Kevin Nyango
History records that it is the first time Huawei brought its laptops to South Africa. Recently, Huawei launched MateBook X and 2-in-1 MateBook E in South Africa. The latter doubles up as both notebook and tablet. The two products have finally landed in Africa after official launching was done in May 2017. MateBook X core i5 will retail at R23, 999 while i7 will be R25,999. MateBook E will be sold at a retail price of R19, 999
Likun Zhao, South Africa’s GM of Huawei Business Group sincerely expressed confidence that the new revolution Huawei is bringing in the economy will boost their smartphone market. The notebooks have incorporated Dolby Atmos sound system. Akram Mohammed, Product Marketing Director at Huawei SA, said that Huawei is focused on delivering creative and innovative products while their competitors are after market shares. The products are slim and incorporating smartphone features like fingerprint scanning into PCs.
The features of the products launched are as follows
Features of MateBook
Physical size: 13.0 inches
System Chip- Intel CoreTM i7-7500U processor
Battery: 5449mAh non-removable battery
Graphics processor: Intel HD Graphics 620
Dimensions: 2160×1440 inches IPS non-touchscreen, 200ppi
OS: Windows 10
System Chip: WT-W09: 7th Generation Intel CoreTM i5-7200U processor and WT-W19: 7th
RAM: 4/8GB LPDDR3 RAM
Internal Storage: 256/512GB SSD
Features of MateBook E
Physical size: 12.0 inches
Generation: Intel Core i5 7Y54
RAM: 8 GB
Internal storage: 512 GB
Graphics processor: Intel HD Graphics 615
Dimensions: 278.8 x 194.1 x 6.9 mm(10.98 x 7.64 x 0.27 inches
OS: Windows 10
Features: Fingerprint (touch)
Processor: Dual-core, 1200 MHz, 64-bit, 14 nm
Battery: 4430 mAh
The Matebooks will be available for sale at all Huawei stores in South Africa, Makro, Computer Mania and Matrix Wearhouse.
