Huawei is known, above all, to make phones. Now they have also wanted to get into the car of laptops and the result is the new Huawei Matebook a convertible tablet laptop with a keyboard that looks, perhaps too, the Microsoft Surface but thankfully comes with some interesting quirks.
As with Surface, Matebook is essentially a tablet with a keyboard. The screen is here to 2560×1440 and 12 inches. There is, in principle, possible to dual-boot with Android while talking to Huawei have admitted that could become possible. The ratio of size / screen is 84% meaning that is somewhat smaller than other tablets this size at the cost of greatly reduce the side bezels.
it comes with two Dolby speakers we’ve tried playing a trailer for the latest film Transformers . Does the trailer? Terrible, but the speakers are an absolute blast. It is too early to determine if they are as good as the iPad Pro (and if there are four, not two) but to be mounted on a tablet sound great, no but.
on the right side are the volume buttons See that gap left between? That’s the fingerprint sensor, a very smart move. It’s the same sensor found in the Huawei Mate 8 and the tests I’ve done has been incredibly fast. The battery reaches 10 hours with normal use 9 if you’re going to see video. The processor is an Intel Core M.
the keyboard is backlit and the keys have a distance of 1.5 mm. There is, of course, the best mobile keyboard I’ve tried but is quite safe to say that is above average. As with the Cases Pro connectivity between keyboard and device not relegated to Bluetooth but is realized through a port on the side of the device, much more reliable. The cover acts twice as protective element and an element for fixing the tablet in writing position. There are two different, more inclined, another less. The cover comes in four colors and the device itself in two: Space Silver (yes, like the Space Grey Apple) and Champagne Gold (Gold, no more)
Huawei will promote the device like. “an attempt to bring the mobile perspective to the PC” and although we have not entirely clear what they mean exactly that you want to achieve by using a series of accessories that multiply the possibilities of the device.
to begin is Matetrans, since the device has included connectivity LTE / 4G, this application can quickly use your Android device as hotspot and thus have WiFi internet on the go. It also allows you to exchange files between terminals. The Matebook uses the new USB-C standard and how it is (still) somewhat limited includes a more varied adapter ports. Ethernet including VGA, HDMI, standard USB 3.0 and
Finally there is a stylus, 2048 pressure points as Huawei. It’s heavier, more cumbersome and coarser than the Apple Pencil or stylus of the Surface, but it works very similarly. Oh, and bring a laser pointer at one end, so I’m sure you’ll like your cats.
That’s all, but we need a fundamental part: see how users play with prices. The Surfaces are very good devices, but perhaps a little expensive for the average user. In this case range from $ 699/799 € the plain tablet with 4GB of RAM and 128 GB SSD hard disk to $ 1599/1799 € with 8 GB of RAM and 512 GB hard drive. Accessories price is $ 129/149 € for the keyboard, $ 59/69 € for MatePen and $ € 89/99 for MateDock. There are several options but leave the first option more dignified about 800-900 dollars or euros (basic tablet plus keyboard and pencil, for example).
If Huawei is able to convince with these figures, can succeed, if not most other convertible designed to thicken a long list. Not a bad device at all, but does nothing particularly interesting or groundbreaking to justify a high price.
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