Love your music :) This is a hungarian folk song, collected in the beginning of the 1900s in rural Hungary. Great choice! Oh, the laptop is awesome, too.
Thanks for the video. Really refreshing to see some thought given to long-term considerations over this mindbogglingly dumb 'unboxing' culture which dominates tech reviews on UA-cam
these long term reviews are so useful. Most of the time I see reviews that are made right after the first try or first week, but that doesn't really mean much, especially compared to long term reviews. The cracking case is a bit of a disappointment. Even if it's half the price of a MacBook and it still performs well, I still want a good solid laptop for that price
That one spooked me a bit. It's just a bummer that YT kinda punishes long term reviews. If people don't share these kinds of videos, then your channel suffers for not being trendy and popular.
@@SomeGadgetGuy true.. while it's actually way better info than those 1 day/week reviews.. same with creating amazing short films. I see some of the best short films on this platform and they are not promoted because they don't meet UA-cam's wishes.
Your script is well written, your positive tone and vibe in this vid and past ones( not all) make me want to watch more but the overall setting/editing maybe? Feels less professional or clean dare i say than dave2d for example. Love the honesty and detailed content though 👌
Yeah desktop mode in Android Q is a really intriguing idea. Samsung Dex is fine for what it is but I hate proprietary crap, I want a desktop mode for my phone I can activate at will with just a normal HDMI connector or something. Then, as you say, a "docking station" that mimics a laptop experience, perhaps, or just a desktop dock so you can do stuff like dual screen and full keyboard and mouse, driven by the phone. There have been attempts at that for years now that have never been wildly successful but there's a case that can be made for it I think. Especially with the way phones are powering up from generation to generation.
@@SomeGadgetGuy he killed his English videos because he said he didn't get any support or feedback from the English speaking community but he would get a lot from his German speaking community, so he decided to focus on them.
Excellent review.. thanks for sharing your real use experiences, not geek bench synthetic numbers. I like this Laptop, hardware wise wish it was built a little better and has bigger trackpad
literally saw a comment a few days ago of someone claiming he is not able to keep up with Juan's words and that he keeps trying hard to sound smart. I feel like majority of people who watch smartphone vids are equivalent to a "bully" (in the sense their daily driver is the BEST i.e sammy/apple) who is trying to learn his "maths" (actual features and practice) from the smart kid (technical reviewers), but bully finds himself quickly overwhelmed and then the blood boils lol. Android reddit thread is a great example of this. Good news source honestly but the community is SoooOoOooo toxic lol.
So, it's working just by left port? I looking to by Matebook 13, and i would like to use some kind of dock with hdmi, ethernet and power just by one port(left port?).
Great long term review. I like how it is honest together with the tone and pace. Nice to look at. I just wanted to ask if you checked the quality of both rendered videos of the phone and the laptop. Is there a noticeable difference? The difference in rendering time is surprising. Thanks!
I could have explained that a little better. The comparison was conducted by first rendering the video on the phone at the best possible quality PowerDirector can manage, and then trying to match that bitrate and render quality on the MateBook. The MateBook is totally capable of even higher quality renders, but that of course takes even longer, where the compromises of using a mobile app to edit and render aren't as severe as you would think.
Hey Juan great video! Im personally waiting for a good black Friday deal on this laptop. Could you give an update on the how the build quality has held up over time? And do you feel it runs hot sometimes? I really like everything I've heard about the matebook 13 but hearing about your problems with the build quality makes me wonder a bit. Really enjoyed your long term review btw, I wish more reviewers could do a similar thing.
I actually have 2 Huawei phones, a P20 Pro and a Mate 20X, and I absolutely love them! Wish they were sold here in the US and supported. If that Matebook is anything like the phones, it has to be great
Got this Laptop for 800 bucks at a Great Deal and also got a huawei mate 20 Lite. I can recommend this PC. Great quality, Great Performance, Great screen... Huawei Share is also Great for Huawei users.
