen Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPU and 16GB of RAM. The laptop is fan-less
and relies on a combination of a vapor chamber, multiple graphite layers and a
thermally-conductive hinge to keep the 14nm 15W quad-core CPUs running cool.
It's also the first Huawei laptop with Wi-Fi 6 support. Like other MateBooks
this one can share files and be used as a second screen for a Huawei or Honor
smartphone, running EMUI 10.
The Huawei MateBook X will come with
Windows 10 Home, in four colors - Silver, Green, Blue and Pink - in October.
The Core i5 model will cost € 1,599, while a move to a Core i7 will push the
price to € 1,799.
