Several weeks ago miraxess shipped us their Mirabook, and Miradock to review for the community. As always, we've had conversations with Miraxess, but they've had no input on the content of the review. We're not journalists, but strive to put out fair, accurate reviews as best as we can.
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We are heavily biased towards DeX usage though, so there may be some use cases not covered, or some nit-picking that's really only visible from the DeX perspective, so keep that in mind.
Mirabook
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The [Mirabook](https://miraxess.com/devices/mirabook-13-inch-midnight-black/) is a 13.3" clamshell style lapdock, from Miraxess, based in France. They're positioning it as a "Greentech solution" for business, aimed at reducing carbon footprint, and trying to leverage the power of existing mobile phones to replace laptops for a mobile workforce.
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Unlike a lot of other lapdock solutions, the Mirabook only has a USB-C input, limiting it's ability to be used with a gaming console, but will play nice with DeX, Ready For, and Huawei smartphones.
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The Steam Deck, and likely other handheld consoles capable of Display Alt Mode also play nice with the Mirabook. The switch however doesn't have this protocol, and wasn't tested.
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PORTS

The left side of the Mirabook contains the USB-C Charging port, a full size USB-A port, a 3.5mm Headphone jack and a microSD card reader
Left Side
The right side of the lapdock has a full size HDMI OUT port, a 2nd full size USB-A port, the proprietary SLIDE PORT (this is for an upcoming phone holder adapter), and then the semi integrated Touch USB-C port. The actual USB-C port is recessed about 25mm (an inch) into the body of the lapdock, with a slot(Touch) to hold the cable when folded over. It's a clever way to hold a cable, while not making it fully integrated. It does really limit your choice of USB-C cables tho, and I suspect will lessen the lifespan of the cable in use. You can also purchase different colors of the touch holder. https://miraxess.com/devices/the-color-touch/
Right Side ports
So while the Miradock does not accept an HDMI input, it does have HDMI Output. In a corporate setting, this is intended to allow you to connect to a projector, or remote screen, for presentation purposes. It only allows a mirror of the main screen, and does not support a screen extension, or 2nd screen.
The semi-integrated USB-c cable
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The Keyboard and Trackpad

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The keyboard is backlit, and fairly well laid out. The keyboard is also available in multiple language types for our European folks. AZERTY FR, QWERTY IT, QWERTY JP, QWERTY UK, QWERTY US and QWERTZ DE. Pictured is my QWERTY US Keyboard.
The Keyboard itself is fairly well laid out, nothing feels too cramped, and typing is a good experience.
Fn Lock is unfortunately enabled tho, so spreadsheet warriors will likely not be impressed.
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The arrow keys are also a little bit unfortunate, but not a deal breaker
Fingerprint magnet, yikes
The Trackpad is generally fairly accurate, and while it doesn't have any palm rejection, the sensitivity is also a bit low, which ironically results in it not being nearly as flaky as other trackpads with regards to getting in the way when typing.
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That being said, tap to click almost doesn't work at all. You have to almost just accept that you need to physically click the trackpad. I personally found this more irritating than dealing with the Nexdock's early palm rejection woes. YMMV.
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SPEAKERS

Not hyperbole to say the Mirabook has the best speakers of any lapdock I've tested. They're not hugely loud, but boy do they sound better. Watching TV and Movies was a very good experience with the speakers of the Mirabook. It's not iPad, or Tab S quality, but they're good enough that you won't be too concerned about grabbing headphones. Was really quite pleased how good they sounded.
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The Screen

As mentioned above, this is a 13.3" matte 1080p screen. Not the slimmest bezels around, but not too bad. Non-touch screen. No ability to make any kind of screen adjustments via OSD.
In colorful scenes, the image on the screen really pops. It's very vibrant looking
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Mirabook, bright scene. looks great
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Dark scenes tho.....blacks get absolutely crushed. It's really difficult to capture how dark it looks on screen. Samsung's cameras really brighten things up, but here is roughly the same scene, 1 on the Mirabook, and the other on the UPERFECT X Lite (14" matte, non-touch screen)
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Mirabook
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UPERFECT X Lite
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Mirabook. Just lose all detail in dark scenes
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Not even sure what I'm looking at here
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Again, I found this really difficult to capture accurately, as the samsung camera really likes to brighten things up.
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Overall, the screen is usable. The lack of a touchscreen, and inability to tune the panel at all are really showing the design's age. It's a bit of a letdown for media consumption, since the speakers are actually decent.
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Productivity tho is likely unaffected by the screen.
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Battery Life

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There's no listed details for battery size on the Miraxess site, but I was getting roughly 4ish hours of battery, with the screen at full brightness. The included powerbrick is a 45w PD charger tho, and the Mirabook thankfully charges VERY quickly. Much faster than any of the other lapdocks I have (Nd360, nd360w, Uperfect X, X lite, X mini, Uperfect V)
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The Chassis

The Mirabook is an all black plastic shell, and while nice and rigid, is an absolute fingerprint magnet. This is about a week's worth of manhandling.
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Every fingerprint, ever
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The X on the back lights up, it's a nice touch
It's definitely a stylish looking lapdock, while still looking like it will fit in a corporate environment.
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all the fingerprints
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Conclusion

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The Mirabook has several things in its favour; it's a solid lapdock, with good peripheral support, the ability to connect to a projector, or presentation display, and has very decent speakers for a lapdock.
The availability of several different keyboard layouts will also appeal to some of our European friends, as most lapdocks have dropped down to just QWERTY US for the most part.
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This lapdock is definitely aimed squarely at the corporate/business world, but it wouldn't look out of place on a university campus, or in the coffee shop either.
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The price tho, is squarely aimed at our corporate overlords, at 499€, which is about $715 canuckbucks (or $535 USD)
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Hopefully this is useful for some, and it's a euro option for some that find it difficult to obtain other lapdocks.