Without wishing to rewrite history, I'm pretty certain that it was 16in laptops Harold Macmillan was thinking of when he said "you've never had it so good". In particular, I believe he was referring to the likes of the 1.2kg LG Gram 16, the £999 Dell Inspiron 16 Plus and Huawei's own budget offering, the MateBook D 16.
So what does Huawei hope to bring to such a crowded field with the MateBook 16s? The answer is quality and power for a competitive price. Its all-metal chassis catches the light beautifully, while even after a day of gazing at the screen you'll be impressed by its clarity and whites.
The screen also seems to stretch ever upwards, with a 3:2 aspect ratio that may feel odd if you're moving from a 16:9 laptop but soon becomes natural. It helps that Huawei packs in the pixels, with 2,520 X 1,680 to give it a 189ppi pixel density. You don't get a wide colour gamut - it covers 89% of the sRGB space and 64% of DCI-P3 but colour accuracy is strong and it reached a peak brightness of 335cd/m². And while the touchscreen may seem like a tickbox feature, it's useful to have the option.
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