Honor Laughs in Apple’s Face. This Is How Laptops Are Made
Honor, Huawei’s illegitimate child, is increasingly fighting for the smartphone market, but what it has shown in the Honor MagicBook Art 14 laptop is mind-blowing. A brilliant and safe solution for everyone.
A fancy ultrabook with an unusual surprise
The Honor MagicBook Art 14 2024 is equipped with a spectacular, virtually frameless OLED screen with an aspect ratio of 3:2 and a resolution of 3120 x 2080 pixels. The screen has a brightness of up to 700 rivets, which ensures comfortable work even in bright surroundings. It offers 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage and spectacular colour reproduction with a DeltaE deviation of less than 0.5.
The computer is slim, measuring only 12.95 mm at its thickest point, and its weight is only 1.03 kgWe have several specifications to choose from, with the latest Intel Core Ultra 5 125H or Core Ultra 7 155H processors (Intel Arc graphics) and 16 or 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The common feature is 1TB SSD drive and efficient battery 60Whwhich can be charged from zero to full in just 95 minutes, and up to 46% in just 30 minutes.
We also get this fingerprint readerNFC, Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6, two USB-C ports (one Thunderbolt 4), one USB-A port, a full-size HDMI port and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The only thing missing this time is a memory card reader. Also worth noting is the powerful touchpad and the system 6 speakers with surround sound and DTS X support.
So where’s the surprise? In the drawer
Unlike Apple the manufacturer did not decide to make a special cutout in the screen for the camera for video calls. The user gets 100% of the brilliant display surface, untouched by any inserts and surrounded by an exceptionally slim frame. No, There is no camera in this frame either… it landed in a special drawer.
The camera module is hidden in a recess on the left side of the laptop. When we don’t need the camera, it’s there. completely disconnected from the computer, which guarantees 100% security. Its installation is also trivial, we press the drawer, the module pops out and we attach it magnetically to the top of the screen. What’s more, the camera has FullHD resolution, is rotated 180 degrees, and also offers face tracking supported by AI solutions.
Time for Europe
Honor’s new laptops debuted yesterday in China, and we don’t yet know the company’s plans for other markets. The prices are promising, considering the rich equipment of the hardware. The variant with an Intel Core Ultra 5 processor and 16 GB of RAM costs $ 1,075, for $ 1,170 we will get an option with 32 GB of RAM, and the top model with an Intel Core Ultra 7 and 32 GB of RAM costs $ 1,310 in China.
