Honor MagicbookReview by SoyaCincau.com

SoyaCincau.com just did a review of the Honor MagicBook. It's a nice and detailed article. But if you want a summary, I've basically compiled the good and the bad about the MagicBook, according to SoyaCincau.com...

The Good

...Obviously, Honor has made laptops before, but this MagicBook is the first one that we’ve seen come into Malaysia. And after spending a few days with it, I have to say that I’m very impressed with it especially if you consider its value proposition...

...Personally, I like the fact that instead of using a small SSD plus a slow HDD combo to save cost, Honor just straight up gives you a half terabyte of fast SSD storage. I definitely prefer the faster onboard storage option because if I need to perform backups or offload old files, I can always pick up a cheap external hard disk for that...

..And the MagicBook runs smooth. Boot times are fast, and I found that it was capable enough for my daily tasks. I do a lot of writing with some photo processing (Photoshop and Lightroom) throughout my day and the MagicBook was able to keep up...

...It’ll even handle eSports titles like League of Legends at playable frame rates in Full HD so you can squeeze in a quick gaming session if you want...

...While the build is good and the performance is good enough, probably my favourite thing about the MagicBook has to be its quad speakers. For laptop speakers, especially affordable ones, I think they’re really good...

...On top of that, the MagicBook also comes with a solid selection of ports. You get two USB-A ports (one USB3.0 the other USB2.0), a full sized HDMI port, a 3.5mm audio jack as well as a USB-C port...

...Thankfully, the keyboard it comes with is pretty solid. You get nicely spaced keys with a good layout and almost all the function keys you’d want, plus the option to enable function lock...

...You’ll also get a nice clicky power button that’s not part of the keyboard (thank goodness) which also doubles as a fingerprint scanner...

The Not So Good

..However, the keyboard deck does flex quite a bit when you apply pressure, which isn’t something I’m thrilled about...

...The deck where you rest your palm gets really hot however, so it doesn’t score very high when it comes to comfort...

...Normally, that would make the MagicBook a great laptop for content consumption, but I have to say that in this regard, the screen is a little bit of a letdown. It’s not bad but it’s not great either. The 14” IPS panel pushes a nice Full HD resolution with good viewing angles, but it definitely lacks when it comes to vibrancy. Colours don’t look particularly punchy or accurate to my eye so I wouldn’t really trust this for any kind of colour work...

...Probably one of the most unfortunate things about this laptop is its trackpad. I am glad that it has a precision touchpad so all your gestures will work, but the texture and accuracy of it leaves a lot to be desired. I would definitely recommend using a mouse whenever you can...

...That being said, the battery life did feel a little old-fashioned to me. Honor promises up to 10 hours of battery life but in my experience using the standard “Better Battery” preset on Windows 10, I was only able to get about 6 hours... 

If you still want to check out the full review, it can be found here:

https://www.soyacincau.com/2020/06/17/honor-magicbook-review-malaysia-specs-price/