Dell XPS 13 Plus Is Unusual 🤔 (Full Review)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- The new design of the Dell XPS 13 Plus stands up visually, but it also makes for an unconventional experience.
0:00 Intro
0:18 Invisible Touchpad
1:35 Keyboard & Backlit Touch Strip
3:28 Size/Thickness
3:46 Configurations, Price, Displays (including OLED & Touchscreen)
4:50 Processor (i7), Thermals/Fans
5:31 Webcam (720p) compared to MacBook Air M2, Look Away Detect Feature
7:12 Thunderbolt/USB-C ports
7:57 Battery Life
8:45 Conclusion
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Why are dell still persisting with Intel on a super thin and light like this 🤦♂️ at least have an AMD option
Because the probably received subsidies from Intel to stick with their chips.
@@AY-gf3jq Considering Dell is Intel's biggest customer, I wouldn't be surprised.
Exactly. Intel for High performance, and AMD for thin and lights. Been this way since alder lake was released.
Great review man!
Just for context. I've been using the Dell XPS 13 PLUS daily as I work remotely in cybersecurity. I have the laptop display exteneded to two 27" monitors via 1 usb-c port (which macbooks can't do) and with that single port I can charge the laptop along with sending data to my external monitors! AMAZING! Love the small compact workstation that this laptop provides. Yes I do keep it plugged in so the battery issue isn't a big deal for me. Other than that I love this machine!
I actually run (3) 27” displays (Dell monitors) on my little MacBook and of course there is no fan noise or concerns about power plugs. But that’s ARM life.
Do you have the Ubuntu version?
@@lullikemp1 nope
Doesn't keeping it always plugged in lead to faster battery degradation due to over charging?
@@heroldmutebi8200 so dell has something in the power manager where you can set specific times to charge the battery when plugged in so you don't have to worry about the battery being charged all the time. I also don't just leave the laptop plugged in 24/7 either.
The function row is nothing like the Touch Bar on MacBook. I keep seeing people refer to it and treat it like it's the same. The MacBook bar was an actual touch sensitive screen, the Dells are just capacitive zones with lit up icons.
Which is honestly worse because it provides no benefit to the user while making it annoying for people who use those keys.
@@cameronbosch1213 yes for sure
How do I find a laptop sleeve that fits snugly to this laptop - 15.6"
Laptop Dimensions: W x D x H
356 mm x 228.9 mm x 17.99 mm
35.6 cm x 22.89 cm x 1.79 cm
14.02 in x 9.01 in x 0.71 in
Thanks Dan! Great review! I tend to agree that it looks more like change for change sake instead of change for improvement sake. IMHO - The XPS 13 Plus is an engineering marvel that looks more like a "proof of concept" device than a next gen premium PC. I'm sure Dell will listen to customer feedback and make the correct decision for future models. Remember how fast they got rid of their nostril cam and corrected the more recent defective track pads? 🙂
If the Dell xps 13 plus had better battery life and thermals, then I would have bought one as well as recommended it to numerous people that I've instead been steering towards Apple silicon products or AMD based machines. If Intel cannot put out a competitive product, Dell needs to offer other options. Hopefully ARM based windows laptops see some improvements in the near future. Otherwise, the xps 13 plus is the most modern looking laptop I've seen and I would love to have that form factor with a more energy efficient processor!
Apple Troll Alert. Apple Troll Alert! MacBooks have 8% market share for a reason.
1, 99% of corporations, small businesses, educational institutions, government agencies and nonprofits use Windows laptop because of MBs poor software
2. 20th century hardware: no touch screens, pen support, 2-in-1 designs, 180 degree, screens, OLED screens, 5G, face unlock, finger print senses, repairability, upgradabilty.
3. Poor build quality: class action lawsuits filed against MBs: cracked screen, greeen screen, connectivity, thermal throttling, keyboard (btw, did you get your $395 keyboard
settlement check?)
This is the 3.5K OLED model. The FHD model has much better battery. They really should be mentioning this.
Honestly Intel and AMD don't have anything that comes close to Apple. If you favour battery over Windows just get a MacBook.
I'm curious how long the battery will last. I have an XPS 13" 2-in-1 and the battery stopped working about 1 year ago. the machine runs so hot it really isn't a "lap" top. I reached out to Dell to assist and got nada from them. This is how it is. I now have seconds on the battery? It is a 2019 machine. Is it worth replacing battery or just getting a new machine?
I have reached out to Dell and had no problems. My guess is you are making up stories...
