Huawei MateBook 14s
There’s a familiar refrain when it comes to reviewing Huawei laptops: forget about the Chinese company’s ongoing Android problems, because the Windows laptops are great.
That’s always been followed by a crucial caveat though: except for the webcam. The company’s laptop line has been let down by the continued use of a hidden under-keyboard webcam – a great idea when webcams weren’t widely used, less so now.
The 14s makes a few changes to the MateBook formula, with a new keyboard, 90Hz refresh rate display and upgraded fast charging – but it’s the choice to move that webcam back above the display that ultimately proves most welcome. And look – there isn’t even a notch. Take that, Apple.
DESIGN
Huawei reserves its ultra-slim design for the premium MateBook X and X Pro series, while the numbered models like this tend to be just a little chunkier.
With the lightest spec weighing 1.43kg the MateBook 14s is certainly still portable, but feels much more substantial than the lightest laptops on the market, some of which go below the kilo line.
The footprint is compact, with a slim bezel around the 14in display preventing the laptop as a whole from getting too big. And it’s thick enough to fit in a few ports, but the aluminium alloy body is
