Earlier this year, during the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, China-based Huawei had announced the updated MateBook series laptops, including MateBook X Pro, MateBook 14, and MateBook 13.
A couple of months later, in April, Huawei launched the MateBook X Pro and MateBook 14 in the Chinese market. The laptop comes in two color options — Mystic Silver and Space Gray.
Today, the company has announced that the Huawei MateBook 14 in Mystic Silver color option is now available for purchase in China for a price of 5,699 yuan, which roughly converts to $825.
The Huawei MateBook 14, as the name suggests, comes with a 14-inch FullView display with 3:2 aspect ratio, 2160 x 1440 pixels screen resolution, and 90 percent screen-to-body ratio. It is powered by an 8th generation Intel Core i5 8265U or Intel Core i7 8565U processor with an optional NVIDIA GeForce MX250 discrete GPU.
The laptop packs up to 16GB RAM and comes with up to 512GB of onboard storage. It has a metal body and comes with a full-size keyboard and Huawei’s “Shark Fin Design 2.0” for 18 percent cooling efficiency.
There are dual speakers with Dolby Atmos support, one USB-C port, two USB-A ports (2.0 and 3.0), a 3.5mm headphone jack, and an HDMI port. The web camera is recessed in a key for privacy and there’s also a fingerprint power button.
The Wi-Fi speeds can reach a maximum of 1733Mbps and the device supports Bluetooth 5.0. It has a 57.4Wh battery which offers up to 10.5 hours of web browsing, 14 hours of office work, or 15 hours of video playback, according to Huawei’s lab testing. The company says that charging the device for 15 minutes can offer 3 hours of battery life.
The Huawei MateBook 14 is offered in three variants — Intel Core i5 + 8GB RAM + 512GB, Core i5 + 8GB + 512GB + Nvidia MX250 GPU, and Core i7, 8GB + 512GB + Nvidia MX250 GPU, costing 5,699 yuan (~$825), 5,999 yuan (~$868), and 6,999 yuan (~$1,013) respectively.