@@c.gjinika9071 hey buddy. The question you should ask yourselfe is, do you want a small and compact Laptop than go for it. The thing i realised is that it feels indead a little small but I am travelling alot and cant afford so much space for My PC. I might have gone for a 14" Model but there arent good ones out there. If you want to consume Media and Netflix and arent travelling a lot I would rather go for a 15" Model. The trackpad is insane and havent had a problem yet. Its very big, feels smooth and the Software for Windows precission Trackpads is very nice. Hope I could answer your questions
The fact that i want to buy this laptop , and the fact that u say the best thing about hardware is the battery while others saying that the battery life is not good is putting me in a tough place
The battery isn’t good. I tested about 6 hours at 40% brightness & only used Firefox & Python coding (light applications to run). It’s a good laptop but carry a charger
Mohammed Alfatih The track pad isn’t bad. I’m not super picky on track pads & I think it is sufficient for most people. When I’m at home I use a mouse but on the go I use the trackpad.
@@SomeGadgetGuy I picked mine up just as the whole Huawei thing started up, and everyone was looking to sell theirs. So I got a bargain. I paid £450, and it came with an upgraded 1TB WD SSD, plus the original 256Gb SSD as an external drive 😄
Sounds like the cpu is throttling if it took that long to render. If the fan got loud that's probably what happened. It can also happen depending on the 4k you're rendering to. Not all 4k codecs are the same and you won't necessarily tell the difference by watching on a small screen. Face facts, if mobile phones could render and edit 4k better than a PC, Hollywood would be using iPhones to produce their movies. They don't simply because there's too much detail lost while rendering on a phone.
No. That's taking my argument here to an absurd characterization. That's "debating" in bad faith, when there's no real debate here. I'm OBVIOUSLY not claiming Hollywood should switch to phones. I'm pointing out a consumer tier of video editing, and talking about phone horsepower that consumers will have access to. Especially considering the recent move by Apple to move to ARM SOCs on their products, the conversation we currently have about compute power is ludicrously lopsided. Consumers have a TON of power on tap, and they're not using it. Just because a computer is in a laptop form factor, doesn't mean it will be more powerful than a phone.
It's actually not bad, but if you were working content hard, I'd recommend going with a bigger, heavier machine with better room for cooling and more powerful guts.
What do you think about watching movies (like on Netflix) on this matebook? Is that okay? Does this 3:2 display doesn't look weird while watching movies? Cause I think that if movies are in 16:9, it can be hard to watch movies on screen 3:2. 🙋♀️🤔
I really appreciate that. I'm a totally solo operation, so every minute I spend staging dramatic cinematic shots of gadgets is LITERALLY a minute I'm NOT using the gadget. Trying to keep it simple these days.
I think people should understand that a tablet is that, a tablet ... and a laptop is a laptop. I mean, I know you can use a desktop mode on the iPad with a keyboard too, but that doesn't replace 100% of the work of a laptop, at least in the in the current 2021, it's still not possible on these tablets.
@C. Gjinika I timed it and i got around 7 hours with running brightness at 40% with running python and Mozilla Firefox (light applications). It's a great small laptop that I intend to use when college starts up again but I might need to carry a charger..
There needs to be a 14" refresh for this laptop with just an improvement on the USB C capability to include thunderbolt and a graphics card upgrade. Everything else could remain the same, great design.
@@SomeGadgetGuy I've just purchased the MateBook 13 (2020) with i-7 core and it's so nice to use. But not sure how it will handle video editing (not crazy hardcore editing, to edit dance videos nicely). Could you tell us a bit more perhaps ?
It'll be slower than a comparable gaming rig of that gen, but still capable. If it's a little light work, you're not trying to slice 4K HDR, it should be fine.
I'll think I'll stick to my Thinkpad T-series. They have their drawbacks but you can use this puppy to drive nails if need be, after you've poured your cup of coffee over the keyboard and rinsed it off. For travel I want a tank, not some plasticky pretty boy laptop. 😘
Love your music :) This is a hungarian folk song, collected in the beginning of the 1900s in rural Hungary. Great choice!
Oh, the laptop is awesome, too.
