realme Book review: A successful first laptop!

Let’s say you need a laptop whether for online classes or for work and you only have a certain budget to stick to. Usually, you’d have to choose between prioritizing internal specs or a set of good features. And sometimes, you’d also want to factor in its overall design.

But what if you didn’t want to compromise on those three but still want to be within your budget? That’s what realme aims to solve with the recently announced realme Book.

With its starting price of PhP 37,990 for the Core i3 model, the company offers to deliver capable internals, a sleek design, and features that should make everyday usage more efficient and enjoyable.

realme Book specs:

14-inch 2K IPS (2160 x 1440) display
11th-Gen Intel Core i3/Core i5  CPU
Intel UHD (Core i3)/Intel Iris Xe (Core i5) GPU
8GB RAM
256GB/512GB SSD storage
WiFi 5 (Core i3)/ WiFi 6 (Core i5)
Bluetooth 5.1 (Core i3)/Bluetooth 5.2 (Core i3)
Fingerprint power button
720p webcam
Multi-touch Trackpad
Headphone jack
2x USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, 1x USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 (Core i3)
1x Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, USB-A 3.1 Gen 1 (Core i5)
Windows 10 (Windows 11-ready)
54Wh battery with 65W fast charging
Real Grey, Real Blue

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Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 (2021) long-term review: Is it still worth getting?

So it’s been a couple of months since we’ve reviewed the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.6 and now that all the glitz and glamor of being new is gone, we can share our thoughts on what it’s like working with this tablet long-term.

For this video, we won’t be diving in too much with its specs but if you want to see all that, you can head over to our review here where Kevin can help you out.

Instead, we’ll be focusing on how the condition of this MatePad Pro after we’ve been constantly been using it for a good while now. Is it slower? Faster? Is the battery really enough? We’ll be finding out all that and more.

Huawei MatePad 12.6 specs:

12.6-inch OLED screen
2560 x 1600 resolution
Huawei Kirin 9000E
8GB RAM
256GB storage
up to 256GB via Huawei NM memory card
Triple camera:

  • 13-megapixel F1.8
  • 8-megapixel F2.4
  • 3D depth

8MP front camera
Octa speakers w/ Histen 7.0
USB Type-C
HarmonyOS 2
10,050mAh battery
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax
Bluetooth 5.2
GPS,A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

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