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Available in Saudi Arabia as the first market in MEA
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Huawei Consumer Business Group Saudi Arabia launched its new notebook “HUAWEI MateBook X Pro” for users in the Kingdom during a launch event it held in Riyadh, which was attended by media and social media influencers. The launch of this new notebook in the Saudi market comes as part of Huawei’s commitment to providing all users in the Kingdom with the latest products that meet their needs due to its high-quality performance whether at work, home, or on the go, providing the best user experience of mobile computing.
President of Huawei Consumer Business Group Saudi Arabia, Mr. Pablo Ning, commented on the launch of new notebook generation: “Users always look for devices that allow them to do their work with accuracy, innovation and mobility. This is where our role comes to provide them with the new HUAWEI MateBook X Pro; the first ultra-slim notebook with FullView display and uncompromising performance. The new notebook will provide them with much more between daily unique computing experience to performing their work tasks anywhere and anytime they want.” He added: “Saudi Arabia is the first market in Middle East and Africa to launch the MateBook X Pro, and this shows Huawei’s commitment to provide the latest technologies to the consumers in Saudi market to meet their needs and requirements”.
HUAWEI’s MateBook X Pro is the first notebook to feature the HUAWEI FullView Display. The 13.9-inch 3K notebook featuring an all-new 10-point touchscreen has a 3,000x2,000 pixel resolution in 3:2 aspect ratio that is perfect for content creation. Its stylish metallic body design is crafted with perfect diamond cutting and sandblasting finishing to create an ultra-slim body that is just 14.6 Mm thin and weighs 1.33 Kg, making it comfortable to carry.
The premium design of the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro is matched by its performance. Featuring a powerful 8th Generation Intel Core i7/i5 processor and a discrete NVIDIA GeForce MX150 GPU with 2 GB GDDR5 RAM, it is one of the most powerful and lightweight notebooks on the market. The HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features Dolby Atmos Sound System – a breakthrough, immersive audio with Dolby Atmos and custom speakers. A 57.4 Wh (typical capacity) battery and Huawei’s low power consumption design provide up to 12 hours of 1080p video playback, 14 hours of work or 15 hours of web browsing.
Huawei has applied many of its innovative smartphone technologies to the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro to create effortless and intuitive user experiences. Pioneered by Huawei for the HUAWEI MateBook Series, the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features the super-fast power button 2.0 which enables login in just 7.8 seconds from power off or 6.6 seconds from hibernation. In addition, the HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features the world’s first recessed camera which discreetly sits on the keyboard – to activate it, all users need to do is press it and it will pop up, ensuring privacy when it’s not being used. This contributes greatly to the perfect experience of FullView Display.
A multi-purpose adapter supports USB-C fast charging widely used in smartphones, meaning users only need to bring one charger when travelling for even greater portability. By developing a high-speed transport protocol, Huawei Share enables users to exchange photos and files quickly, easily and safely, without USB compatibility problems. The Wi-Fi transfer speed is up to 20 Mbps, 100 times faster than that of Bluetooth.
HUAWEI MateBook X Pro helps individuals and businessmen to perform their tasks more efficiently than any other device. Because it operates on Windows 10 from Microsoft and features the 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processor, not only can it run general apps, it also can run specialized desktop apps that are used to perform special work tasks anytime and on the go, especially with the quick shift towards cloud computing.
Furthermore, HUAWEI MateBook X Pro features an amazing user experience due to Huawei’s increased interest in adopting the concept of using small mobile devices of special performance. The device’s 8th Generation Intel® Core™ processor offers a faster device responsiveness and a stronger performance than any time before. With a long lasting battery and increased security, the device offers a new amazing user experience while browsing the internet through Microsoft Edge that features Windows Ink feature, introduces a unique device gaming experience, and secures access and identification of the user through Windows Hello technology that depends on several accurate techniques such as facial or fingerprint recognition.
Price & Availability
HUAWEI MateBook X Pro is available in the Saudi market at Jarir Bookstore, exclusively, with 8 GB RAM, an 8th Generation Intel Core i5 processor, in matt grey color and at 5,999 SAR. It is also available with 16 GB RAM, an 8th Generation Intel Core i7 processor and in light grey color at 6,999 SAR.
About HUAWEI Consumer Business Group (CBG)
HUAWEI Consumer Business Group (CBG) is one of HUAWEI's three business groups, providing a range of products including smartphones, tablets, and mobile broadband devices. HUAWEI’s products and services are available in more than 170 countries and are used by a third of the world’s population, ranking third in the world in smartphone shipments in 2017.
Year on year growth was reflected in HUAWEI’s rise as a globally recognized premium brand. In 2017, HUAWEI was named number 49 on BrandZ’s Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, number 88 in Forbes World’s Most Valuable Brands and number 40 on the Brand Finance Global 500 Most Valuable Brands lists. In this year’s Fortune 500 HUAWEI climbed up the list to the 83rd place from the 129th of last year with a revenue of $78.51 billion, making the top global 100 for the first time.
As a leading technology company, HUAWEI invests more than 10% of its annual sales revenue to research and development efforts, and has established 16 research centers around the world. Among these facilities is he HUAWEI Aesthetics Research Center in Paris. HUAWEI’s newest R&D center is the Max Berek Innovation Lab in Wetzler, Germany, where HUAWEI and Leica are jointly researching technologies to improve mobile device camera and image quality. Huawei also established more than 10 laboratories in China, Europe and other locations and operates through these sites with more than 600 partners.
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