Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 (2022) (OLED): The Review
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Video Index:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Specs
01:26 What's New
01:59 Pricing
02:49 Design, Build & Size
04:46 Performance, Benchmarks & Gaming
06:29 Thermals, Surface Temps & Fan Noise
07:19 Hinges, Keyboard & Haptic Touchpad
09:17 Ports & Connections
10:11 Internals & User Upgradeability
11:01 Display
13:10 Battery Life & Charging
14:05 Webcam, & Internal Mics
11:18 Initial Battery Test
15:20 Audio & Speaker Test
16:10 Pros & Cons
17:21 The Score
17:40 Final Thoughts - บันเทิง
the audio quality on the previous model seemed better. Thanks these have been invaluable since I can compare you directly to yourself across laptop models (deciding between this and the samsung galaxy book pro 360 series)
I’m with you on the radically new design of the keyboard Andrew! It is very much welcomed to their usual design which really hasn’t changed in years. I love the gorgeousness of the screen, how portable it really is, the 12th Gen processor, the very fast SSD as well as the latest in RAM technology. The capacitive row design doesn’t really bother me. The only drawback for me is the absence of the ports but other than that, it seems to be a real Winner. Great review once again Andrew. 👍😀
I ordered this laptop two weeks ago as a new personal travel laptop (photo backup and editing while traveling). I went with the same CPU and screen but chose the 512gb disk. The price to upgrade to 1tb through Dell was actually more expensive than just getting a better/faster Samsung EVO 980 PRO 1tb so I opted to upgrade that myself. The one point i missed was the RAM was not user upgradable and went with the 16gb model which is really enough for what I am using it for. It does put out a lot of heat thats for sure. The battery life has been a sore spot for me. The official site and some other reviews claimed 11 hours of battery life but I am not seing anywhere near that. I did order the 65watt 6 cell notebook charger to double my on the go time after dealing with 5 to 6 hours of battery life.
The keyboard took a little bit to get use to and I wasnt a fan at first but now that I am use to it its alright. But I have noticed that with the backlight on in a normally lit room, its actually hard to read the keys sometimes.
The biggest issue I had with the machine so far was the Dell OS Restore tool does NOT work with this laptop. When you try to run it and do the network restore to a new disk the tool keeps dying on FILE NOT FOUND while downloading the image off Dell. And it wont let you predownload a full image either (Win11 greyed out in recovery tool). I ended up having to use Clonezilla to migrate from the Dell SSD to the Samsung EVO.
Otherwise I am fairly happy with the box and appreciate your reviews.
What panel do you have?
The best reviewer honestly, god bless you sir for the comprehensive coverage and information
Respect ✊
Beautiful machine. I have found it to get very warm even running simple things.
Thank you Andrew :-) for a great review.
The most genuine review of this dell xps i have ever seen. All pros and cons has been covered. Thanks sir. Keep it up.
Thanks really appreciate it
@@andrewmarcdavid most welcome sir
Great review! But where is the full review of the 2022 ROG Flow X13 that you made a video on 3 months ago!? I was waiting for your review to make a final decision
Thank you for the quality of your review, it's very appreciated!
It's a shame Dell doesn't use AMD CPUs in the XPS line-up, the battery life is just REALLY not enough. I have serious difficulties considering paying more than 2000 euros for potentially WAY less than 8 hours of battery life. Dell has to improve there, students especially will not appreciate this at all.
EDIT: Ended up buying an XPS 13 Plus with a FHD+ panel (which was less expensive than those with OLED) hoping for better battery life than with an OLED panel! We'll see lol but I still would have preferred an AMD processor.
How is the battery life with FHD+ panel?
@@torrance1175 Well, sorry I was not able to test the battery life yet but according to some reviews you could get several hours more than with the OLED, we'll see!
@@evermore6500 update?
@@hansmoran1219 Hey! Sorry I couldn't really test the laptop until recently and EDIT: the battery life even with the FHD+ and mid brightness isn't THAT good IF you don't activate the power saver mode. Not rare that it loses all its battery quite a bit of time before reaching an eight hour long usage without the power saver mode activated but with this power saver mode it can reach 8-9h of Word + Web browsing usage I think.
Very detailed review, thank you!
I am wondering though, how does this compares to the new xps 15, with oled. Is the 13 plus superior? On the 15 I noticed you can get the i9 cpus....I need to replace a pretty old 13 inch xps (+6 years)...
Outstanding review as usual. Which one between thus and Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen. 10 or Yoga 9i? I actually have a Dell XPS 9380 but I need to buy another one to pair with it. Tia
I was going to buy this laptop but the surface pro 8 was on sale on amazon at a great price so opted for the surface it is amazing!
Can’t blame you great deal!
waiting for the x1 carbon gen 10 full review. The thinkpad z looks like interesting device
Hi Andrew. Thanks for the outstanding review. Would it be possible for you to review Lenovo Yoga 7i 16 inch 2 in 1 with Intel Arc Graphics and i7 12700H CPU as well? This looks like a very promising convertible but I'm worried that it may run too hot and that the stylus may not work well on a 16 inch screen. Thank you so much!
Thanks for your excellent review!
