Hello guys looking for some really good laptop but don't know any well today is your lucky day because today i am going to talk about a very interesting laptop called Huawei MateBook 13 we are going to talk about the design and display, performance, battery life and lastly price and availability
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Design and display
- Gorgeous Space Gray or Mystic Silver aluminum frame
- Just 2.87 pounds and 0.59 inches thin
- Vibrant 1440p touchscreen with 100% sRGB coverage
This laptop is fitted into the same aluminum body as before in your choice of a Space Gray or Mystic Silver color option. Open the laptop, however, and you’ll notice one key difference: the webcam has moved – again.
While the webcam was cleverly hidden beneath the keyboard in the X Pro, Huawei has done this MateBook right with a webcam resting above the display. However, it’s rated for a mere 0.9-megapixels at 720p resolution, so it’s not going to make you look amazing online.
Measuring just 0.59 inches (14.9mm) thin and weighing a mere 2.87 pounds (1.3kg), the MateBook 13 is narrowly heavier and actually – just by a hair – thinner than the latest MacBook Air. That’s mighty impressive for a laptop that contains a full-fat Intel mobile processor as well as a dedicated graphics chip.
Equally as impressive is the keyboard and touchpad on offer here, with plenty of key travel at 1.2mm and the punchy, forceful feedback that we need to type fast. Likewise, the Microsoft Precision touchpad is also a delight to use as well as wide and spacious, though it’s notably missing a smooth glass coating.
Couple that with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio and up to 300 nits of brightness, and you have the makings of a once-again excellent display. However, the 3:2 aspect ratio allows for more content to fit on the screen vertically, but that means thicker bars above and below your full-screen videos.Now, if you enjoyed the touchscreen display on the X Pro, you’ll love it all over again on the MateBook 13. While a touch smaller now at a straight 13 inches on the diagonal, the screen still puts out a 1440p picture at 100% of the sRGB color gamut – and its touch digitizer is as snappy as ever.
While this is essentially the same design as last year’s flagship Huawei laptop, we can’t help but appreciate the refinements that the company has made to that design at almost every level.
Performance
- Impressive multi-core numbers reveal a beast at general computing tasks
- Higher power Nvidia MX150 graphics than most
- Stronger thermal designs edge out similarly-equipped competitors
So, not only is this laptop much better at graphics and moderately better than its predecessor at general computing, it is that much better than key competitors that have not made similar moves. All the while, this is a laptop that will tear through general use and will be ready to bat on more difficult tasks, too.Benchmarks
Here’s how the Huawei MateBook 13 performed in some of my research
3DMark Sky Diver: 11,030; Fire Strike: 3,251; Time Spy: 1,177
Cinebench CPU: 642 points; Graphics: 103 fps
GeekBench 4: 5,303 (single-core); 17,336 (multi-core)
PCMark 8 (Home Test): 3,555 points
PCMark 8 Battery Life: 2 hours and 17 minutes
Battery Life (TechRadar movie test): 8 hours and 18 minutes
The MateBook 13 scored more than 17,000 points in the multi-core test, which is just 500 points more than the previous model and 400 points more than the Dell XPS 13. Meanwhile, the 2018 MacBook Air didn’t come within 10,000 points of the MateBook 13’s score. Why is this?
It’s more than likely Huawei’s thermal work that’s to thank for its advantages over the previous Huawei and Dell models, considering the Dell and Huawei MateBook 13 were tested on the very same processor. A processor with more headroom will perform better to a point, after all.
However, the massive discrepancy between Huawei and Apple’s laptops is because the latter uses a fanless, Y-series Intel processor with a lower frequency and two fewer processing cores. After all of Apple’s compromises, the MateBook 13 ends up thinner anyway – go figure.
Now, while the Huawei MateBook 13 includes discrete graphics – that are, again, more powerful compared to last year’s flagship model – don’t expect to do much more than casual to light mainstream gaming on this machine. Shadow of the Tomb Raider wouldn’t even run on the laptop, and Total War: Warhammer 2 couldn’t get past 30 frames per second on average at the lowest settings.
That said, for the odd Hearthstone session between the presentation slide decks you’re working on, this laptop will do just fine.
Battery life
- Outlasts Dell XPS 13 with 4K display at video playback
- Still bested by the 2018 MacBook Air in all tests
- Fast-charging USB-C power helps shore up any battery deficiencies
That said, we’ve recorded a PCMark 8 battery test number that’s well below Huawei’s promise and well below the average for a laptop of this class. This could be due to a number of factors, namely a sizable reduction in battery capacity compared to the MateBook X Pro up against graphics running at a higher frequency than that model and competitors.Of course, the MacBook Air remains battery king at a whopping 10 hours and 30 minutes of playback time, but this is nevertheless impressive for a 2019 flagship laptop. The MateBook 13 has enough juice to last on most trips without having to charge, and that’s what matters.
Ultimately, we’re confident in the MateBook 13’s ability to last for several hours on a charge in either scenario. Throw in USB-C fast charging that can give you 2.5 hours of use in 15 minutes, and you’re looking at an excellent laptop for people constantly traveling.
Price and availability
- Launched early January 2019 after a CES 2019 debut
- Intel Core i5/256GB SSD: $999 (about £785, AU$1,403)
- Intel Core i7/Nvidia MX150/512GB SSD: $1,299 (about £1,020, AU$1,825)
Huawei MateBook 13 Spec Sheet
CPU: 1.8GHz Intel Core i7-8565U (quad-core, 8MB cache, up to 4.1GHz)
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620; Nvidia GeForce MX150 (2GB GDDR5)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (2,133MHz)
Screen: 13-inch, 1440p (2,160 x 1,440, IPS, 300 nits, 1,000:1 contrast, 100% sRGB, 3:2 aspect) touch display
Storage: 512GB SSD
Ports: 2 x USB-C 3.1, headset jack
Connectivity: 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1
Camera: HD (720p, 0.9MP) webcam
Weight: 2.87 pounds (1.3kg)
Size: 11.26 x 8.31 x 0.59 inches (286 x 211 x 14.9mm; W x D x H)
Otherwise, the more approachable model includes an 8th-generation Intel Core i5 processor with integrated graphics and 256GB of solid-state storage (SSD) for $999 (about £785, AU$1,403) to start. Meanwhile, a $1,299 (about £1,020, AU$1,825) model with an Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia MX150 discrete graphics chip inside as well as a 512GB SSD is available.
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