Huawei may have a lot of problems on their hands, but they can still make a pretty good laptop when they want to. The troubled Chinese tech company has received some serious plaudits over the last couple of years for its MateBook range, and now, it looks like we’re about to get a taste of the next chapter.
A number of renders posted by serial leaker Evan Blass suggest that there are two new models in the pipeline. One is a pretty bog-standard 14in device. We suspect it’s not a refreshed MateBook X Pro, simply because it has an HDMI port, something that has previously only been included on mid-range Huawei devices.
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The more interesting variant appears to be a 15-incher – the first time Huawei has dabbled into a larger form-factor. From the renders we can make one or two fairly safe assumptions – the power key looks to be the usual one that doubles as a fingerprint sensor.
The upcoming Matebooks might not be the slimmest models we have yet seen, but they sure come with quite the port selection. Huawei appears to have stuffed the 15-inch model with an audio out, full-size HDMI output, 3x USB-A ports and a USB-C one that is most likely compatible with the Thunderbolt 3 standard, while the 14-inch model is only one USB-A port short.
Both variants feature the power button that integrates a fingerprint reader and come with thin bezel 16:9 displays. Judging by the thickness of the chassis, these models will probably be powered by Intel’s top-of-the-line Comet Lake-U processors. We can probably expect these new MateBooks to make an appearance at CES or MWC in early 2020.
We’ve no idea when exactly the new laptops will hit the market. Huawei traditionally announces their Matebooks in Q1 for release in Q2, so expect to see the devices hit the market in April 2020. Hopefully, by then the company will have resolved their issues with the US government, it’s such a shame to see these great devices get stifled.
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