George Dömse What is the name of the music, may I ask? :)
Thanks for the video. Really refreshing to see some thought given to long-term considerations over this mindbogglingly dumb 'unboxing' culture which dominates tech reviews on UA-cam
these long term reviews are so useful. Most of the time I see reviews that are made right after the first try or first week, but that doesn't really mean much, especially compared to long term reviews. The cracking case is a bit of a disappointment. Even if it's half the price of a MacBook and it still performs well, I still want a good solid laptop for that price
That one spooked me a bit. It's just a bummer that YT kinda punishes long term reviews. If people don't share these kinds of videos, then your channel suffers for not being trendy and popular.
@@SomeGadgetGuy true.. while it's actually way better info than those 1 day/week reviews.. same with creating amazing short films. I see some of the best short films on this platform and they are not promoted because they don't meet UA-cam's wishes.
Your script is well written, your positive tone and vibe in this vid and past ones( not all) make me want to watch more but the overall setting/editing maybe? Feels less professional or clean dare i say than dave2d for example. Love the honesty and detailed content though 👌
I love the occasional Black and White shots in the video! So cool 😎
🙂👍
Yeah desktop mode in Android Q is a really intriguing idea. Samsung Dex is fine for what it is but I hate proprietary crap, I want a desktop mode for my phone I can activate at will with just a normal HDMI connector or something. Then, as you say, a "docking station" that mimics a laptop experience, perhaps, or just a desktop dock so you can do stuff like dual screen and full keyboard and mouse, driven by the phone. There have been attempts at that for years now that have never been wildly successful but there's a case that can be made for it I think. Especially with the way phones are powering up from generation to generation.
Great video as always. First time writing a comment in your channel. I really Dont want another nitpicker situation
What happened with Nitpicker?
@@SomeGadgetGuy he killed his English videos because he said he didn't get any support or feedback from the English speaking community but he would get a lot from his German speaking community, so he decided to focus on them.
Excellent review.. thanks for sharing your real use experiences, not geek bench synthetic numbers. I like this Laptop, hardware wise wish it was built a little better and has bigger trackpad
My reviews take a bit longer, but I try to get to something a bit more personal.
as always an in-depth review that really covers everything, I love seeing how tech performs in real-life tests, not just benchmarks!
i still don't get why you are still sub 100k subs Your work is very professionnal and in depth as it can get
I really appreciate the kind words. Glad you're enjoying the reviews :-)
literally saw a comment a few days ago of someone claiming he is not able to keep up with Juan's words and that he keeps trying hard to sound smart. I feel like majority of people who watch smartphone vids are equivalent to a "bully" (in the sense their daily driver is the BEST i.e sammy/apple) who is trying to learn his "maths" (actual features and practice) from the smart kid (technical reviewers), but bully finds himself quickly overwhelmed and then the blood boils lol. Android reddit thread is a great example of this. Good news source honestly but the community is SoooOoOooo toxic lol.
I have been using this little PC with a lenovo dock at work, charge and output at the same time on the left port is not an issue. :)
So, it's working just by left port? I looking to by Matebook 13, and i would like to use some kind of dock with hdmi, ethernet and power just by one port(left port?).
Tomáš Pásler I think my work uses a Lenovo one. But I am not too sure exactly which one. My home dock which I use for Nintendo switch did not work.
Anthony Sun it would be great if you find out which type is the lenovo one
Great long term review. I like how it is honest together with the tone and pace. Nice to look at.
I just wanted to ask if you checked the quality of both rendered videos of the phone and the laptop. Is there a noticeable difference? The difference in rendering time is surprising. Thanks!
I could have explained that a little better. The comparison was conducted by first rendering the video on the phone at the best possible quality PowerDirector can manage, and then trying to match that bitrate and render quality on the MateBook. The MateBook is totally capable of even higher quality renders, but that of course takes even longer, where the compromises of using a mobile app to edit and render aren't as severe as you would think.
@@SomeGadgetGuy Oh I understand, then it is fair. Thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work :)
Can i buy it for 2022 for photo editing only?
Is this laptop good for coding and graphic designing?
is it? been asking it too
Hey Juan great video! Im personally waiting for a good black Friday deal on this laptop. Could you give an update on the how the build quality has held up over time? And do you feel it runs hot sometimes? I really like everything I've heard about the matebook 13 but hearing about your problems with the build quality makes me wonder a bit. Really enjoyed your long term review btw, I wish more reviewers could do a similar thing.
