According to what emerged from the event just ended, Honor has finally raised the curtain on the expected MagicBook 14 2022 laptop with, among other innovations, the proprietary Magic OS interface.
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For some years, Honor has started producing laptops following the same principles as its smartphones, then setting their creation with a combination of hardware and software: continuing in this trend, the Chinese brand has announced the new MagicBook 14 2022 laptop.
The new laptop has a unibody metal frame, with only the logo on the back of the monitor, 15.9 mm thick, weighing 1.54 kg, cadenced in Starry Gray and Glacier Silver colors. Wide open, it reveals a mirrored, 14-inch LCD display, resolved at 2160 x 1440 pixels, then in 2.1K according to an aspect ratio at 3: 2, with 100% coverage on the sRGB color space, with an average 300 nits of brightness. , 1500: 1 contrast, 60 Hz refresh rate, webcam in the high frame, anti-flicker and blue light technologies certified by Tuv Rheinland and the Chinese National Institute of Ophthalmology.
The keyboard offers the 2-in-1 power key with fingerprint scanner, as on smartphones, although not very visible as it is of the same shape as the other keys in the first row, and supports the Fn + P combination, using which it can switch from intelligent mode, which delivers power for most uses, to high-energy mode, which allows CPU (25) and GPU (45) to go up to 70W, for tasks where more power is needed. On the sides of the camera body are various ports, including a pair of multipurpose USB Type-C, a 1st generation USB Type-A 3.2, an HDMI and a 3.5 mm combo jack.
For the processors, the manufacturer has provided 12th generation Intel H45 chips, to be chosen (again with iGPU Iris Xe) between a Core i7-12650H, with 10 cores (up to 4.7 GHz) and 16 threads, and a Core i5-12500H , with 12 cores (up to 4.7 GHz) and 16 threads: the GPU, if you are oriented for the variant with dedicated graphics, can go up to a GeForce RTX 2050, prepared by Nvidia with ray tracing, Ampere architecture (like the RTX 30) and 4 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory. Moving on to the memories, the MagicBook 14 2022 includes a 16 GB LPDDR5 4800 MHz RAM and a 512 GB SSD storage with PCle 4.0 interface: the set so far seen is regularly kept cool by a thermal disposal system that integrates two fans symmetrical with a dual air intake grille design (credited with a high dissipation area of over 31%).
Equipped with a 75 Wh battery that can be fully charged in 80 minutes and in order to guarantee 3.5 hours of operation after 15 minutes of rapid charge using the 100W gallium nitride charger (225 grams), also equipped with NFC, Wi-Fi 6, and Bluetooth 5.2, the new MagicBook 14 2022 is animated by Windows 11 under the Magic OS interface. The latter brings collaboration tools (multi-screen, Honor Sharing. Tool to transfer data from the old machine) and OS Turbo optimization tools (GPU Turbo X, LINK Turbo X OS Turbo X) taken on an equal footing from the smartphones of the company, which optimize performance according to the use scenario, to balance performance and autonomy.
For prices, the announced price list includes the version with i5-12500H, 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage at 5,499 yuan (776 euros), discounted at the launch phase at 4,999 yuan (706 euros). The i7-12650H version with 16 + 512 GB will be sold for 5,699 yuan (806 euros): opting for the dedicated GPU, the i5-12500H version with 16 + 512 GB and an MX550 will cost 5,999 yuan (847 euros) initially discounted at 5499 yuan (777 euros), while the i5-12500H version with 16 + 512 GB and an RTX2050 will cost 6,499 yuan (918 euros), initially scaled to 5,999 yuan (847 euros).