When talking about laptops from Huawei, one would usually think about the MateBook series of notebooks. However, the company also has another series of laptops that are geared towards enterprises and government agencies rather than consumers. Now, a new leak has revealed that the company is working on a new Qingyun L420 laptop that will be powered by a Kirin 9006C SoC.

Previously, the Chinese tech giant had launched its first ARM based laptop, the L410, earlier this year, which had the same design as the MateBook 14 notebook. It was also equipped with a 14 inch screen with 2K resolution and was powered by a Kirin 990 processor, which is a 7nm chip, and ran the UOS (Unity Operating System). Now, the successor to this laptop is apparently in the works and will also feature a HiSilicon Kirin processor. Although, this laptop is a Kirin 9006C processor that has never been seen prior to this.

According to a new report, the new chipset is based on the 5nm process and features eight cores (possibly a variant of the Kirin 9000). Its core clock speeds can reach up to 3.13GHz and even features an integrated graphics card. Furthermore, this chip will reportedly offer improved performance over its predecessor along with improvements in energy efficiency. The leak adds that the display is still a 14 inch 2K panel while the body is made from an aluminum alloy that has a maximum thickness of 15.9m and weighs just 1.45 kilograms. In other words, its clearly a business oriented lightweight notebook.

As per the leak, the new Qingyun L420 laptop will be powered by a 56Whr battery pack that supports 65W fast charging from a USB C port. Other ports include USB A and one USB C along with an HDMI, mini RJ-45, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. For memory, it offers 8GB of LPDDR5 RAM paired with either 256GB or 512GB of internal storage. Connectivity options also reportedly include WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 4.2. Notably, this laptop will even run on two different operating systems, namely UOS and KOS. Keep in mind that this is still an unconfirmed leak so take it with a pinch of salt for now.

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Computers based on ARM silicons are touted to be the future. Although there have been multiple Microsoft Windows 10 machines running on ARM chipsets, it is Apple who is leading in this segment despite debuting its initial products late last year. Huawei has been also reported to join this bandwagon since late December 2020. Now, months later, Huawei’s first ARM laptop has been officially listed by a retailer in China.

Huawei’s first-ever ARM laptop is called HUAWEI Qingyun L410. This notebook can be only purchased by enterprise and government agencies in China. Above all, the company is yet to officially announce it.

The existence of this laptop was first reported in December 2020. Even months later, Huawei has not officially unveiled it. Instead, the notebook has been listed by eCommerce giant JD (Jingdong).

According to the listings, the HUAWEI Qingyun L410 laptop is powered by an ARM-based HiSilicon Kirin 990 SoC coupled with 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD. It will be available in with OS and without OS variants. 

Unfortunately, nothing much is known about this notebook as the listings lack proper description.

However, according to ITHome, this laptop runs UOS (Unity Operating System), a Linux distro. But it will be updated to HarmonyOS in the future. Also, like most HUAWEI and HONOR-branded laptops, it features a pop-up webcam integrated into the keyboard and a power key with an embedded fingerprint sensor.

Further, the notebook features a metal unibody design with a Deep Space Gray color finish. It flaunts a 14-inch 2K display with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a Shark Fin 2.0 cooling fan to keep the thermals down. As far as dimensions and weight are concerned, it measures 15.9mm in thickness and weighs 1.49kg.

Going by the specs and appearance, the HUAWEI Qingyun L410 seems to be based on yet another enterprise Huawei notebook called HUAWEI MateBook B5-420.

Last but not least, the HUAWEI Qingyun L410 without OS is priced at ¥8,181 ($1,276), whereas the model with OS costs ¥8,944 ($1,395).

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