Just a PSA BEST BUY no longer sells this laptop, as over time it has worsening overheating and battery issues. Check their site, it is no longer there, nor is it in stores. The salesperson told me Dell issued a recall.
Hahaha, that sounds about right for a mess of a machine like this! 😂
Also going for fhd will extend the battery life significantly
Why can't Dell make a thin and light 15" XPS
I read this device really gets hot than usual, how true is that?
They should make a 15" version of these
This notebook could come without a battery, with no ports, would have to be used with an ice tray underneath, and I would still buy it, and I did, now I have to learn to use Windows! It is simply the most beautiful notebook ever!
How's it working man ? Batter life issues?
It is time that dell replace intel process with AMD process !!
Great review !
3:08 Yep, that ESC key is annoying. I never got used to the lack of haptic feedback on the Apple touchbar. It felt really great getting the physical ESC key back on the MacBook. Not sure why Dell is now doing a repeat of the situation in Windows-land. Haptic feedback for whether one has hit the right key is just one of those things that is essential why typing blind.
Dave2d says the esc key isn't a big issue on this laptop because of the positioning. He said he got used to it
@@defnotatroll Dave2D hasn't been himself since the new studio. That review was trash.
@@cameronbosch1213 dave said dell ESC key is easier to hit consistently than MacBook ESC key. Doesn't mean he likes it. Also, why do you think he is getting trash? Any particular reason why?
@@maheshthapa920 His reviews have gotten more clickbaity and less full than before 2020 or so. His 2021 Legion 5 Pro review was straight up mocked for being so bad; he talked about design for a long portion of the review, even though it is one of the most subjective parts of the review and it still looks cleaner than most Alienware, MSI, and many older gaming laptops with their gamer aesthetic. And I have no issues with the trackpad being off center on the Legions, because on a gaming laptop, of course you're going to be using a mouse while gaming, so it would be a no brainer to disable it. And he glossed over the price, performance, and screen, three of its best features of it.
And the Pixel 6 review he did was also really bad. There have been a few "better" reviews he's done, but Jarrod's Tech, Andrew Marc David, MobileTechReview, Matthew Moniz, and Just Josh have become more of my watched reviewers.
As for the XPS 13 Plus, the QC issues of the laptop are so bad, Dell was forced to recall the Best Buy units. You heard that right, the laptops were so poor in the QC department, Best Buy didn't want them.
Battery life on these really suffers when you get an high-res OLED screen. So I guess if autonomous work is important and you want an XPS - you'll have to make do with FullHD (which, in my opinion, is totally fine for a tiny 13inch laptop)
You can decrease the screen resolution in windows settings
@@elementx8046 It doesnt matter, even if you lower the resolution, the 4k still there, there is almost no difference, I tell you that I had to return a 240hz oled razer for the same reason, Anyway, as the guy above says, a 13inch fhd screen works the same, there's no point in a 13inch 4k screen, the only difference you're going to see will be in the durability of the battery xD
@@elementx8046is still driving a 4K panel.
@@hachiko_g4534yeah so annoying the options are 1080p which even $300 laptops have now (I know not the same) or stupidly high 4K. That 1080p is long overdue for an update to 1440p. Dell has been using 1080p in their Dell XPS for over 5 years.
XPS 13 Plus or Surface Pro 9?
I prefer the Lenovo Z13 with AMD Ryzen 7. Faster, longer battery, low operating temp, better camera with f/2.0, actual function keys, Dolby Atmos, and is eco friendly all the way around.
It would be perfect if they added a 3.5 and a micro SD
I get crap battery life on the new xps 9520
Now i miss the MacBook touchbar 😕🤔
I have a laptop, but it's a battery life with a PC
recently bought Dell XPS 13+ UHD+, i5, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD, and I returned it after 5 days. My total usage in those 5 days was not more than 1-1:30 hours. Reason being extremely pathetic (poor would still be better) battery life, my usage didn’t even include consuming media content yet. It included web browsing and some work on word and battery drained a lot like 1%-1.5% every minute.
If you think UHD resolution is the reason then think again because I had kept it at 720p and around 30% or 30 points of brightness and as per “experts” resolution doesn’t matter to battery life apparently but still battery was in no mood to co-operate. I took it to the vendor and he tried updating it and doing all sorts of magic stuff but could only extract 2-2.5 of battery life. So if you’re planning to buy this laptop then please don’t. It’s not even for a person who uses it for everyday work and for mild entertainment forget about creators. Pro: Design is beautiful Con: The whole above mentioned review which outweighs the pros.
