Huawei has become an established laptop seller (outside the US, at least), and last year its MateBook X Pro (2020) and MateBook D 15 (2020) both impressed -- albeit with a couple of caveats. The Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) comes in a single configuration with a quad-core AMD Ryzen 5 3500U processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB. You’ll probably want to sling it into your bag, too, as the MateBook D 15 only lasted for 5hrs 50mins in our video-rundown test. is extremely portable, and the impressive rigid Space Grey aluminium alloy chassis is equally as lavish. It’s a little thing, but it’s a nice touch and makes using the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) a much smoother experience.

Check out larger sizes with generous screens of up to 17 inches and pin-sharp HD displays for gorgeous visuals. and there’s an NFC chip to facilitate Huawei’s handy Share phone-linking system, though sadly it only works with Huawei’s own Android/EMUI 11 devices.With just a simple tap, your smartphone and Huawei MateBook will transform into “ONE” super device even without Internet connection. Tested under my usual workload of writing into web apps, streaming some music and video, and keeping a lot of web pages open at once, the 42Wh battery slipped to 44% from a full charge in three hours. The MateBook D 15 is only equipped with one fan, but it usually remains very quiet in everyday use, and the laptop is often completely silent since there aren't any annoying electronic noises, such as coil whine, either.

Let the likes of Dell, Apple and HP fight it out over making the most powerful (and expensive) laptops in the world, while diligently redefining what we should expect from an affordable mid-range laptop. If includes fans that have around 50% more blades, which means they can draw in cool air and dispel hot air much more effectively.The Fn row keys are relatively big, as are the cursor keys -- the left and right cursor keys are full sized. The AMD Ryzen 5 3500U is a decent enough mobile processor for day-to-day tasks, but the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) will struggle to do anything too strenuous.