Honor has declared the global introduction of the MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15. Both new Honor laptops come with an aluminum body and include features such as 65W fast charging and FullView display to compete against various Windows-based ultrabooks available in the market. To emphasize on user privacy and security, the Honor MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15 also feature a pop-up webcam on the keyboard and a fingerprint sensor-equipped power button. Honor had incipiently prepared to start its MagicBook-series laptops at MWC, but since the trade display was withdrawn due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the organization hosted the launch through an online stream.
The Honor MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15 will be available for purchase with a starting price of EUR 599 (roughly Rs. 47,000) for the configuration of 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD. The laptops will go on sale in Europe, UK, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic among other markets by the end of March and will come in Space Grey as well as Mystic Silver colour options. Details around the India pricing and availability of the latest MagicBook models are yet to be announced. However, Honor India President Charles Peng last month told Gadgets 360 that the new laptops would launch in India at the end of the first quarter or by the beginning of Q2 this year.
Honor entered the markets of notebooks with the launch of its first-generation MagicBook that debuted in China in April 2018 with a design similar to Apple MacBook models.
The Honor MagicBook 14 highlights a 14-inch FullView screen with 4.8mm thin bezels. under the hood, it consists of an AMD Ryzen 5 3500U CPU, coupled with Radeon Vega 8 GPU and 8GB of DDR4 dual-channel RAM. There is also a 256GB PCIe SSD onboard.
Coming to design, the Honor MagicBook 14 is lauded to be 30 percent thinner than standard magazines with 15.9mm of thickness. The laptop also sports blue chamfered edges that are developed through a diamond cut. Further, there is the off-center Honor logo to match the aesthetics.
The Honor MagicBook 14 decks with a 56Whr battery that is estimated to last up to 10 hours of battery time on a single charge. The notebook also incorporates a USB Type-C charging port that sustains 65W fast charging. The company also insists that it charges up to 46 percent in half an hour when utilizing the bundled USB Type-C charger.
The Honor MagicBook 15 also has a similar design and hardware that we have on the MagicBook 14. However, what’s majorly different is the 15.6-inch FullView Display panel over the 14-inch display available on the smaller model. This brings a screen-to-body ratio of 87 percent. The notebook is claimed to get charged 53 percent in just half an hour — using the USB Type-C 65W charger. It is powered with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500U CPU, coupled with Radeon Vega 8 GPU and 8GB of DDR4 dual-channel RAM and 256GB of PCIe SSD.
