Huawei officially unveils MateBook X 2020 in China. It has a similar design as the MateBook X Pro 2020 from earlier this year and even shares most of its specifications with it. The only thing that makes it stand out is the fact that it is the first Windows laptop to come with a pressure-sensitive trackpad. In addition to the MateBook X 2020, at today’s conference, the company also announced the new Huawei MateBook 13 and 14. These laptops are the Ryzen edition, meaning, they feature AMD’s latest 4000 series Ryzen mobile chipsets.
Huawei MateBook X 2020
The newly launched Huawei MateBook X 2020 come with a 13-inch 3K ( 3000 x 2000 pixels) LTPS LCD touchscreen panel with 3:2 aspect ratio, 90% screen to body ratio, 100% sRGB color gamut, 1500:1 contrast ratio, 400 nits brightness, 178° viewing angle, and 10-point multi-touch. It is powered by a 10th generation Intel Core i7-10510U processor paired with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB NVMe SSD. Furthermore, the body of the laptop is made of magnesium-aluminum alloy and it weighs only about 1Kg. It measures only 284.4 x 206.7 x 13.6 mm in dimensions. The pressure-sensitive trackpad included in this laptop (makes it the first Windows laptop to arrive with this hardware). Huawei calls it Free Touch, which is vaguely inspired by Apple’s Force Touch trackpad on MacBooks. It comes in four colors such as Frost Silver, Interstellar Blue, Green Mountain Daisy, and Cherry Blossom powder. Other features of this new Huawei MateBook includes 4x speakers, 2x microphones, pop-up camera, backlit chocolate keyboard, fingerprint sensor, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, 2x USB Type-C, 3.5mm headphone jack, 42Whr battery, and support for 65W fast charging.
Huawei MateBook 13 and MateBook 14
The MateBook 13 and 14 are generally built to offer great performance in a thin and light notebook form factor. Both laptops offer 2K touch-enabled displays with minimal bezels on each side. Its high screen to body ratio offers a wide angle of view with support for 100 percent sRGB color gamut. Notably, the notebooks also passed the Rheinland low blue light certification, which is beneficial to the users’ eyes when using the laptop. The 13-inch variant weighs just 1.3kg and measures in at 14.9mm. On the other hand, the 14-inch model arrives at 15.9mm and weighs just 1.49kg. The Huawei MateBook 13 and MateBook 14 will be available for purchase later today (19th August 2020) in China and will be offered in three different configurations. Like the Huawei MateBook X 2020, there is a 65W pocket charger. It can be used for fast charging.