News & Reviews:   Huawei Matebook

Just in case you’ve forgotten, smartphones isn’t the only thing that Huawei is good at. Last year, Huawei made another breakthrough with the Matebook and Mediapad M3, and now we might have a new Matebook successor which just appeared on Geekbench.

Huawei certainly wowed the media at the CES 2017 event last week, as several top global technology media outlets have given multiple awards for the company's Mate 9 for its power, performance, design and dual-lens camera feature. In total, the Mate 9 received eight awards and the Huawei Matebook also got a CES Innovation Award 2017 Honoree for its design and performance.

This week, tech news was rather scarce but Pokemon Go seems to be gripping the nation as XPAX by Celcom and Hotlink and Grab offered their users some Pokemon Go incentives. We chimed in with the top 5 features that Pokemon Go needs while we wait for the next version of Pokemon Go.

Today, the public and fashion community witnessed the official appearance of the Huawei Matebook today at the exclusive 'Huawei Night' during the fourth installation of Kuala Lumpur Fashion Week 'Ready to Wear 2016' (KLFW RTW 2016) at Pavillion. the 2-in-1 device is designed for mobility and lifestyle purpose in an ultra-thin design, fulfilling the need for the modern and stylish business environment by offering a premium device for work and play.

Last week was filled with a lot of new and official announcements but the most notable one remained Xiaomi's first laptop, the Mi Notebook Air, which for some reason was quickly followed up by another thin notebook computer called the Lenovo Air 13 Pro. Following up on these were the Xiaomi Redmi Pro smartphone with its dual rear camera, while the Android-based Blackberry DTEK50 was also announced. Other notable international announcements include the Samsung Galaxy Tab J for those budget tablet users out there.

Today, Huawel Malaysia is proud to bring in the Huawei Matebook that was revealed at the Mobile World Congress 2016 held in Barcelona, Spain. There are 3 variants of the Matebook which are m3, m5 and m7 and will be priced RM3999 (4GB RAM + 128GB ROM, inclusive of Huawei Kyeboard), RM5399 (8GB RAM + 256GB ROM, inclusive of Huawei Kyeboard) and RM6699 (8GB RAM + 512GB ROM, inclusive of Huawei Kyeboard) accordingly inclusive of tax and can be found in all Huawei Experience stores and Vmall.my starting tomorrow. Below are the official specifications:

Huawei recently announced their MateBook hybrid 2-in-1 tablet at MWC but didn't really detail anything on their upcoming Huawei P9 flagship smartphone. Looks like we may see it sooner than you think as a teaser image of an invite for a Huawei event has appeared. While we're not sure what beer has to do with it, the P9 has been making the rounds in the rumour mill recently with leaks revealing tech specs like a dual rear camera estimated to be 12MP camera sensors much like the one in the Huawei Nexus 6P but perhaps with different lens like on the LG G5.

No other tech specs or features were revealed but we expect it to have the Kirin 950 (or 955) processor, 4GB / 6GB of RAM, 32GB storage and possibly a USB Type-C port. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet, but it is expected to come with the Huawei P9 Lite, Huawei P9 Enhanced Edition and Huawei P9 Max. Stay tuned for more details and as always with such rumours do take this with a pinch of salt.

The Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 hybrid laptop tablet was recently announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. As of now, it has won 15 awards from industry watchers and tech authorities from across the world. Check out the full list of awards and various videos below:

1. Top Pick of MWC 2016 – Chip Chick
2. Editor’s Choice – Men’s Health
3. Best of MWC – Mobilegeeks 
4. Editor’s Choice – SlashGear
5. People’s Choice – TechRadar
6. Best Tablet  – TechRadar
7. Best of MWC – TechSpot
8. Best of MWC – Tom’s Guide
9. Best of MWC  – Ubergizmo
10. MWC 2016 Top Pick – Windows Central
11. Best of MWC 2016  – Alphr.com
12. Best Product: Tablet – Computer Bild
13. Best of MWC 2016  – Expert Reviews
14. Best of MWC 2016  – Know Your Mobile
15. Best in Show – Trusted Reviews

This MWC 2016, Huawei have announced their rumoured Huawei MateBook 2-in-1 tablet notebook. Powered by a 6th Gen Intel Core m processor and Windows 10, the aluminum unibody device is a thin 6.9mm with a compact 110g pocket charger. The 12-inch display tablet slots out of the super thin Surface like keyboard complete with touchpad (that is also spill proof and over-current protected) and folio case and is surprisingly lightweight at 610g.

Aimed squarely at the business user it also has the world's first side single-touch fingerprint sensor and the MatePen stylus which also has a built-in laser pointer. No Malaysia release dates or pricing details yet but Huawei say that it will be coming worldwide soon. The MateBook with Intel Core M3 processor, 4GB RAM and 128GB storage will be priced from $699 (RM2941) while the keyboard case will go from $129 (RM542). The MatePen will be priced from $59 (RM247) but you can get it with a headset in a bundle called MateDock for $89 (RM373). In the meantime, you can check the full tech specs, images and video in this article.

Rumours about Huawei's so called hybrid laptop, the Matebook continues to surface in the internet, and with the recent Weibo post from Huawei, it seems more evident and possible now of them planning to unveil the product at MWC 2016.

The Weibo post, made by Company CEO Yu Chengdong and VP of Huawei’s Consumer Business division have teased that we are probably going to see a new laptop from the company at MWC. Both of them commented about the PC industry, how PC, tablets and smartphones have overlapping functions, and how Huawei wants to innovate smart devices that offers convenience to users.