Huawei MateBook (2017) hands-on previewHuawei is getting serious about laptops, with three new devices aimed squarely at the MacBook and iPad Pro.
Most U.S. consumers won't have heard of Huawei, the Chinese brand which currently occupies the number three spot in smartphone market share. But it's growing internationally, and slowly expanding outside of its phone-sized comfort zone.
Last year gave us the original Huawei MateBook, an imperfect hybrid device that nevertheless established a presence for Huawei in the PC space. This year, the lineup is growing considerably, as Huawei ramps up its focus on this area: The new MateBook E is a traditional convertible, in much the same vein as the first-gen MateBook. And it's joined by the 13-inch, super-slim MateBook X, and the 15.6-inch MateBook D, with its optional NVIDIA GPU.
They'll launch first in six markets — China, Japan, the U.S., France, Italy and Saudi Arabia — markets where Huawei believes it is the strongest, reps told me ahead of today's launch. (Th...
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Huawei MateBook (2017) hands-on preview
