Huawei Mate Book X Pro Review

The Huawei Mate Book X Pro is one of the best looking product in style and performance being churned out by the manufacturer this year. Are you looking to purchase a high-performance notebook PC without breaking your budget, the Huawei Mate Book X Pro may be the right choice for you.

REVIEWING FEATURES LIKE

HUAWEI's first notebook with FullView design. The 91% screen-to-body ratio creates a nearly borderless display, delivering a massive view on small body. Having a larger screen size without making the notebook bigger. Ain't that cool?

HUAWEI MateBook X Pro’s 3K LTPS display comes with a remarkable 3000 x 2000 resolution, 260 PPI, 100% sRGB colour gamut, 450 nits maximum brightness and 1500:1 contrast ratio. Immerse yourself in vivid details when viewing high definition pictures or watching 4K videos. WOW!

It has a touchscreen display!! You can effortlessly scroll and zoom with HUAWEI MateBook X Pro’s 10-point touchscreen made with ultra-thin Corning Gorilla glass and with an anti-fingerprint coating. Navigate accurately, freely, smoothly and intuitively with the touch of your fingers.

It is really portable and light-weight. The 1.33 Kg, 14.6 mm thick HUAWEI Mate Book X Pro is ultra slim and light that you can take it to anywhere for work and entertainment.

It is packed with an 8th generation Intel® Core™ i7 8550U / i5 8250U processor* boosts performance over its predecessor. It is easier and quicker to do more with power at your fingertips. Creativity and productivity unleashed. Although different configurations come with different processors.

If you are a PC gamer like me, this is a plus. The NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 graphics card comes with 2 GB GDDR5* ensuring faster image processing, smoother video editing and more stable gaming. 

It comes with a recessed camera placed discreetly in your keyboard and only pops up when you require it. The HUAWEI MateBook X Pro’s one touch power button with optimised BIOS powers up and log in your computer in 7.8 seconds. It also has a fingerprint scanner embedded in the power button for security and biometrics needs.

Full Specifications

SIZE

Width:304 mm Height:217 mm Depth:14.6 mm Weight:About 1.33 kg

*Product size, product weight, and related specifications are theoretical values only. Actual measurements between individual products may vary. All specifications are subject to the actual product.

COLOUR

Mystic SilverSpace Grey

DISPLAY

Size: 13.9 inches

Type: LTPS

Screen-to-body ratio: 91%

Resolution: 3000 x 2000, 260 PPI 

Aspect ratio: 3:2

Viewing angle: 178 degrees

Colour: sRGB 100% colour gamut

Contrast: 1500:1

Maximum Brightness: 450 nits

Touchscreen: 10-point, anti-fingerprint

CPU

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8550U processor

8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U processor

GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 with 2 GB GDDR5 / Intel® UHD Graphics 620

MEMORY

8 GB / 16 GB LPDDR3 2133 MHz*

*Due to limitations in CPU processing power, and memory used by the operating system and pre-installed applications, the actual space available to users will be less than the nominal memory capacity. Actual memory space will change along with application updates, user operations, and other related factors.

SSD

256 GB / 512 GB NVMe PCIe SSD

CAMERA

Front camera: 1 MP

PORTS

One touch power button

3.5-mm stereo headset jack

USB-C x 1 (Allow data transfer, charging and connection with MateDock 2)

Thunderbolt™ 3 (USB-C) port x 1 (Allows speedy data transfer, charging and connection to MateDock 2)

USB-A x 1 (USB3.0, max output 5 V / 2 A)

BATTERY

Material: Lithium polymer

57.4 Wh* (TYP)

Fully charged, you can enjoy up to 12 hours of video playback

*Typical value. Actual capacity may vary slightly. 

 This capacity is the nominal battery capacity. The actual battery capacity for each individual product may be slightly above or below the nominal battery capacity.

POWER ADAPTER

HUAWEI MateBook Charger 65 W

• For devices with a PD protocol: output 20 V / 3.25 A, 15 V / 3 A, 12 V / 2 A, 9 V / 2 A, 5 V / 2 A; 

• Otherwise: output 5 V / 2 A; 

Support multiple output modes, and quick charge for different devices.

OPTIONAL

HUAWEI MateDock 2

HUAWEI Bluetooth Mouse

HUAWEI Leather Case

HUAWEI Backpack

HUAWEI USB 3.0 A/M TO RJ45 Cable

AG (Anti-Glare) Film

AUDIO

Dolby Atmos Sound System

Quad digital microphones and Quad speakers (Quad microphones accurately pick up sound from 4 meters away*. HUAWEI MateBook X Pro also supports remote intelligent voice interactions and Microsoft translator for multiple users)

WI-FI

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2.4 / 5 GHz 2 x 2 MIMO

BLUETOOTH

BT 4.1 (compatible with 3.0 and 2.1+EDR)

FEATURED APPLICATIONS

HUAWEI PC Manager

Microsoft Translator

Monitor Manager

Factory Reset

Eye Comfort Mode

IN THE BOX

HUAWEI MateBook Charger 65 W

It is currently priced at $1159 or 420000 Naira