Is that a KZ BA 10 I spy @ 4:12. I'm still loving my ZS10 Pros and getting my LG G7 Plus soon so my tunes will be lit 🔥
ZS7 :-)
This laptop costs $478 (the i7 + 512gb SSD version) from where I live.
Jesus MLG where do you live?
Alright, I 2ant to live where you live
As if?
Very nice review as always and great content with a different perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
I actually have 2 Huawei phones, a P20 Pro and a Mate 20X, and I absolutely love them! Wish they were sold here in the US and supported. If that Matebook is anything like the phones, it has to be great
It really is a great little laptop.
Got this Laptop for 800 bucks at a Great Deal and also got a huawei mate 20 Lite. I can recommend this PC. Great quality, Great Performance, Great screen... Huawei Share is also Great for Huawei users.
Does it feel as a small laptop? Any issues on the trackpad?
@@c.gjinika9071 hey buddy. The question you should ask yourselfe is, do you want a small and compact Laptop than go for it. The thing i realised is that it feels indead a little small but I am travelling alot and cant afford so much space for My PC. I might have gone for a 14" Model but there arent good ones out there. If you want to consume Media and Netflix and arent travelling a lot I would rather go for a 15" Model. The trackpad is insane and havent had a problem yet. Its very big, feels smooth and the Software for Windows precission Trackpads is very nice. Hope I could answer your questions
Alexander Mitte thanks for the information ,very accurate 👍🏼
The i7+512gb ssd costs $478 from my local online store lol!
The fact that i want to buy this laptop , and the fact that u say the best thing about hardware is the battery while others saying that the battery life is not good is putting me in a tough place
Other laptops can certainly outperform it, but I'm mostly comparing against my gaming laptop.
The battery isn’t good. I tested about 6 hours at 40% brightness & only used Firefox & Python coding (light applications to run). It’s a good laptop but carry a charger
What do you feel about the track pad bstrouble ?
Mohammed Alfatih The track pad isn’t bad. I’m not super picky on track pads & I think it is sufficient for most people. When I’m at home I use a mouse but on the go I use the trackpad.
Can I use video & photo editing in huawei matebook D13 or D14?
Hello! Would you recommend the i5 or the i7 version for the Huawei Matebook 13? Thanks!
will autocad work in that laptop?
Could I boot from a usb a plugged in the the usbc?
Watching this on my Huawei Matebook D 14 Ryzen version.
I REALLY wanted to take that one for a spin. I'd love to see more AMD competition in mobile.
@@SomeGadgetGuy I picked mine up just as the whole Huawei thing started up, and everyone was looking to sell theirs. So I got a bargain. I paid £450, and it came with an upgraded 1TB WD SSD, plus the original 256Gb SSD as an external drive 😄
Damn that's solid. These Huawei fire sales are going to wreck their recovery. We're all getting used to DIRT cheap prices on high end tech LOL...
@@SomeGadgetGuy Sorry I forgot to say, that was second hand on eBay.
Sounds like the cpu is throttling if it took that long to render. If the fan got loud that's probably what happened. It can also happen depending on the 4k you're rendering to. Not all 4k codecs are the same and you won't necessarily tell the difference by watching on a small screen.
Face facts, if mobile phones could render and edit 4k better than a PC, Hollywood would be using iPhones to produce their movies. They don't simply because there's too much detail lost while rendering on a phone.
No. That's taking my argument here to an absurd characterization. That's "debating" in bad faith, when there's no real debate here.
I'm OBVIOUSLY not claiming Hollywood should switch to phones. I'm pointing out a consumer tier of video editing, and talking about phone horsepower that consumers will have access to. Especially considering the recent move by Apple to move to ARM SOCs on their products, the conversation we currently have about compute power is ludicrously lopsided. Consumers have a TON of power on tap, and they're not using it. Just because a computer is in a laptop form factor, doesn't mean it will be more powerful than a phone.
Is that the Mate 20 recording in black and white?
Not from that angle. This was actually backed up by the OnePlus 6t because my G8 was out of storage.
Can someone please help me. How can i download free version of the ms 10 on my huawei matebook 13 2020
You can just use the dongle that comes in the box and you’ll have your self a “thunderbolt 3” port
Can you charge and display screen on the same usb c port on charging side?
