MWC2019: Huawei launches MateBook 13

07/03/2019 DRSC Media Huawei News, Huawei News-English
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The Huawei MateBook 13 was originally launched at CES this year, with a new version being added during the MWC2019.

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At the end of last year, Huawei launched in China the MateBook 13. Later on, at CES in January, Huawei launched the MateBook 13 for the rest of the markets. Now, during the Mobile World Congress 2019, Huawei launched an extra variant, the MateBook 13 with touch screen, bringing it closer to the MateBook X Pro. The MateBook 13 itself is similar to the MateBook X Pro from 2018, although with updated internals.

Contrary to the MateBook X Pro 2019, which has a body-to-ratio of 91%, and the MateBook 14, which has a body-to-ratio of 90%, the MateBook 13 has a slightly bigger bezel, at 88%. The recently launched version includes a touch screen, just as the MateBook X Pro 2018, although not all versions have it. The resolution is also lower, at 2K, 2160*1440 pixels, being the same as on the MateBook 14, and still keeping the 3:2 aspect ratio. Overall, the MateBook 13 is a compact yet powerful notebook, sold slightly cheaper than the new MateBook X Pro 2019, and, as already mentioned, very similar to last year’s MateBook X Pro. Just as the MateBook X Pro, the 1 MP webcam is hidden under its own key.

Curiously, the MateBook 13 is supposedly capable of charging 2.5 hours of office use with a 15 minutes charge.

Here are the specifications of the MateBook 13:

  • Weight of ~1.3 Kg
  • 14.9mm thick at its thickest point
  • 13”, 88% screen to body ratio, 3:2 display ratio with a 2160*1440 pixels resolution, 200 PPI, IPS panel
    • Covers 100% of sRGB colour gamut
    • 300 nits of brightness
    • 1000:1 contrast ratio
  • 2xUSB-C, 1xAudio jack
  • 8th Generation Intel i7-8565U processor
  • Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB GDDR5, Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • 41.8 Wh battery, for up to 10.5 hours of video playback
  • Improved cooling thanks to Huawei’s Shark Fin 2.0 fan design
  • Fingerprint power button
  • Dual speakers, Dolby Atmos

The MateBook 13 was teased originally as the one having the new Huawei Share OneHop functions, being screen recording, fast transfer of files between phone and laptop, and clipboard sharing. With Huawei Share OneHop, it is possible to transfer, according to Huawei, up to 500 photos in 1 minute, or a 1GB video in 35 seconds.

The MateBook 13 is already available in some countries, such as China, US and Germany. The configurations available are the following:

  • 2K display, tactile on some versions
  • i5-8265U/i7-8565U
  • 8GB RAM DDR4 LPDDR3 at 2133 MHz
  • Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB GDDR5, only on some versions
  • SSD PCIe 256GB/512GB
  • 999€ for i5/1099€ for i5+MX150/1199€ for i7/1299€ for i7 with touchscreen
  • Space Grey/Mystic Silver/Rose Gold

In Germany, the MateBook 13 is available in two different configurations [Amazon links are not affiliated links]. None of the options currently available in Europe include the touchscreen or the dedicated Nvidia MX150:

  • Amazon.de [8GB RAM/256GB SSD/i5-8265U for 999€]
  • Amazon.de [8GB RAM/512GB SSD/i7-8565U for 1199€]

Just as with the MateBook 14, Huawei has listed an entire list of versions, each having either a dedicated GPU, touchscreen or not, etc. Here’s a summary of the multiple versions listed on Huawei’s website:

  • WRT-W19A
    • No touchscreen
    • i5-8265U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620
    • 8GB RAM
    • 256GB SSD
  • WRT-W19B
    • No touchscreen
    • i5-8265U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB
    • 8GB RAM
    • 256GB SSD
  • WRT-W19C
    • Touchscreen
    • i5-8265U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620
    • 8GB RAM
    • 256GB SSD
  • WRT-W19D
    • No touchscreen
    • i5-8265U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD
  • WRT-W19E
    • No touchscreen
    • i5-8265U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD
  • WRT-W29A
    • No touchscreen
    • i7-8565U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB
    • 8GB RAM
    • 256GB SSD
  • WRT-W29B
    • Touchscreen
    • i7-8565U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD
  • WRT-W29C
    • No touchscreen
    • i7-8565U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD
  • WRT-W29E
    • No touchscreen
    • i7-8565U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620, Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD
  • WRT-W29I
    • Touchscreen
    • i7-8565U
    • Intel UHD Graphics 620
    • 8GB RAM
    • 512GB SSD

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