Huawei MateBook

​While Microsoft was launching its new Surface Pro, Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its new MateBook laptops. Leading the lineup is the MateBook X, a premium 13-incher in a sleek and ultraportable form factor.

A Surface-inspired 2-in-1 might not seem like an obvious rival to Apple's 12-inch Macbook​, but once you get past the different form factors, there's quite a bit of overlap. Let's compare the Huawei MateBook​ and 12-inch Retina MacBook.

​The Huawei MateBook​ is part sizzle, part lukewarm – a slim and sexy 2-in-1 that has a few work-related inconveniences. How does it match up next to its obvious muse? Let's compare the features and specs of the MateBook and Microsoft Surface Pro 4​.

During the last year, Huawei has established itself as a company capable of making premium, smartly-designed devices that are an absolute pleasure to use. What happens when the Chinese company applies that formula to a Surface rival?

Another day, another ho-hum Microsoft Surface clone? Not necessarily. Huawei's take on the detachable 2-in-1​ is an especially sleek and elegant one, combining a unibody design with a build that's lighter and thinner than the Surface Pro 4​. US shoppers can pick one up starting July 11.

Phones may be taking center stage at Mobile World Congress this year, but that hasn't stopped Huawei launching its own Windows 10 2-in-1, the Huawei MateBook. Gizmag stopped by the Huawei booth at MWC to get some first impressions of the latest tablet/laptop hybrid to arrive.