Thank iPad Pro does not rest with Chinese products, and now Huawei introduced their own similar – MateBook. But, of course, this device can not be called a clone of the iPad, it runs Windows 10 (choice of Home or Professional), and therefore will be more likely to compete with Microsoft Surface Pro.
Premiere MateBook Huawei at MWC 2016
The main difference MateBook iPad Pro is the ability to use desktop applications. Want a full Office? No problem. Need Photoshop? Easy. On the iPad Pro this trick will not work, so MateBook with great success replace your traditional laptop.
General view Huawei MateBook
The design is extremely concise. Flat rectangular body with a thickness of 6.9 mm is made of aluminum alloy, and the screen on the front panel is under tempered glass. At the ends there is a neat slot for the speakers (of which there are two), headset Jack, USB Type-C is barely visible fingerprint scanner. Unusual to say, but MateBook manages to unlock faster and easier than iPad Pro, and only because of the location of the sensor.
Huawei MateBook with keyboard
The screen is built on a 12-inch IPS-matrix with a resolution of 2160х1440 pixels and a maximum brightness of 400 nits. The display takes up 75% of the front surface, it is one of the best on the market, but the display resolution of the tablet Huawei not much inferior to the iPad Pro (he resolution is 2732х2048 points).
Keyboard Huawei MateBook
Connector keyboard
In addition to the USB Type-C on the body MateBook has the proprietary dock connector used to connect to the keyboard. She, of course, not included in the basic package and will be sold separately for $129. The keys have a greater range compared to the Surface Pro plus keyboard Huawei protected from splashes. But the main thing is tablet it remains very stable, you can even keep it on your lap while typing. Although, like it or not, the traditional notebook fits much better. And the last thing to note when talking about the keyboard – two options of tilt – 67 or 52 degrees.
The end of the body Huawei MateBook
The end of the body Huawei MateBook
Huawei MateBook will be produced in many modifications, but each one of them is running an Intel Core M3, M5 or M7 – with the frequency up to 3.1 GHz. RAM can be 4 or 8 GB, and flash memory – 128, 256 or 512 GB.
The fingerprint scanner on the Huawei case MateBook
Most of the internal space of the tablet is the battery 4430 mAh, which is enough for 10 hours of battery life with mixed mode. The whole working day (and even a little more) you can spend away from an outlet. With all this Huawei MateBook weighs less than the iPad Pro and Surface Pro: 640, 766 and 713 grams respectively.
The problem with the shortage of ports is solved quite elegant way. If Apple offers a separate adapter for different occasions, Huawei’s docking adapter will be a single at all occasions. However, it too will have to buy separately, for $ 89.
Compact dock contains one Ethernet port, two USB 3.0, one USB Type-C, as well as VGA and HDMI.
And last, what Huawei offers in addition to MateBook stylus MatePen, combining pen, laser pointer and remote control for the presentation. On a single charge it works for a month, and costs only $ 59.
The most affordable version Huawei MateBook (Intel Core M3, 4/128 GB) will be sold for 699 dollars, while the most expensive (Intel Core M7, 8/512 GB) for $1699. Yes, in all cases we are talking about the price in the US excluding tax. European prices look a little more intimidating – from 799 to 1799 euros. The cost of new items in Russia is not yet announced, but should rather focus on the European price tag.