Please Don’t go straight for the expert reviewers opinion because they receive complementary review models (which might be good) and have got nothing to lose whereas you do. Extremely disappointed with Dell.
Why do you keep posting the same lies on all these reviews?
You have never purchased this laptop because no laptop gets 1-3 hours of battery life.
Why haven't you sued Dell for false adverstizing?
@@msp5138 I don't need to prove to you whether I purchased the laptop or not. No one is asking you to believe the review, if you can't believe my review then suck it up and go buy the laptop if you love it so much.
lol "I'm a tapper, not a clicker"
the no headphone jack and the quality control issues kill this for me. I like the keyboard and the idea of thin and high performance, but this wasn't great execution. I'd like them to refine this design more before I considered getting it. I have an m1 macbook air and I like it much better
Can we kill 16:9 displays on small laptops already?
Lol, this laptop has a 16:10 screen.
@@PQV-8898 I stand corrected
@@ronalcasid3844 I agree 16:10 is the way to go.
@@PQV-8898 actually I prefer 3:2 for any smaller than 14” but 16:10 is good too.
bought this on amazon, watched a few reviews. heard about the 4 hour battery. Cancelled order.
Nice laptop
* Battery increase in exchange for thinness/weight: YES, always, please.
* 1080p front webcam: NAH, I do not care what quality camera my electrical tape is blocking, get rid of the front-facing camera all together! At least as an option, there is always external cameras as options, and very soon, our much higher quality phone cameras.
* Keyboard layout: I was worried, but typed on it in person and the key spacing was surprisingly well-placed, honestly very surprised.
* Capacitive Function Row: I was not a fan of the capacitive touch concept initially, then I realized one absolutely KEY takeaway for my use cases... It allows the user to LOCK the F1-F12 keys in place instead of the stupid laptop feature keys! This is an absolutely incredible feature for someone such as myself who prefers to have easy access to the F1-F12 keys for keyboard shortcuts while working in apps and doing light scripting/development. A God-send ... But that said, making the Delete and Escape keys capacitive seems very short-sighted, in my opinion.
* Ports: 2 USB-C, 1 for powering the device, is not nearly enough. Carrying a portable hub however does not add much weight or take much space in my bag, so it is not the biggest issue.
All in all I found this laptop to be one of the most well engineered laptop currently on the market, so I went and ahead and purchased it for myself as I was in need of a working mobile workstation.
This keyboard is Amazing to type on ! 90WpM 96% accurate, vegan.
I was watching this video and fell asleep omg😮💨🤣🤣😭😭
I'm back up. Cool video
“its” battery!
WIE GEHT ES IHNEN?????????
Dell laptops' battery life seems to be a disappointment consistently thoughout their range. I have a Dell and I like it. It's a solid build, but I can bearly get through a 2 hour seminar or meeting with the battery. Really frustrating.
Why aren’t they making a decent ARM based unit? You switch from always looking for a power outlet to completely forgetting to even plug it in to charge during a week.
@@mrandersen Because decent ARM CPUs for laptops do not exist. Also, Windows ARM is trash at the moment.
Kudos to Dell for going for the fences but battery life means it fades out at the warning track. I love how I can just grab my MBA without any doubt that I might need a charger.
Hi. In the title... its, not it's
the Dell Adamo is still the best looking Dell laptop
I agree. I almost bought one for school back when I bought the Studio XPS 13. Man, have times changed...
Has Intel’s latest generation processors reached its limits on battery life? I have seen much improvement in terms of ultra portable laptops having long battery life.
dell xps max = also with an invisible, un-demarcated keyboard with no visible letters, numbers or symbols. completely blank.
Makes the latest MacBooks look outdated but it's not quite as efficient.
LOL. The M2 runs Windows faster than the Dell does.
Looks like form over function. Quite a few issues, and as this is a first take, possibly QC issues. Other reviewers like Just Josh had it choking in performance and had to reinstall Windows, which was a bit of a saga. For me, in an ultrabook, number one is battery life, and sadly this fails at the first hurdle, so what it looks like or how it performs (Max Tech showed it is a long way behind the M2), is moot. An easy pass for those looking for a go to portable device.
@@jpdemer5 And quietly w/o fan noise or need for a power outlet.
