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Huawei MateBook X Pro 2020 (MACHC-WAE9LP) review

Huawei MateBook X Pro 2020 (MACHC-WAE9LP)

CHOICE Expert Rating

77%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Supplied USB-C hub has HDMI, VGA, power, and USB 3.0 ports
  • Thin bezel around the screen makes it look elegant
  • Webcam needs to be popped up from the keyboard in order to work, ensuring it can't transmit video when not intended
  • Very good screen quality
  • Very good keyboard
  • Very good touchpad
  • Very good battery life
  • Excellent screen luminance
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Webcam is built in to the keyboard and provides an unflattering up-the-nose view of the user
  • Large SSD is partitioned to provide a small 80GB system partition
  • Short power cord
  • No SD card slot

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
77%
Performance score
60%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
81%
Battery life score
80%
Display score
86%
Audio score
70%
Wi-Fi score
72%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
2789
Storage read-speed (MBps)
3439
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
34
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
7:01
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:24
Expert tester comments
Huawei's MateBook X Pro looks impressive with its thinly framed screen, which is a little taller than what we're used to seeing from most laptops these days. It has a 3:2 ratio with a 3000 x 2000-pixel resolution, which can give a vast view of Web pages and spreadsheets. The performance and battery life of this new model are a slight improvement on the model we looked at last year. Intel Core i7 and NVIDIA GeForce MX250 processors allow for plenty of hard work to be completed, as well as some recreational gaming.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
F
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
China

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$2,799.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
13.9
Native screen resolution (pixels)
3000 x 2000
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i7-10510U
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.8
RAM (GB)
16
Video graphics type
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
Storage capacity (GB)
1024
Available user space (GB)
937
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.3
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.2
Size (mm, H x D x W)
18 x 218 x 304

Features

Screen finish
Glossy
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
1
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
2
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
0
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
2

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