Dell reported their new XPS 13 lineup two or three months back, and our XPS 13 Touch survey investigates the 13.3″ Quad HD+ form of the thin, smaller, and tough portable PC.
Particulars
The Dell XPS 13 Touch (as tried) has the accompanying elements and particulars:
Processor: Intel i7-7500U processor (4M reserve, up to 3.5GHz); i3-7100U and i5-7200U likewise accessible
Show: 13.3″ UltraSharp QuadHD+ (3200×1800) InfinityEdge touch show; 13.3″ FHD (1920×1080) InfinityEdge additionally accessible
Show options: 400-nits; 1000:1 difference proportion, 72% shading extent, 170° wide survey edge
Memory: 8GB 1866MHz Dual Channel LPDDR3 SDRAM; 4GB or 16GB additionally accessible
SSD: 256GB PCIe; 128GB SATA, 512GB PCIe, or 1TB PCIe additionally accessible
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 620
Console/touchpad: Full estimate, illuminated chiclet console, 1.3mm travel; Precision touchpad, consistent glass coordinated catch
Remote: Killer 1535 Wireless-AC 2×2 + Bluetooth 4.1
Audio: 2x 1W stereo speakers with Waves MaxxAudio Pro
Webcam: Widescreen HD (720p) with double exhibit computerized receivers
Ports: 1x Thunderbolt 3, 2x USB 3.0 (1 with PowerShare), SD card peruser (SD, SDHC, SDXC), 1x headset jack, 1x Noble bolt opening
Battery: 60WHr worked in battery (not replaceable by buyer)
Air conditioning Adapter: 45W AC connector
Working System: Windows 10; Ubuntu likewise accessible
Measurements: 0.33 – 0.6″ x 11.98″ x 7.88″
Weight: 2.9lbs (2.7lbs for non-touch)
What's in the crate
1x Dell XPS 13 Touch
1x 45W power supply
Plan
Opening the container, one is welcomed to the machined aluminum Rose Gold packaging of the most recent Dell XPS 13 Touch. My eyes may fizzle me, yet the Rose Gold is by all accounts more gold to me than toned pink as with other Rose Gold shaded gadgets — which to be straightforward was absolutely fine with me. Likewise with most Dell tablets, the Dell logo is inset unmistakably on the center of the highest point of the top.
Dell XPS 13 Touch Rose Gold top view.
The correct side of the tablet is the place you'll see one of the two stereo speakers, the SD card space, USB 3.0 port with PowerShare, the power catch, and the Noble bolt opening. Flipping the tablet around, the left side is the place you'll locate the second speaker, AC control, Thunderbolt 3, and a moment USB 3.0 port, and additionally the headset jack and battery gage catch and pointer. The Thunderbolt 3 port supports control in/charging, PowerShare, Thunderbolt 3 (40GBps bi-directional), USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) and VGA, HDMI, Ethernet, and USB-A by means of Dell Adapter.
Dell XPS 13 Touch left side (top) and right side perspectives.
Opening up the portable PC, the XPS 13 Touch highlights an illuminated console, exactness touchpad, and a carbon fiber palm rest covered with a delicate touch wrap up. The console is extremely agreeable to use with the delicate touch complete palm rest, and the illuminated keys have a pleasant go to them. What's more, the console consigns the bolt keys to the space of three full-estimate keys which takes into account a full right move key — a format I especially lean toward. The touchpad is responsive and pleasant to use also, and I'm not one for utilizing touchpads.
The console and accuracy touchpad are exceptionally decent to utilize.
The screen on this model components edge-to-edge Corning Gorilla Glass NBT and a thin 5.2mm bezel on the top and sides. The base elements a thicker bezel, and the HD webcam is inset on the lower left half of the screen with the Dell wordmark in the center.
At long last, the base of the portable workstation has two long level feet which gives great grasp when the tablet is utilized on a work area or table. The battery on the XPS 13 is implicit, and can't be supplanted by the client which might be an issue for a few clients who may wish to convey an extra battery for broadened battery life where required.
In general, the Dell XPS 13 is an exceptionally conservative, light, very much developed, and little 13.3″ portable workstation.
Show
One of the key elements of the XPS 13 arrangement is the show, and the new XPS 13 Touch is no special case. The thin bezels permit Dell to pack a 13″ screen in a littler shape figure. The top and edge bezels are scarcely 5.2mm (0.2″) thick, while the base bezel is a little more than 19mm (3/4″) thick.
Being a touchscreen, there is some glare contingent upon your lighting conditions, yet the UltraSharp Quad HD+ determination is exceptionally fresh and clear, and the shine can be balanced for simple survey in most lighting situations. I've felt previously that higher resolutions on littler screens were needless excess yet when you utilize a 13″ QHD+ and change over to a 17″FHD tablet, the distinction is night and day. The screen likewise has wide survey points, making it simple to see from different angles. Colors are rich and energetic also.
