Huawei MateBook 13 launching alongside P30, P30 Pro in PH

Remember our exclusive story about Huawei’s laptop line finally launching in the Philippines as early as April? That turns out to be true, as confirmed by Huawei Philippines country manager George Li to us here in Europe. Better yet, we can now reveal the exact models and their respective prices.

According to Li, the first notebook that will make its way to the country is the Huawei MateBook 13, and it will be officially unveiled alongside their new P30 and P30 Pro flagship smartphones. Next in line should be the refreshed MateBook X Pro, which we saw at MWC 2019. It offers better specs in a more impressive body with a pop-out webcam.

The prices have been revealed by a dealer. The base model with an eighth-generation Intel Core i5-8265U processor and 256GB of storage costs P55,990 (roughly $1,065). If you want to buy the higher-specced version that pairs an Intel Core i7-8565U processor with 512GB storage, you need to shell out P69,990 ($1,331).

The Huawei MateBook 13 is like a more powerful, slimmer Apple MacBook Air. It boasts 8GB RAM and a dedicated Nvidia GeForce MX graphics 150 GPU. While not a gaming laptop, it can certainly handle all your office tasks and some light gaming on the side.

Huawei MateBook 13 specs

13-inch FullView 2K IPS-LCD display, 2,160 x 1,440 resolution (3:2 aspect ratio)
Fingerprint reader (power button-mounted)
8th-gen Intel Core i5-8265U or Core i7-8565U processor
Nvidia GeForce MX150 2GB GDDR5 GPU
8GB LPDDR3 RAM 2133MHz
256GB/512GB SSD
USB Type-C (2) and headphone jack
1MP webcam
Dolby Atmos-tuned dual speakers
Dual microphones
Microsoft Windows 10 Home

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