Another thing we like about the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020) compared to the MacBook is the number of ports. While you’re stuc Both the display and speakers fitted to the 2020 D15 were a bit shoddy, so it’s unfortunate that they’ve not been improved at all in this iteration. The 1,920 x 1,080 IPS screen tops out a maximum brightness of just 135cd/m² (which is very poor), with an sRGB coverage and volume of 55.8% and 57.2% respectively. Delta E colour accuracy was also pretty dreadful at 6.04, and only the contrast ratio of 1,365:1 was in line with what I hoped for.

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running PC Manager 12.0.2 or later support this function. If you have any questions about this feature, Data comes from Huawei labs. In the battery life test, screen brightness is set to 150 nits. Battery life may vary according to the usage habits and conditions. The original 65 W charger is used to charge the laptop for 15 minutes in sleep mode from 1% battery level. Actual usage may vary depending on the product, usage habits, and environment.Only certain Huawei mobile phones and tablets, and certain Huawei laptops running PC Manager 12.0.2 or later support this function. Data comes from Huawei labs, by comparing the performance of the HUAWEI MateBook D 15 (R7 5700U + 16 GB, Performance Mode) with its previous generation (R7 3700U + 16 GB). Actual data and performance may vary depending on product configurations and measurement methods. come with the laptop. Reverse charging only works when the MateBook has more than 10% battery level Performance Mode is turned off by default due to its higher power consumption. It may cause heating and the cooling fans to generate a louder noise level. It is recommended to turn on this mode only when needed, and while MateBook FullView Display is a patented and commonly used term for HUAWEI products, referring to screens with a high body-to-screen ratio and reduced bezels.

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Of course, it’s not quite as nicely designed as a MacBook, but it’s certainly one of the best looking mid-range laptops we’ve seen. temperature adjustment effects are not included in the test). Actual blue light filtering effects may The Samsung-made 512GB SSD did well in our speed tests, too, returning sequential read and write speeds of 2,787MB/s and 2,412 MB/s respectively. As with the old model, the new D15’s drive is divided into 119GB “C” and 337GB “D” partitions, which seems rather pointless.

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As you’d imagine, it’s a crowded market that can be difficult to stand out in – which is why Huawei is going all-out with the Huawei MateBook D 15 (2020)’s design. That’s the highest score we’ve seen from an i5 processor and suggests that the Performance mode in Huawei’s PC Manager (which I used for the test) does what it says on the label. For reference, in Balanced mode, the D15 scored 105. It’s the same story when it comes to the Geekbench 5 test, too: the D15 scored 1,402 single-core and 4,681 in multicore, which is a very commendable performance for an i5-based notebook.