Honor has launched a couple of laptops under the MagicBook lineup at its recent launch event in China, including the Honor MagicBook V 14. It is Honor‘s first notebook to be Intel Evo platform certified and is the world’s first laptop to come pre-installed with the latest Windows 11 operating system.
The Honor MagicBook V 14 features a 14.2-inch LTPS LCD display with a 3:2 aspect ratio, 2.5K screen resolution, and a refresh rate of 90Hz. It covers 100% sRGB color gamut, shows 1.07 billion colors, and offers a maximum brightness of 400nits.
Interestingly, the laptop features a 5-megapixel dual-camera setup with an ISP chip to improve the quality of video calls. It also comes with four speakers and four microphones along with support for directional pickup as well as 5 meters far-field pickup.
Under the hood, the device is powered by the Intel Core i5-1132H processor while the top-end model is powered by the Core i7-11390H processor. Taking care of the graphics processing is the NVIDIA MX450 GPU. As for the memory configuration, Honor offers the device packing up to 16GB RAM and 512GB NVMe storage.
The laptop comes with dual fans and dual heat pipes for heat dissipation. There’s also a fingerprint sensor embedded into the power button which the company claims can unlock the device in 0.7 seconds.
The company says that the keyboard on the Honor MagicBook V 14 has a 1.5mm keystroke and the keycaps are coated with skin-friendly resin, which is claimed to be stain-resistant and wear-resistant to ensuring protection from grease.
There are three different models and are now up for pre-order and will be available for purchase from 6th October. The base model of the Honor MagicBook V 14 packs an Intel Core i5-1132H processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB NVMe storage, and integrated graphics. It is priced at 6,199 yuan (~$959) and comes in two colors — Star Gray and Glacial Silver.
There’s another model which packs an Intel Core i5-1132H processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and NVIDIA MX450 GPU. It comes in a Starry Sky Gray color for the price of 6,999 yuan (~$1,082). The top-end model packs an Intel Core i7-11390H processor, 16GB RAM, 512GB storage, and NVIDIA MX450 with Independent Display. This one is priced at 7,999 yuan (~$1,237) and comes in two colors — Starry Sky Gray and Dawn Blue.
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