At Huawei, the motto is “Cheap MateBook as a substitute of pricey MacBook” – there’s a giant collection of laptops underneath the MateBook banner. The MateBook D 15 is among the cheaper and bigger fashions: It prices 550 euros (on the time of testing) and comes with a 15.5-inch show (because the title suggests). The MateBook D 15 carried out properly within the take a look at, customers solely need to reside with one weak point…
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Samsung
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Excessive working tempo
Sensible, crisp OLED show
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Excessive working tempo
Very excessive picture high quality
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Scarce reminiscence
show displays
Microsoft
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Very excessive work tempo
Quick graphics chip for video games (Geforce 3050 Ti)
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excessive value
Not upgradeable
Asus
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Excessive working tempo
Nice OLED display screen
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A bit little bit of SSD storage
Develops a number of warmth
acer
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Nice show with touchscreen
Excessive working tempo
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Reminiscence not expandable
A bit little bit of SSD storage
Huawei
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Very excessive work tempo
Sharp show with excessive colour constancy
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Show considerably darkish and reflective
Solely conditionally appropriate for gaming
HB
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Sensible OLED show
Rotatable display screen
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RAM completely put in
A number of connections
honor
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Quick working tempo
Good battery life
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SSD storage is a bit small for this value vary
Microsoft
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Excessive working tempo
Quick graphics chip for video games
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Very excessive work tempo
Giant reminiscence
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A bit sluggish in graphically demanding video games
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Apple as a design function mannequin
Apple laptops such because the MacBook are a transparent mannequin for the design of the MateBook D 15, however as a substitute of loads of aluminum, a number of (well-made) plastic is used right here. For the considerably cheaper price of the MateBook, that is fully okay. One factor in widespread with Apple: the MateBook D 15 does with out a separate numeric keypad – though there can be sufficient area for the additional keys (see image beneath).
The keyboard of the Huawei MateBook D 15 doesn’t have a numeric keypad – an obstacle when typing in lengthy columns of numbers. Nevertheless it sits properly within the center.
The tools is okay
Typical for a lot of fashionable notebooks: Upgrading later is hardly doable. Consumers are dedicated to the MateBook D 15 – solely the built-in SSD could be exchanged for a bigger mannequin with NVMe expertise. The tools is already fairly respectable ex works, solely the working reminiscence shouldn’t be included 8 gigabytes simply out. The MateBook D 15 comes with 4 USB ports (together with a contemporary USB-C socket), which you can even use to attach an exterior monitor (this can be performed by way of HDMI). Of the remaining three USB-A sockets, just one works at excessive velocity (USB 3.2 Gen 1) and is quick sufficient for an exterior arduous drive or SSD. The opposite two run at USB 2.0 velocity – that is sufficient for a printer, mouse or keyboard.
The connections of the Huawei MateBook D 15 on the left: one USB-C and one USB-A every, plus HDMI. On the proper are two USB-A sockets and the socket for a headset or headphones.
A lot of energy for Workplace applications
The MateBook D 15 options an AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. It gives loads of energy when working: The MateBook simply acquired an excellent grade in each workplace applications and memory-hungry software program for photograph or video enhancing akin to Luminar Neo. Nonetheless, it may very well be even sooner with extra RAM in Photoshop & Co. That is proven by the comparability with the MateBook 14 sister mannequin, which is in any other case very comparable in building. Gaming shouldn’t be a lot enjoyable with the MateBook D 15, as a result of the graphics calculations are carried out by the graphics unit within the processor. It is too sluggish for graphically complicated video games: On common, it calculated 13 frames per second in Full HD (1920×1080 pixels). Actual players are higher off utilizing a gaming pocket book with an additional graphics chip.
The webcam of the Huawei MateBook D 15 could be folded into the keyboard. This protects towards prying eyes if you find yourself not utilizing it.
The show shouldn’t be fully convincing
The show of the MateBook D 15 wasn’t actually convincing within the take a look at. It is not significantly vibrant (most 248 candelas per sq. meter) and renders colours fairly pale. This is not for Photoshop, however Workplace customers can simply get by with it. That is additionally enough for the Full HD decision (1920×1080 pixels), which is typical for the worth vary of the D 15. A small weak point of the show: In darkish areas it could occur that the backlight casts a slight shadow – however just a few customers will discover this, for instance in very darkish scenes of a collection on Disney+ or Netflix.
