Huawei MateBook X Pro 2022 review

The MateBook X Pro has always been Huawei’s premiere laptop – more capable than the fanless MateBook X, far sleeker than the more powerful 16-inchers in Huawei’s range, and better than most other laptops on the market.

It started out as Huawei’s MacBook Air competitor but has evolved into a class of its own and has been almost unmatched in it, pound for pound.

Let’s begin with unboxing and comparisons with the 2021. The MateBook X Pro 2022 Core-i7 comes with a 90W charger, a USB cable, and a USB-C to HDMI dongle. The brick is adaptable, offering different outputs ranging from 10W, through 27W, 36W, 75W, and 90W.

The Core-i5 model ships with a 65W charger. Both are Huawei Super Charge certified but will supply most PD fast charging devices with the correct combination of amps and volts.
The MateBook X Pro 2022 is the biggest update to the lineup since its inception in 2017. This year’s model retains the 3:2 aspect display, but at 14.2-inch, making it the first in the series to move past the 13.9-inch diagonal, and the panel refreshes faster at 90Hz. Also, the display is rated brighter at 500 nits.

There are two USB-C ports on each side – that’s one more port than the outgoing model, and the touchpad has grown, now edging over the rim of the keyboard deck. There’s also a webcam in the proper place – above the display, not hidden under a secret button on the keyboard.

The new laptop boasts a six-speaker setup, two more than its predecessor. There’s also a slightly bigger battery with faster charging.

The final big jump over the MateBook X 2021 is down to Intel’s 12th-gen processors. The Core i7-1260P is a generational leap over the Core i7-1165G7 we had in last year’s model.

Now that we’ve covered how the MateBook X Pro 2022 improves on its predecessor, let’s take a deeper dive into its design and build quality.

Body, display, sound, keyboard, and touchpad
The Huawei MateBook X Pro 2022 comes in White, Ink Blue, and this decidedly purple Space Gray shade we have for review. Sadly the lovely Emerald Green isn’t on the shelves this year.

The laptop weighs 1.38kg and is 310mm wide, 221mm deep, and 15.6mm thick.
It has, for the most part, retained the full-sized keyboard of its predecessor. As before, the arrow keys are bunched together.

Key travel is good at 1.5mm and typing is enjoyable on this combination of chicklet style and good size, as it was last year.

The keyboard is still flanked by speaker grilles and there’s a round power button-slash-fingerprint reader in the upper right corner.

The display is the centerpiece and the best feature of the MateBook X Pro 2022. It’s slightly bigger (14.2-inch vs 13.9-inch), and higher resolution (3,120×2,080px, 264ppi vs 3,000×2,000px, 260ppi) than its predecessor, and it refreshes faster at 90Hz (but it runs at 60Hz by default).

The panel is rated at 1.07 billion colors with a 1500:1 contrast. It supports the DCI-P3 and sRGB color gamuts and is VESA DisplayHDR 400 certified to deliver HDR content at up to 400 nits. It’s also a 10-point touchscreen.

This year’s display is rated at 500 nits, up from 450 nits on the previous model. But while last year’s model outdid its rating by 30 nits at 480, the MateBook X Pro 2022 scored a whopping 580 nits at the center. It got down to as low as 500 nits in the corners, which isn’t perfect uniformity but you’re unlikely to notice. Suffice it to say this is one very bright display.

The only thing letting this screen down is the higher-than-average reflectivity. You can see any sort of light source reflected on the glass to the point where it can become a hindrance. It diminishes the bright panel’s performance outdoors but is an issue indoors as well.

Source: gsmarena

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