TechComputers & PCsLaptopsHuawei’s best laptops get a 13th-gen upgrade – unless you’re in AmericaThe Huawei MateBook X Pro and MateBook 16S are great laptops, and now they’re even more powerfulWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechComputers & PCsLaptopsHuawei’s best laptops get a 13th-gen upgrade – unless you’re in AmericaThe Huawei MateBook X Pro and MateBook 16S are great laptops, and now they’re even more powerfulWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Huawei MateBook X Pro and MateBook 16S are great laptops, and now they’re even more powerful
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Two of thebest laptopsfor Windows users just got a big upgrade: theHuawei MateBook X ProandHuawei MateBook 16Sare now available with the latest 13th Gen Intel Core CPUs – and unlike some rivals,Huaweihasn’t upped the price. The X Pro is still £1,799 and the 16S is £1,499.
The processor improvement should address one of the few niggles we had about the current-gen MateBook X Pro, which was its battery life; more efficient processors should result in better stamina.
Unfortunately for US readers, these particular laptops aren’t officially available to you: Huawei is not allowed to work with companies based in the US due to the government’s ban on the company, although no doubt they’ll turn up on the likes of eBay fairly soon anyway.
What’s the difference between the Huawei MateBook X Pro and the MateBook 16S?
The MateBook X Pro is theApplerival, a very lightweight and powerful laptop that’s very similar to Dell’s all-conquering XPS. As we said in our review of the 2022 model, “The Huawei Matebook X Pro (2022) can do almost everything well - the 14.2-inch screen is bright, sharp and colourful, the performance is fast and reliable, it’s loaded with up-to-date connectivity and it definitely looks the part too.” The new version can be configured with processors up to the Intel Core i7-1360p.
The 16S is the touchscreen model, with a very large 16-inch display. It’s now available with up to the Intel Core i9-13900H, delivering a speed boost of up to 30%. It was already one of the best large laptops around, and the new processors bring it bang up to date.
These aren’t the only new Huawei products to be revealed this week. The firm has also shown off theHuawei P60 Pro, its new and photography-focused flagship phone with an extremely large lens and what our tech ed Mike Lowe describes as a macro mode “unlike anything I’ve ever used in any phone to date.”
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