One fan is enough for cooling the Huawei MateBook D 15. Solely the SSD could be changed within the laptop, all different parts are completely put in.
Quiet cross-country skier
An Achilles heel of earlier MateBook fashions was typically a brief battery life. The Matebook D 15 managed within the take a look at virtually seven hours – the darkish show is a bonus as a result of it consumes much less energy and thus protects the 56-watt-hour battery. Charging is fairly fast, because of a strong USB-C energy provide with 65 watts of charging energy, which may additionally cost smartphones, digital cameras or tablets. The MateBook D 15 solely makes fan noise underneath full load, then the person fan within the case (see image above) turns up: 3.3 sone remains to be tolerable – many laptops are considerably louder underneath load. Relatively decisive for on a regular basis life: The MateBook D 15 is very quiet in regular operation with 0.4 sone.
How briskly is the pocket book?
Tempo with Workplace / Tempo with video enhancing
Sport velocity (1920×1080 pixels / 3840×2160 pixels)
USB tempo from exterior SSD to laptop / laptop to exterior SSD
How good is the image high quality?
Coloration constancy / deviations in grayscale / white rendering (colour temperature)
Most brightness / black stage / medium distinction ratio
High quality of the display screen (visible take a look at)
Coloration area protection: commonplace (sRGB) / prolonged (DCI-P3)
Switching time of the pixels (common / most)
Max. brightness deviations throughout the display screen
Gloss stage of the display screen floor / display screen body
Most refresh fee at native decision
How simple is it to make use of on the go?
Working noise when working / most
Temperature rise after half-hour of full load on the again of the system
Weight with battery / energy pack with cable
Is the whole lot you want included?
RAM (built-in / expandable to most)
Knowledge storage / expandable
WiFi / Bluetooth / Mobile
Webcam / Microphone / Reminiscence card reader
How simple is it to make use of?
High quality and operation of the keyboard / keyboard lighting / commonplace format / navigation keys commonplace dimension
Biometric entry locks
Touchpad dimension / touchpad high quality and operation
High quality and operation of the contact display screen
15.5 inches (1920 x 1080 pixels)
excessive (72.5%) / very excessive (56.4%)
very jerky (13 FPS) / not playable
low (90.2%) / low (2.2%) / very pure (6798 Kelvin)
a bit low (pale colours, slight backlight bleeding)
too low (62.8%) / too low (47.2%)
brief (18.3ms) / brief (27.8ms)
lengthy / very brief (6:54 / 1:58 hours)
very quiet / considerably loud (0.4 / 3.3 sone)
low (17.1 levels Celsius)
low / very low (1.58 / 0.20 kg)
little (8 GB / not doable)
477 GB, SSD NVMe (Phison)
1 x headset, 1 x HDMI / 1 x USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (with DisplayPort), 1 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 2 x USB-A 2.0
Wifi 5 (ac) / model 5.0 / no
fairly good stress level, webcam could be folded into the keyboard / no
very giant / fairly giant, nice to make use of
With out a touchscreen
The MateBook D 15 saves on a touchscreen, you use it by way of keyboard and touchpad (a keyboard-mouse combo linked by way of USB or Bluetooth additionally works, after all). The built-in enter gadgets are actually good: the touchpad may be very giant and simple to make use of, the keyboard has a very good stress level. Even prolific writers who can sort blindly can rapidly get by with it. If you wish to take a look at the keyboard in dim environment, you may be higher off with the costlier sister mannequin, the MateBook 14: It comes with a built-in keyboard gentle, which the MateBook D 15 does not have.
Excessive working tempo
Lengthy battery life
Unsuitable for graphically demanding video games
Darkish display screen
Check conclusion Huawei MateBook D 15
That Huawei MateBook D 15 (Check rating 2.3) is a superb pocket book to work with. Right here it scores with excessive velocity, little or no fan noise and lengthy battery life. The MateBook D 15 is kind of gentle for a 15-inch laptop: it weighs just below 1.8 kilograms with the ability adapter – a bonus if the laptop is for use for touring so much. Huawei saved particularly by way of working reminiscence (solely 8 gigabytes) and the show: The colour replica was not convincing and it’s fairly darkish – however that hardly bothers you when utilizing Workplace applications.