Nope. One port charges the other has video out.
is it good for video editing ?
Is it good for editing and graphics
It's actually not bad, but if you were working content hard, I'd recommend going with a bigger, heavier machine with better room for cooling and more powerful guts.
Picked up the baseline i5 256gb mx250 model for just above 600€, should show up at my doorstep within the next few days
how was it?
Please tell them to get a thunderbolt 3 port, for god's sake, it's 2020
What do you think about watching movies (like on Netflix) on this matebook? Is that okay? Does this 3:2 display doesn't look weird while watching movies? Cause I think that if movies are in 16:9, it can be hard to watch movies on screen 3:2. 🙋♀️🤔
The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen are just taller. It works great though and doesn't affect anything!
That was a very good review point by point. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@SomeGadgetGuy Yeah that was no-time wasting review
LOL I try not to ramble TOO much... More than anyone else, I'm the most prone to getting bored of the sound of my voice 😉
@@SomeGadgetGuy Yeah your videos looks and sound like actual reviews instead of commercial reviews that so many big guys are doing.
I really appreciate that. I'm a totally solo operation, so every minute I spend staging dramatic cinematic shots of gadgets is LITERALLY a minute I'm NOT using the gadget. Trying to keep it simple these days.
I am between this and the ipad air 4, what you would recommend for mostly work?
I think people should understand that a tablet is that, a tablet ... and a laptop is a laptop. I mean, I know you can use a desktop mode on the iPad with a keyboard too, but that doesn't replace 100% of the work of a laptop, at least in the in the current 2021, it's still not possible on these tablets.
@@carlosj.hernandezr.2872 ye a bit late m8 he have probably made his decision
i just bought it for 597 euros hope its worth the price when buying it this late
I still use mine. It's a solid little slim PC.
Would have been good to see the one with Ryzen
Budget Gamerz The new AMD version doesn’t release till later this year.
should I buy matebook 13 Ryzen 5 or d15 Ryzen 7?
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I own this laptop & my only complaint is the bad battery life
Try undervolt
How bad is it in terms of hours
@C. Gjinika I timed it and i got around 7 hours with running brightness at 40% with running python and Mozilla Firefox (light applications). It's a great small laptop that I intend to use when college starts up again but I might need to carry a charger..
@@bstrouble try lowering the screen res to 1080p, disable touch screen and dGPU and reduce brightness by 10-15%
Does it get noisy or overheats?
There needs to be a 14" refresh for this laptop with just an improvement on the USB C capability to include thunderbolt and a graphics card upgrade. Everything else could remain the same, great design.
I want that.
Uhhh there is ? Did the matebook 14 and matebook x pro both disappear? Lol
@@sentryion3106 the X has that nose cam that I don't like
Sad that the variant released in my country doesn't have the touch screen. Didn't stop me frok buying it tho.
same :(
Great video, soon you will have 100x more viewers i'm positive.
Thanks for this video!
👍
@@SomeGadgetGuy I've just purchased the MateBook 13 (2020) with i-7 core and it's so nice to use. But not sure how it will handle video editing (not crazy hardcore editing, to edit dance videos nicely). Could you tell us a bit more perhaps ?
It'll be slower than a comparable gaming rig of that gen, but still capable. If it's a little light work, you're not trying to slice 4K HDR, it should be fine.
@@SomeGadgetGuy thank you!! Have a great day!
Okay good 😊
Hello Bro how is video editing
Creative outlier air review please (ಥ _ ಥ) I like the Matebook line though.
I published that review.
When will people learn. You buy a thinkpad . And thats it.
I loves me a Thinkpad as much as the next dude, but I also REALLY like seeing strong competition...
I'll think I'll stick to my Thinkpad T-series. They have their drawbacks but you can use this puppy to drive nails if need be, after you've poured your cup of coffee over the keyboard and rinsed it off. For travel I want a tank, not some plasticky pretty boy laptop. 😘
Lol, thinkpads wayyyy more plasticky but as you prefer ig
Call an Aluminium case "plasticky" and then referring to the laptop literally made of plastic a "tank"
Yeah... Alright.
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