Huawei upgrades MateBook 13

New ultra-slim notebook with FullView display targets young professionals, delivers powerful and connected experiences

Huawei, a globally recognized leader with strong R&D capabilities and mobile expertise, has built a strong presence in the PC industry through innovation, setting a new trend for FullView ultra-books. Huawei newly upgrade its HUAWEI MateBook 13, the 13-inch ultra-portable device under the all-rounder MateBook Series. It targets at young professionals, and brings Huawei’s latest technologies to wider audience. Combining the HUAWEI FullView display, extreme portability and premium build quality, the new HUAWEI MateBook 13 sets a new standard for devices of its class. The new MateBook comes to a whole new level by fitting it with a 10^th Generation Intel Core processor, 16 GB RAM, and adding supports for 2K HUAWEI FullView Display with Multi-touch and Multi-screen Collaboration.

The HUAWEI MateBook Series represents both Huawei’s experience in mobile innovation and its commitment to producing the products of the highest quality. HUAWEI MateBook 13 features the signature HUAWEI MateBook design and the HUAWEI FullView display, and is powered by an 10^th Generation Intel® Core™ processor and a NVIDIA® GeForce® MX 250. For cooling, the new HUAWEI MateBook 13 features a shark fin-inspired cooling system that comprises low-noise, high-performance fans. In terms of appearance, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 includes a 2K HUAWEI FullView Display with Multi-touch and a screen-to-body ratio of 88 percent. Meanwhile, we’re also fitting our devices with distributed technology to create Multi-screen Collaboration. For young consumers who pursue quality of life and productivity, the powerful and stylish HUAWEI MateBook 13 is the ideal companion to complement their lifestyle.

“Notebooks are one of the primary screens that play a major role in our all-scenario strategy. Interconnection between smart devices and laptops is required to provide users with a truly seamless one-stop experience,” said Wang Yinfeng, President of PC and Tablet Business, Huawei Consumer BG. “The new HUAWEI MateBook 13 is combines premium aesthetics, the expansive viewing experience of FullView Display and great performance to deliver a mobile user experience that is refined, convenient, portable and powerful.”

The Ultra-Slim FullView Screen

Ultra-light notebooks are extremely popular. The HUAWEI MateBook 13 takes the HUAWEI FullView design to the next level with an industry-leading screen-to-body ratio of 88 percent. With side bezels measuring at 4.4mm, the HUAWEI MateBook houses a large display with its small form factor so as to retain its portability. Unlike most 16:9 laptops on the market, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 has a 3:2 display, allowing display more content for the convenience of the user.

The resolution of the display on a notebook plays a key role in delivering a quality user experience. Therefore, a high resolution display has been a staple of Huawei’s notebooks since the very beginning. The HUAWEI MateBook 13 features a 2K display (2160×1440 at 200ppi) with a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and supports 100 percent of the RGB color gamut. It can display vivid details for users when viewing HD pictures or playing Blu-Ray discs, and is more than capable of displaying images and videos with speed and accuracy.

A 2K HUAWEI FullView Display with Multi-touch is also available as an option on the HUAWEI MateBook 13. The display not only tracks multiple touch inputs with high precision, but supports Fingers Gesture Screenshot as well. By performing a three-finger downward swipe, users can quickly capture and save a screenshot.

HUAWEI MateBook 13 features a metallic, minimalist design. The edges are smoothly curved with aluminum chamfers cut with CNC diamond cutting. At only 286 x 211 x 14.9mm and about 1.3kg, HUAWEI MateBook 13 is in the ideal size and weight for users who are always on the go.

Exceptional Hardware Delivering Stable and Powerful Performance 

Targeting young professionals, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 is a lightweight notebook featuring FullView display and high-quality performance, bringing users a convenient and productive experience in a stylish package.

In terms of performance, the top-end HUAWEI MateBook 13 is powered by 10^th Generation Intel® Core™ processor.As well as upgrading the processor, we’ve equipped the HUAWEI MateBook 13 with up to 16 GB dual channel RAM.  It also has a high-speed PCIe SSD, allowing creative individuals to express themselves without the burden of slow read or write speeds. Additionally, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 packs up to NVIDIA® GeForce® MX 250 with 2GB of GDDR5. This GPU provides all the graphics processing power to support image and video editing tasks, as well as entertainment experiences.

The operating performance of notebooks is highly correlated to their thermal performance—powerful devices tend to run hotter than their slower counterparts.  HUAWEI MateBook 13 adopts the HUAWEI Shark Fin Design 2.0 for its cooling system. Inspired by its namesake, the solution uses high-speed fans to generate a high airflow for maximum thermal performance. In addition, the Intelligent Filtering solution monitors temperature change in real time and ensures stable performance. Furthermore, the system provides maximum cooling performance with no worry aboutnoise.

The Ultimate User Experience

Laptops in the future will be more intelligent, more efficient, and more connected. We’re helping to drive the future with new innovations, which caters for all scenarios and delivers an interactive experience that seamlessly incorporates your laptop and your phone. We’re also fitting our devices with Multi-screen Collaboration, a function of Huawei Share, which we’re bringing to the HUAWEI MateBook 13.

The significance of Multi-screen Collaboration lies not only in enabling file transfer between the laptop and smartphone, but also in making seamless collaboration between the laptop and smartphone comes true. That is to say, by building on powerful processing capability and the basic system capabilities of the MateBook, Huawei was able to clear the obstacle between the basic architecture of Windows and Android systems, realizing the full potential of seamlessly connecting the two. At the same time, laptop accessories such as the keyboard and mouse can now be used as peripherals of your smartphone, providing a more convenient user experience. The laptop is then able to share more advanced office applications with your phone to uncover a brand new office experience that includes your phone, for a much more secure and convenient office environment.

Today, consumers can quickly unlock their smartphones with the touch of a finger, so natural they would want to have notebooks that wakes up just as quickly. To that end, Huawei optimized boot up speeds at the BIOS level. Furthermore, the HUAWEI MateBook 13 features the Fingerprint Power Button that integrates power, fingerprint verification and system sign-in into one button. This Fingerprint Power Button allows users to quickly wake up their PC and resume work without having to first re-enter their password or rescan their finger.

Business travelers usually carry several devices with them, ranging from smartphones to laptops. Typically each of these devices comes with a different charger, creating more baggage for the users. Having separate chargers also means there’s an increased chance of forgetting them. The HUAWEI MateBook 13 comes with a 65 W Type-C portable adapter which can be used with a range of charging outputs. As well as using the power adapter to charge your laptop, it supports HUAWEI SuperCharge for certain phones. With this power adapter, you can quickly charge wherever you are.

As the new generation of MateBook devices, HUAWEI MateBook 13 is a natural extension of Huawei’s all-connected device strategy. The HUAWEI MateBook 13 offers powerful technology capabilities that provide consumers with a more portable, efficient and stylish user experience. Besides creating a faster ultra-light notebook, Huawei remains fully committed to developing integrated connection solutions that bring together smartphones, PCs and other devices to provide the ultimate PC user experience. 

Pricing and Availability

MateBook 13 is on sale starting July 4, with an SRP of Php 65,990 for the Intel Core i5 model and Php 72,990 for the Core i7. It also comes with a free laptop sleeve and Huawei backpack from July 4 – 31, 2020.