Huawei MateBook review: this tablet wants to be a PC, but misses the basics

In the world of tablet computing, there are two camps. There’s the Microsoft Surface (and its clones) camp, which attempts to make hardware that transforms from tablet to laptop and back again. Then there’s Apple’s take, which is to just make its iOS platform powerful enough for productivity without dramatically changing the hardware.

Huawei’s new MateBook straddles the line between those camps. It looks like an iPad, but tries to act like a PC. Its accessories echo Apple’s far more than Microsoft’s, and its fanless, thin design says “tablet” much more than “laptop.”

Looks can be deceiving though, and the MateBook has grander ambitions than just being a tablet for watching movies on a plane. The MateBook, which starts at $699 and goes...

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