Huawei MateBook 14 (2020), with 2K touch display, launched
What's the story
Chinese tech giant Huawei has launched the MateBook 14 (2020) model as the latest addition to its range of premium ultrabooks. It comes with up to AMD Ryzen 7 4800H chipset, a 2K touch display, up to 10-hours of battery life, and a pop-up webcam that is hidden underneath a one-touch camera button positioned between 'F6' and 'F7' keys. Here's our roundup.
Design and display
Huawei MateBook 14 (2020): At a glance
The Huawei MateBook 14 features a modern design with a metallic chassis and slim bezels on three sides. It weighs in at 1.49kg and offers a screen-to-body ratio of 90%. The notebook has a 14-inch 2K (2160x1440 pixels) LCD touch screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio and a backlit keyboard. It also offers a fingerprint reader on the power button and a multi-touch trackpad.
Internals
Under the hood
The MateBook 14 (2020) comes with either an AMD Ryzen 5 4600H or an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H CPU, paired with AMD Radeon Graphics, up to 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of PCIe NVMe SSD storage. It runs on Windows 10 Home and packs a 56Wh battery that is touted to offer 10-hours of battery life on a single charge.
Information
Connectivity options available on the MateBook 14 (2020)
The Huawei MateBook 14 (2020) offers a host of I/O ports and connectivity options including two USB 3.2 ports, a Type-C port, a headphone jack, an HDMI port, dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0. It also packs stereo speakers, four microphones, and a 720p pop-up webcam.
Pricing
Pricing and availability
The Huawei MateBook 14 (2020) starts at €849 (roughly Rs. 74,000) for the base-end model with AMD Ryzen 5 chipset, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage, and goes up to €1,049 (roughly Rs. 91,400) for the top-tier variant with AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. It will go on sale in European markets in October.