Huawei launches MateBook X Pro laptop at Mobile World Congress

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei on Sunday used the World Mobile Congress (MWC) which officially opens in Barcelona on Monday to launch their new MateBook X Pro laptop.

Huawei's CEO, Richard Yu, presents the new Matebook X Pro, on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, 25 February 2018. [Photo: IC]

The MateBook X Pro succeeds the MateBook X and has a touchscreen display measuring 13.9 inches, with a 3000 x 2000 resolution and a 92 percent screen to body ration, which means the webcam has been built into the keyboard. 

The Corning Gorilla Glass protected screen has 100 percent sRGB color gamut with a maximum brightness of 450 nits and a contrast ration of 1500:1

The device also comes with an eighth generation Inter Core i5 or i7 processor and has two USB ports and a USB A post. It is also considerably slimmer than the Apple MacBook Pro.

Battery life is estimated at 14 hours, which is considerably more than that of its predecessors and it also comes with an intelligent cooling system and a unique Spill Proof keyboard.

The MateBook X Pro will be on sale in the second quarter of 2018 in China, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Spain, Italy and Scandinavia and is expected to have a retail price of 1,400 euros (1,721 U.S. dollars).