Highlights:
- Huawei released MateBook 13s and MateBook 14s as new additions to the MateBook series
- The MateBooks offer many premium features for powerful performance
- There are several dedicated features for Huawei connectivity
Huawei has extended its MateBook series adding two new laptops, MateBook 13s and 14s. Both are high specs laptops that come with pretty impressive build quality that can easily meet most user expectations. In this article, you will find the specification details of the laptops and its comparison with other competitors.
Huawei MateBook 13s and MateBook 14s Overview
Huawei MateBooks are quite popular laptops since they offer a powerful specs sheet making them a strong competitor against other brands like MacBook. They integrate top class hardware such as high resolution display, 11th Gen Intel Core processor, Huawei quad speakers and many more. Huawei App gallery and dedicated sharing are also some attractive features.
Design and Display
Huawei MateBook 13s and 14s have slim design and lightweight body for easy portability. They have full size backlit keyboard with 1.5mm of key travel and a large touchpad with multi-touch support. The power button has an embedded fingerprint sensor for security. Both laptops are very alike with a slight measurement difference. Here MateBook 13s has a body dimension of 297.2×218.4×16.5mm and weighs 1.32kg while MateBook 14s measures 313.82×229.76×16.7mm weighing 1.43kg.
The laptops sport a 2k LTPS touchscreen where MateBook 13s has a 13.4 inches display and MateBook 14s has a 14.2 inches display. The displays have a screen resolution of 2520 x 1680 pixels with 3:2 aspect ratio and 400 nits of peak brightness. They both support 90 Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB color gamut coverage.
Performance and Memory
For a powerful performance, Huawei MateBook 13s and 14s are powered by 11th-generation Intel Core i7-11370H processor paired with Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Both systems are compatible with Huawei App Gallery that allows users to access multiple mobile apps. There is a dedicated Huawei Sharing to extend connectivity with other compatible devices; it also allows users to project their laptop screen to a Huawei tablet.
In terms of memory configuration, MateBook 13s has 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 512GB of NVMe PCIe SSD storage while MateBook 14s has the same RAM with 1TB of NVMe PCIe SSD storage. Both laptops have four speakers and four microphones, boosted by company’s in-house Huawei sound to deliver a premium sound experience. They run on Window 10 which is upgradable to Windows 11.
Battery and Connectivity
Huawei MateBooks 13s and 14s packs a 60Whr battery and both support fast charging. It comes with a 65W charger and the latter with 90W adapter.
Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.1, two USB Type-C ports, a USB 3.2 Gen1, an HDMI, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. One of the USB Type-C ports on the top-end model also supports Thunderbolt 4 standard.
Huawei MateBook 13s and MateBook 14s Specifications
Dimension | 297.2×218.4×16.5mm, 1.32kg | 313.82×229.76×16.7mm, 1.43kg |
Display | 13.4 inches | 14.2 inches LPTS Touchscreen
2520 x 1680 pixels 2k resolution 90Hz refresh rate 400 nits peak brightness |
Keyboard | Full-size backlit keyboard |
Touchpad | Multi-touch input |
Processor | 11th Gen Intel Core Processor i5-1130H / i7-11370H |
Graphics | Integrated Intel Iris Xe |
Audio | Quad speaker, Quad microphone |
OS | Windows 10 Home (Upgradable) |
RAM | 16GB LPDDR4X |
Internal Storage | 512GB | 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD |
Webcam | 720p HD camera with Face Unlock |
Battery | 60Whr Fast Charging
65W | 90W charger |
Sensors | Fingerprint scanner (Power button embedded) |
Connectivity | Dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.1 |
I/O Ports | 3.5mm headphone jack, 2x USB-C ports, HDMI, USB 3.2 Gen 1; Thunderbolt 4 |
Huawei MateBook 13s and 14s Price in Nepal and Availability
The starting price of Huawei MateBook 13s and MateBook 14s are CNY 6,999 and CNY 7,999 respectively for the base variant. The i7 model with 16GB RAM and 1TB storage has a price of CNY 8,999. These are premium quality laptops and there is a mere possibility of their release in Nepal. However, in case you want to order it internationally, it might cost over NPR 1,50,000.
Huawei MateBooks | Price in Nepal (Expected) |
Huawei Matebook 13s/14s (Core i5-11300H) | NPR 135,000 |
Huawei Matebook 13s/14s (Core i7-11370H) | NPR 153,000 |
Huawei Matebook 14s (16GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) | NPR 171,000 |
High performance laptops have a high demand among users. People buy such laptops for both personal use and professional purposes. So tech companies are consistently manufacturing premium quality laptops, some latest ones are Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Exptreme, Mi NoteBook Pro X15.