Huawei has introduced their new MateBook with the X Pro, an ultra slim design which features a nearly bezel-less 13.9-inch display that boasts a 91% screen-to-body ratio. More than just display, which is a 3:2 ratio 3K LTPS panel, the MateBook X Pro offers a choice between 8th-gen Intel Core i5 and Core i7 mobile processors, and the option of a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU.
"Huawei has applied many of its innovative smartphone technologies to the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro to create effortless and intuitive user experiences. Pioneered by Huawei for the HUAWEI MateBook Series, the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features the super-fast power button 2.0 which enables login in just 7.8 seconds from power off, and 6.6 seconds from hibernation. In addition, the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features the world’s first recessed camera which discreetly sits on the keyboard – to activate it, all users need to do is press it and it will pop up, ensuring privacy when it’s not being used. This contributes greatly to the perfect experience of FullView Display."
While the look and especially name of the MateBook X Pro evokes memories of similar products from Cupertino, this seems to be more of a Surface Book competitor, down to the multi-touch 3:2 aspect, 3000×2000 display. A couple of the unique features are the combination power button/fingerprint reader, and a camera that is hidden among the function keys and pops up during use. Audio is also premium for a slim notebook with a four-speaker Dolby Atmos system.
A unique recessed camera design that pops up when needed
Specifications:
- FullView Display
- Size: 13.9 inches
- Resolution: 3000 x 2000
- Type: LTPS
- Screen-to-body ratio: 91%
- Aspect ratio: 3:2
- Viewing angle: 178 degrees
- Color: sRGB 100% color gamut
- Contrast: 1500:1
- Maximum brightness: 450 nits
- Touchscreen: 10-point, anti-fingerprint
- Processor: 8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U / i5-8250U
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX150 with 2GB GDDR5 / Intel UHD Graphics 620
- Memory 8GB / 16GB LPDDR3 2133MHz
- Hard Drive: 256GB / 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD
- Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4/5 GHz 2×2 MIMO
- Bluetooth: BT 4.1 (compatible with 3.0 and 2.1+EDR)
- Camera: Front 1MP
- Audio Configuration: Quad digital microphones and Quad speakers
- Battery Material: Lithium polymer 57.4Wh (Typical Capacity)
- Local video playback: 12 hours (testing conducted by Huawei in a laboratory environment)
- Buttons and Ports
- One touch power button
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- USB-C x2 (both allow data transfer, charging and connection with MateDock 2 and one supports Thunderbolt 3)
- Dimensions (H x W x D): 304mm x 217mm x 14.6mm Weight: approximately 1.33kg
- Colors: Mystic Silver and Space Gray
The one touch power button with integrated fingerprint reader
The MateBook X Pro will be available this spring with pricing starting at €1499, or approximately $1850.
God, the trend for
God, the trend for obstructable cameras annoys me.
They’re the complete tech illiterate’s idea of a privacy/security feature.
If a hacker gets access to your computer, she’s gonna use it to steal your various account credentials and use your computer’s processing power and network bandwidth for cryptocurrency mining and DDOSing respectively, not encoding and transmitting video hours of video that she then has to store somewhere sift through.
Having your camera
Having your camera compromised by RATs is actually a thing that happens. The odds of it happening to any given individual are slim, sure, but it’s a real issue – and it’s not “hackers” usually so much as one of the user’s friends or family. In what way is life made more difficult for you by making it easier to preserve privacy?
In this instance it’s not even about it being obstructable so much as there being no room on the display for a camera.
What happens if you leave the
What happens if you leave the camera up and close the lid ? do you get scuffs on the screen or does it move out the way somehow ?
Most ultra thin laptops end
Most ultra thin laptops end up with the surface of the keyboard scratching the display.
For example: https://i.imgur.com/7jW4MKC.jpg
I have a cheap dell that
I have a cheap dell that always has keyboard prints on the screen.
The issue is that those marks
The issue is that those marks do not wipe away, it comes from the keys touching the screen and the hinge not being perfectly stuff, even a microscopic amount of movement is enough to cause marks on the screen over time.
solution, put somethign
solution, put somethign non-abrasive between the keyboard and screen when you close it, wah-lah! no scuff marks!
Laptop makers used to do
Laptop makers used to do that, it was a simple process of making the bezel slightly taller than the display, thus preventing the actual display from getting marked, but with laptop makers looking to make their devices thinner, they removed those intentional gaps.
Awesome, now your skype
Awesome, now your skype caller can help determine if you really have a deviated septum or not every time you do a video chat.
Is there something lost in
Is there something lost in translation with the name Matebook?
NOPE, NUTTING AT ALL.
NOPE, NUTTING AT ALL.
I like the lack of bezels
I like the lack of bezels shown here. Sure, it’s a shame that the webcam placement gets compromised, but hey, if I look at the ratio of number of hours looking at laptop screen vs the number of hours I spent on a video chat, it’s probably 100000:1, so I’m okay with that.
I’ll wait for a thicker
I’ll wait for a thicker laptop with a desktop Raven Ridge inside, Ryzen 5 2400G would be nice, and a good workhorse laptop. I want a laptop that still has an Ethernet port and no adaptor needed. I think that ASUS should really consider putting the desktop Raven Ridge/Ryzen 5 2400G in a laptop form factor. And that will make for a nice lower end gaming laptop option that can be had around the $700 price point with options for adding a discrete Mobile Vega on some higher end variant.
$1850, and even pricy by Apple standards, so no thanks. And that wedge design only works well for a doorstop.
And where are the laptops with USB 3.1 generation 2, or even USB 3.2 options also. TB3 is nice but that still only comes with Intel’s dogfood graphics along for the ride with no Zen/Vega options currently.
I like this trend of 3:2
I like this trend of 3:2 displays. So much better for browsing the web and coding.