Earlier today (19th August 2020), Huawei launched a bunch of new products including new laptops. This included refreshes of its MateBook X series, MateBook 13, and MateBook 14 series. However, the company also launched its first series of business laptops, dubbed the MateBook B.
In the launch event, the Chinese tech giant announced three laptop models in the B series. This includes the MateBook B5-420, MateBook B3-510, and MateBook B3-410 models:
MateBook B5-420
The Huawei MateBook B5-420 arrives with a metallic design in a deep space gray color scheme. It weighs just 1.53kg and measures a thin 15.9mm. It also features the two in one fingerprint reader/power button along with a 1 megapixel hidden camera. The notebook has backlit keyboards with dual speakers and four microphones. It sports a 14 inch IPS display, which has a high screen to body ratio of 90 percent, 2K resolution, 70.8 percent NTSC color gamut, 100 percent sRGB, high contrast ratio of 1000:1, and peak brightness of 300 nits.
Under the hood, an Intel 10th gen chip is offered, which can either be the i5-10210U or i7-10510U. A discrete NVIDIA MX350 GPU is also optional. For memory, users can opt for either 8GB or 16GB of PDDR3 RAM and 512GB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. The laptop also offers Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 and is powered by a 56Whr lithium polymer battery. In terms of ports, 1 x USB-A 3.0 and 1 x USB-A 2.0 both support 5V/1.5A charging, one USB-C port, DP port, 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack, 1 x HDMI port.
MateBook B3-510 and MateBook B3-410
The Huawei MateBook B3-510 and B3-410 are essentially the same laptops which feature a metallic design as well, although, the primary difference between the two notebooks are their screen and body sizes. The former features a 15.6 inch display on 15.3mm body that weighs 1.53kg while the latter offers a 14 inch display that supports 180 degree movement and weighs just 1.38kg.
Both laptops have an FHD resolution with a 45 percent NTSC, 800:1 contrast ratio, peak brightness of 250 nits, and offer the Rheinland Low Blue Light certification as well. Similar to the B5-420, the laptops also offer a fingerprint reader/power button along with a 1 megapixel hidden camera, dual cameras, and dual microphones. Under the hood, both laptops are available with either Intel’s i5-10210U or i7-10510U processors with Intel’s UHD 620 integrated graphics card.
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For memory, the laptops arrive with 8GB of DDR4 RAM and either 256GB or 512GB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 are also supported. The larger variant has a 56Whr battery capacity while the latter has a 42Whr battery. Both laptop are charged via a 65W USB Type C charger and feature similar ports as well.
Price and Availability
All three laptops are currently available on the Huawei VMall and are priced at:
MateBook B5-420
- i5/8GB/512GB – for 6999 yuan (roughly 1,013 US Dollars)
- i5/8GB/512GB/MX350 – 7699 yuan (roughly 1,114 US Dollars)
- i7/16GB/512GB – for 8699 yuan (roughly 1,259 US Dollars)
MateBook B3-510
- i5/8GB/256GB – 5499 yuan (roughly 796 US Dollars)
- i7/8GB/256GB – 6699 yuan (roughly 970 US Dollars)
MateBook B3-410
- i5/8GB/256GB – 5499 yuan (roughly 796 US Dollars)
- i5/8GB/512GB – 5799 yuan (roughly 839 US Dollars)
- i7/8GB/512GB – 6999 yuan (roughly 1,013 US Dollars)
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