Sep 11, 2020 ·  Two-minute review Yet another Best in Class laptop from Huawei, the Huawei MateBook 13 offers better performance than most laptops of its class for less cash. And, it does so in a stunning form... 

Jan 29, 2019 ·  You can think of the MateBook 13 as a $200-cheaper alternative to the premium Huawei MateBook X Pro, which has a Thunderbolt 3 port. Both offer a choice of Core i5 power with integrated graphics... 

Jan 29, 2019 ·  The Huawei MateBook 13 pumps a decent amount of sound, as I discovered when it filled one of our medium-size private offices with a solid reproduction of James Blake's Where's The Catch? Not only... 

Jan 31, 2019 ·  Interestingly, Huawei told us at CES that the Matebook 13 would ship with a 41.8Wh batter, but our review unit shipped with a 56Wh battery—and, at full charge, it delivered 58Wh. That’s a... 

We already reviewed the Intel version of this year's MateBook 13 from Huawei; now the AMD Ryzen variant has to prove itself as well. The two models are very similar on the data sheet, but the AMD... 

Feb 24, 2021 ·  The MateBook 13 is a solid, affordable work companion, especially for those who already own Huawei smartphones. Its intuitive ecosystem makes it easy to sync both devices for a smooth dual-screen experience, which is handy for leisure and work purposes alike. 

Jan 22, 2021 ·  The Huawei MateBook 13 line epitomises a recent trend in laptop manufacturing. That trend involves imitating with frightening accuracy the design of Apple’s beloved MacBook Pro, and then adding... 

Jan 29, 2019 ·  The biggest problem Huawei has with the MateBook 13 is that it’s just not as good of a computer as the MateBook X Pro. Without that comparison, the MateBook 13 is quite impressive, especially when... 

Mar 20, 2020 ·  The Huawei MateBook 13 is the ideal laptop for the modern worker. It’s pricey, but well worth it when you consider the performance, features, and styling that you receive, along with the long-lasting battery and the secure fingerprint sensor. 

Jun 28, 2016 ·  The Good The Huawei Matebook fits a full Windows 10 PC into an iPad-sized tablet chassis. The fingerprint sensor is fast. Its screen and speakers are excellent. The Bad You'll get periodic pauses... 

Nov 22, 2019 ·  The MateBook 13 borrows heavily from Huawei's existing laptop designs, which is good and bad. The all-metal chassis has little flex to it, doesn't scratch easy, and is better-than-average in... 

Jan 29, 2019 ·  The Huawei MateBook 13 undercuts a lot of laptops in this category by a few hundred dollars. The XPS 13 with a similar configuration, for example, will cost you $1,200. 

Love it or hate it, last year’s Huawei Matebook X Pro made a big splash when it arrived on Australian shores. It was the Chinese brand’s first workhorse PC pitched at Australian consumers. We said in our review at the time that if you were looking for a simple-to-use, no-fuss laptop that’ll get everyday tasks done, the Matebook X Pro is polished to near perfection. Huawei’s inevitable follow-upis pitched at a slightly-different crowd, but no less compelling. While last year’s Matebook X Pro was for those who needed the best, the new Matebook 13 is built for pretty much everyone else. It’s a high-quality, do-it-all workhorse laptop that you can probably afford. 

The HUAWEI MateBook 13 is a pretty impressive laptop. But unlike our previous reviews where we were usually smitten by a laptop’s hardware, what makes the HUAWEI MateBook 13 amazing isn’t the hardware, but the software which makes it unique. 

Our review unit is the highest specced version available over here in Europe, alongside the base-level model that you can also find in stores, with the Core i5-8265U processor, still 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage and no dedicated graphics. Update: The 2020 MateBook 13 builds on the same design and characteristics, but gets significantly more competent Nvidia GeForce MX350 graphics. 

Aug 24, 2020 ·  Huawei’s MateBook 13 is a rather sleek ultrabook; it’s build quality is certainly on the premium side, sharing similarities with the ASUS Zenbook 14, even a MacBook Pro.However, it uses a ... 

The Huawei MateBook X is a brilliant ultra-portable laptop for those who find 1.3kg computers just that bit too heavy. The MateBook X weighs 1.005kg according to my scales, is only 13.6mm thick ... 

The Huawei MateBook 13's screen is one of its most unusual elements, primarily because of its shape. This is a 3:2 display. Most laptops are 16:9 or 16:10, for a much more widescreen look. 

If you own a compatible Huawei device that supports the OneHop sharing function, you’re in for a treat with the MateBook 13. OneHop is an NFC based file sharing system where you can almost instantaneously transfer files from your Huawei device (in my testing, the Huawei P30) to the MateBook. 

Huawei MateBook 13 Review – Heat. The Huawei MateBook 13 can get a bit warm, but not too hot. After 15 minutes of streaming Full-HD video on the laptop, our heat gun caught cool temperatures on its touchpad (86 degrees Fahrenheit) and keyboard (90.5 degrees), but its bottom reached 97 degrees, and barely exceeded our 95 degrees comfort threshold. 

To evaluate the performance of the Huawei MateBook 13, we will be comparing its performance against the current crop of ultraportable notebooks like the ASUS ZenBook 14 UX434, Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, and HP Spectre x360. Here are the configurations of the tested notebooks and how they stack up. 

Jan 29, 2019 ·  At 11.3 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches (287 x 210.8 x 15.2 mm) and 2.86 pounds (1.3 kg), the MateBook 13 is more compact but heavier than the latest Apple MacBook Air and Huawei MateBook X Pro. 

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