Huawei
MateBook is an
ultra-thin, 12-inch tablet/laptop hybrid
BARCELONA — In the weeks leading to the Mobile World Congress — which officially kicks off Monday, Feb. 22 —
Huawei teased a stylus-themed an**uncement.*
Turns out, the company brought one of the most versatile styli we've seen, together with a gorgeous, ultra-thin
12-inch ******* tablet, the largest
Huawei has ever launched.*
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The
Huawei MateBook is a tablet with a detachable, faux-leather cover/keyboard hybrid, which positions it as a direct Surface/Surface Pro competitor. But, at 6.9mm, it's so incredibly thin that it's much more a tablet than any of the Surfaces we've seen.
It has a gorgeous, 2K screen that takes up 84% of the device's front side. It's made of aluminum, weighs 640 grams, and has a battery that provides up to 9 hours of full HD playback, according to Huawei. There's a fingerprint scanner on the device's side; I haven't had a chance to test it out myself, but
Huawei claims it's very fast and reliable.*
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