Contingent upon your lighting conditions, there is some glare/reflection however by and large the QHD+ touchscreen show is a treat.
The touchscreen is responsive also, and there were certainly no issues there.
Programming/Ecosystem
The Dell XPS 13 sent with Windows 10 Home 64-bit introduced, and the OS functions admirably with the touchscreen. For the individuals who lean toward Linux, the tablet is additionally accessible with Ubuntu.
Nobody loves an abundance of pre-introduced applications. Dell includes a couple on the XPS 13 including Office 2016 and McAfee trials, and Dropbox which incorporates 1 year of 20GB of free stockpiling. Dell particular applications incorporate their SupportAssist application and Dell Help and Support guides. From a business outlook, there are a couple Dell sensibility and security choices that are production line introduced including Dell Command, Update and Dell Command, and Power Manager. The XPS 13 is, obviously, good with all Dell Client Command Suite devices.
Execution
The Dell XPS 13 arrangement focuses on the business crowd and execution with the Intel i7-7500U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB PCIe SSD drive was all that anyone could need for the workplace applications I tried. The standard Microsoft Office applications kept running without any issues, as did applications like Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere.
You'll have the capacity to get by with some gaming for those down circumstances, however don't expect a lot out of the incorporated Intel HD 620 Graphics here. While I could run Hearthstone flawlessly, Heroes of the Storm required bring down settings yet was still more than playable. Simply don't hope to flame up Call of Duty or Forza Horizon 3 on this portable PC. That being said, amusements like Hearthstone, Microsoft Solitaire, and Microsoft Bingo were fun to kill some time with utilizing the touchscreen.
The XPS 13 likewise highlights another ThunderBolt 3 port, keeping in mind I couldn't test it out with the Dell Thunderbolt Dock, I tested it out with the Moshi USB-C Multiport Adapter (audit coming soon) to use it as a USB port and USB-C port in the meantime and in addition interface it to an outside screen through HDMI.
Speakers/Sound
Portable PC speakers are typically fairly missing, in spite of the fact that they have been improving recently. The sound on the XPS 13, fueled by two 1W stereo speakers with Waves MaxxAudio Pro, are shockingly conventional. In spite of the fact that they are inadequate with regards to bass, which is to be to some degree expected, they were certainly fair for movies and video watching, and in addition listening to music. They aren't excessively boisterous, and I found while watching recordings I had the volume up between the 60-80% territory. Strikingly enough, the speakers on the XPS 13 are on either side of the portable PC, rather than underneath like most different models.
Camera
The widescreen 720p HD camera on the XPS 13 is better than sufficiently average for video calls and functioned admirably in different lighting conditions amid testing.
Battery Life
With business portable PCs, battery life is certainly a critical viewpoint particularly on the off chance that you travel a considerable measure. Dell's MobileMark 2014 battery tests asserted up to 13 hours and 15 minutes with the QHD+ screen and the Intel Core i5 processor, obviously relying upon your use your battery life will change. Through our rehashed tests, and remembering our audit unit has the Intel Core i7 processor, we arrived at the midpoint of somewhere around 7 and 8 hours relying upon what we were doing.
Screen brilliance was normally set to around 80% amid our tests, and we had the illuminated console on. While testing battery life we ran a blend of office applications, photograph altering, video viewing, and music tuning in.
On the off chance that you require more battery life, the FHD display with the i3 processor kept going more than 22 hours on a solitary charge amid Dell's MobileMark 2014 tests, and you can likewise expand your battery life by right around 7 hours on the QHD+ form or 11.5 hours on the FHD rendition with the Dell Power Companion battery.
Generally speaking, contingent upon your day by day undertakings obviously, the Dell XPS 13 Touch ought to get you through the vast majority of your work day amongst charges and turning the screen brilliance down and impairing the illuminated console will broaden your battery life.
Value/Value
Our audit unit setup offers for $1349.99USD ($1949.99CAD) while the non-touch i3/4GB RAM arrangement begins at $799.99USD ($1049.99CAD) in the event that you needn't bother with the additional handling force or touch show. Cost and esteem are constantly subjective, yet in the event that you're searching for a minimized, compact 13″ tablet with OK execution and assemble quality, you might need to consider the Dell XPS 13 Touch.
The Dell XPS 13 is certainly one thin smaller 13″ portable PC.
Wrap-up
Similarly as with the past Dell XPS 13 portable PCs we've checked on, the 2016 Dell XPS 13 Touch is a strong performing and very much planned business arranged tablet with good battery life.
