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HUAWEI MateBook D 15 - 15.6 Inch Laptop with FullView 1080P FHD Ultrabook PC (AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Windows 10 Home, Multi-screen Collaboration, Fingerprint Reader), Space Grey

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Only certain Huawei mobile phones, tablets, monitors, and certain Huawei laptops running PC Manager 12.0.2 or later support this function. A powered-off HUAWEI MateBook D 15 can reverse-charge a HUAWEI P50, Mate 40 or P40, series phone. For optimal charging performance, please use the authentic adapter and USB-C cable that come with the laptop. Reverse charging only works when the MateBook has more than 10% battery level before the power-off, and when the phone is powered on. k with two or four Thunderbolt 3 ports on a modern MacBook, the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) comes with three full-size USB ports, alongside a USB-C port for newer peripherals and a HDMI port. That’s actually lighter than the MacBook Pro’s 1.83kg, though Apple has crammed more tech (such as the aforementioned Touch Bar, as well as a discrete GPU) into the MacBook Pro. Unsurprisingly, colour space reproduction elsewhere isn’t great. If you’re looking for a cheap laptop on which to edit photos to a professional level, the low coverage of the Adobe RGB space (67.0%) means this isn’t the ideal machine, unless all you want to do is crop and resize holiday snaps and not heavily edit things too much. DCI-P3 coverage is also low at 68.9%.

The battery life of the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) is decent, though unexceptional. In our battery benchmark test, where we ran a looped 1080p video full screen, the MateBook D 15 lasted almost five and a half hours. Below the keyboard, the 5.5in touchpad does its job well. It’s nicely sized and easy to use. It supports multitouch (up to four inputs at once) and by default will let you move the cursor in an edge-to-edge sweep with one gesture, meaning most people won’t have to dial up the sensitivity.

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That’s the highest score we’ve seen from an i5 processor and suggests that the Performance mode in Huawei’s PC Manager (which I used for the test) does what it says on the label. For reference, in Balanced mode, the D15 scored 105. It’s the same story when it comes to the Geekbench 5 test, too: the D15 scored 1,402 single-core and 4,681 in multicore, which is a very commendable performance for an i5-based notebook. when charging started, and the laptop set in standby mode. Actual performance may vary depending on Meanwhile, the screen is too dim and washed out compared to other laptops at this price point, and the battery life of less than four hours for regular use is frankly disappointing. On the plus side, colour accuracy was not totally terrible. Testing yielded an average Delta-E score versus sRGB of 0.74 (where zero is perfect) and a maximum of 2.1. come with the laptop. Reverse charging only works when the MateBook has more than 10% battery level

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Huawei’s latest MateBook D15 doesn’t try to rewrite the rulebook, it just offers competency and value in a compact package

Another thing we like about the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) compared to the MacBook is the number of ports. While you’re stuc On the plus side, the actuation point is 1.3mm so you don’t have to hammer away at the keys to type. And I found it pretty easy to get comfortable and up to 80 words a minute after a few hours of bedding in. That’s not too bad, and would last you almost an entire work day, but there are some caveats that leave us slightly less impressed. First, this is looping a video, which isn't the most intensive of workloads. If you’re also going to be surfing the internet, editing photos and writing up text documents, then that battery life is going to deplete a lot faster. Huawei told us to expect 13 hours of office work with a single charge of the MateBook D’s 56WHr battery – something it fell far short of in our tests.

Data comes from Huawei labs. Charging HUAWEI MateBook D 15 (only 1% battery left) in sleep mode for 15 minutes using the original charger, and the data comes from PCMark10 Modern Office shows how long the battery last. Actual test results may vary due to differences in user habits and conditions. While there’s an emphasis on style and portability, you at least get a variety of ports here. Some pared-down laptops would dispense with an HDMI port, for example, so it’s good that Honor hasn’t skimped here. For the most part, you’d probably be able to get away with not needing any dongles or adapters. Huawei adopts a multi-supplier strategy for certain components. All components comply with Huawei's standards. Actual products in local markets should prevail. The screen is a bit disappointing though, and with a contrast ratio of just 800:1 and a relatively low brightness of 250 nits, the display feels a bit anaemic and washed out. It’s a far cry from some of the bright and vibrant screens we’re used to at this price point – and nowhere near the quality of a MacBook screen. run HarmonyOS 2 or later, and some Huawei laptops that run PC Manager 12.0.2 or later. If you have any

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However, it doesn't look like it is available in the US and Australia at the time of writing. We’re following up with Huawei to get a better idea of worldwide availability. However, considering the US government’s complicated relationship with Huawei products, there may be a good chance that the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) will never be available there. This feature is only supported by some types of files and apps in Huawei tablets that run HarmonyOS 2 or later, and some Huawei laptops that run PC Manager 12.0.2 or later.

item's display effects conform to a set of low-blue-light standards approved by TÜV Rheinland (color Data comes from Huawei labs. In the battery life test, screen brightness is set to 150 nits. Battery life may vary according to the usage habits and conditions. The original 65 W charger is used to charge the laptop for 15 minutes in sleep mode from 1% battery level. Actual usage may vary depending on the product, usage habits, and environment. I recommend converting them into a single partition using Windows’ Disk Manager. It’s a simple enough job to do: first, delete the D partition and then extend the Windows C partition into the free space.

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MacBooks also come with the Touch Bar: a thin OLED touchscreen that runs along the top of the keyboard and shows different buttons depending on the task you’re performing and the app you’re using. The Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) has nothing like this – which is understandable for the price – but it does have a power button with a fingerprint sensor built-in. illustration purposes only. Actual products may be installed with Windows 11 and the silkscreen may vary Despite not being designed for gaming, I ran a few in-game benchmarks to see how you’d get on if you wanted to play something lightweight. The MagicBook 15 just about cleared 30fps on the Metro: Last Light benchmark but fared a lot better running the Dirt Showdown benchmark at 720p. The Samsung-made 512GB SSD did well in our speed tests, too, returning sequential read and write speeds of 2,787MB/s and 2,412 MB/s respectively. As with the old model, the new D15’s drive is divided into 119GB “C” and 337GB “D” partitions, which seems rather pointless.

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