@@andyH_England I agree with you. Even Apple learned not to mess with the basics (the hard way, but they at least have macOS; Dell has Windows, which many other OEMs also use) while Dell seems tp be going down a half a$$ed path of following Apple but not to the correct degree or for the right reasons. I mean, even the MacBook Pro 14 has better a port selection than the XPS 15 since 2020, and do I need to bring up how bad the XPS 9315 is...
@@cameronbosch1213 Apple can't make good laptops which is why they have 8% market share.
1, 99% of corporations, small businesses, educational institutions, government agencies and nonprofits use Windows laptop because of MBs poor software
2. 20th century hardware: no touch screens, pen support, 2-in-1 designs, 180 degree, screens, OLED screens, 5G, face unlock, finger print senses, repairability, upgradabilty.
3. Poor build quality: class action lawsuits filed against MBs: cracked screen, greeen screen, connectivity, thermal throttling, keyboard (btw, did you get your $395 keyboard settlement check?)
This has guy no idea on the purpose of this device. Oh if they change this or change that...mate that's called the Lattitude range.
Where is usb?
So new computers are useless now that's messed up
Meh. It looks nice?...but I have the XPS 15 and the keys on that laptop is awesome, and the touchpad?..is visible. I don't use Windows..I use Linux, and I use "Edge Scrolling" on my laptop..and NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE EDGE?...yeah...nah. I'll stick to what works
3.5K resolution + OLED = terrible battery life
The only drawback is Windows
Multiple Double-15 second unskippable ads in the middle of the video will always make me unsubscribe. Y’all will learn.
Never thought that Dell would one up Apple by being the first to remove the headphone jack on their laptops, lol!
And seriously, this thing just seems like a failed copycat at Apple's 2016 MacBook Pro with Touchbar, and it can't even get the battery life right! Also, no visual indication of where the trackpad ends is a sever oversight that would annoy consumers.
Heck, Apple learned nit to mess with the basics and almost lost their creative professionals in the process. Dell doesn't have that luxury or the luxury of having their own OS; combined with their QC issues, I think they're going to fail at this hard.
Wrong. It is 100% better looking than MBPs 20th century look and hardware.
So basically Dell cheaped out on this one.....
LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣
Good innovation, but too bad it really looks like unlikeable, and the functionality looks so boring... and I don't know why people still like using 13" instead of 15"/16" for good wide view
Not a fan of edge to edge keyboard. Make my life miserable when holding the laptop without accidently press any buttons.
That keyboard looks like a nightmare. Key separation and key feel is important to me. I'm not a big fan of that design.
And why would you have a *hidden* trackpad, for crying out loud‽ It wouldn't make a lot of difference to me in the end, because I just end up disabling trackpads anyway, but it really seems wrongheaded to hide the trackpad.
In all, I think the keyboard would be the dealbreaker for me.
For me it would be that and the ports. Bluetooth on Windows sucks worse than on Samsung devices when they first dropped the headphone jack. It's actually impressive how bad it is. And once you plug in the charger, you have to use a dock for the second port or else you're out of ports.
I hate that kind of keyboard
Fan noise quite noticeable and it gets hot. Mediocre battery life. 720 p camera. Lack of headphone jack. Limited ports. WTF Dell? For a premium price? The Macbook Air M2 doesn't have ANY of these shortcomings. It also runs Windows faster. Let me say that again: it runs Windows 11, ARM edition, faster. I appreciate Dan's pointing all the individual problems, but I think at this point in the integrated CPU/GPU landscape, EVERY windows laptop should be compared with apple products- including running ARM versions of windows. One last point: a necessarily specced out Dell (in order to attempt-and fail- to compete with mac performance) costs MORE.
The title is misleading. I thought this was review of the Dell Xps13 review NOT a comparison with so and so apple device. I thought CNET was a professional channel with unbiased views. Seemed v one sided to me and nothing to be taken seriously. I doubt this chap every took the time to use this laptop. Looks like I won't be watching any contact from CNET from now onwards because of obvious reasons...looks like we have know who's paying him his commission. 😉
CNET like all 90% of TH-cam tech channels are low-markets for Apple products
Wait, hold up, Dell is still making computers???
You might not notice it because you don't usually see them on the shelves, but Dell is the main supplier of computers to most corporate businesses, and you can also buy them from their website.
Who is this for?! So many design choices for the sake of design and not function. Imagine if those touch buttons were app-specific customizable? This is a waste of resources.
Looks way better than MacBooks but nowhere near as efficient sadly
this laptop is a skip..
Trash. Just buy a MacBook instead
He forgot to mention one key flaw…it runs Windows.