Thanks!
uh, does the dell us website not show the developer edition with linux and the 1080p non-touch version? that's exactly what i bought lmao
What are the idle temperatures in the various modes? Can you actually use this machine on your lap?
Thank you for the full review, Andrew. I saw this model today at Best Buy. The keyboard would take some time to get used to. In the surroundings of the store, the laptop was getting warm, just below the screen. This is a good laptop, but too many compromises were made, so this would be a pass for me. Thanks for all the great content.
What? They already have it at Best Buy? There's a delay to even get it online. Are you in the US? I want to go test it out in store
@@norcalpacific Yes. I am in the US. Best Buy had a device on display.
I just can't decide between the OLED or the 4K. I will only be using the Plus xps for general office work not video. Most people would say only get the OLED for video or gaming, but it seems like the OLED would still be nicer when reading text and documents? But then there's the higher battery usuage problem so I don't know ughhh
Just got mine. Do you have any idea where I can get the exact same 60-watt adapter that came with it? I need a spare. Dell guys have no idea (it's not on their website either). Also, any recommendations for a cover that fits it nicely? The standard Dell 13-inch case is a bit too big for it.
Can you review the new creator pro z16p?
Would you recommend the 1TB NvME or the normal 512GB SSD?
I don’t need a lot of space but need performance. Worth spending more for the 1TB?
Would love a version of this with the 8cx Gen 3.
Thanks for the review.
Had a query about the battery life.
how does the battery life compare within the 3 screen options :
is it
FHD > OLED > UHD
or
FHD > OLED = UHD
or
FHD = UHD > OLED
or basically whether the battery life is limited only on the OLED panel or also on the UHD panel as well.
The reason I am asking is because there are no configurable options in India. They have just one i5 variant and an i7 variant.
I will wait for the 2023 model. Hopefully by then the thermals will go down and the camera bumped to 1080
Test the Lenovo ThinkBook 13s Gen 4 AMD (13") please. It’s like the best deal ultralight
This thing is gorgeous!!! 😍
I'm in love with the aesthetics and the cooling of this laptop. But I'd love it even more with Linux. I know that Dell offers it, but I cannot find reviews of it. In particular, I imagine that Dell released the Linux drivers for its touch bar... But a review confirming it would be great.
I am using the 32GB model with Fedora, everything runs out of the box including the fingerprint reader. No extra drivers needed, everything works by default.
Forgot to mention, I have the 3.5K OLED with 32GB RAM. Everything works out of the box on Fedora.
@@soumikcom niiiice. So do you need a Dell repository or really no headaches at all?
@@BriefNerdOriginal It just works right out of the box with Fedora 36. Nothing is needed other than installing the operating system itself. The load average bumps up to like 8.00 or more when watching 4K videos on TH-cam and it gets tremendously hot at the bottom even though CPU sensors record around 70 degree Celsius on average. 4K video playback in Chrome gets jittery though once the CPU heats up. The graphics drivers are probably not well optimized but everything works right out of the box including the fingerprint scanner. For comparison, My ZenBook 14 Flip OLED running AMD AMD 5800H runs 20 degree Celsius cooler for everything on Linux.
@@soumikcom wow, thank for the heads-up. The CPU temperature readings being that low for a burning back might mean that the cooling actually works, but yes it seems like some optimization is due. And if the touchbar (or whatever it's named) also works out of the box, well, I'm still in love with the idea of buying it.
What videos do you use for demo-ing the laptop displays? The one with honey and another yellow liquid with bubbles and also the one with DJ and the bouncing balls on speakers and fruits
I know i sound crazy but i wish there was a 1080p oled version. A native 1080p screen would increase battery life. I have a 14 inch and 1080p looks fine to me. 3k on a 13 inch lol wow thats a lil too much for me
Can u review xiaomi book 14 pro 2022?
Imagine if Dell was not limited by Intel's ridiculously power hungry processor, and had something to put inside like the M2, this thing would be out of this world.
I'd like to buy the XPS 13 Plus, Intel Core i7 1260p, 16GB, SSD 1TB, Display FHD+ (1.920x1.200). The only thing I'm concern is the warming issue. For the daily usage (Outlook, Office, Chrome, TH-cam, Netflix), do you see any problem with the warming issue? Thanks!
For those tasks you are good to go.
Hi Andrew, thanks for the full review! However, could you also test the Delta E in SDR mode? One user tested his XPS 13 Plus Oled under SDR mode and it turns out the Delta E is higher than 3, which is bad in terms of color accuracy. However the SDR content is accurate in hdr mode (Delta E below 1), which suggests Dell did not separate the color space for two modes while they should. Another issue I found out which annoyed me most is the HDR youtube video coded with HLG will not be displayed accurately and looks terrible. You can check the statistics when playing the video in youtube to check whether it is coded by HLG or PQ. PQ HDR video looks fine but there are plenty HDR video still coded with HLG.
I hope the Dell team could hear this and take it seriously because this is definitly a design flaw which shouldn't appear in any laptop (not to mention this is high end win laptop).
Is the iris Xe actually good for anything besides just normal browsing?
Light video editing and gaming if you lower settings (better for older titles)
Excellent review! Thanks from Israel.
Thanks really appreciate it!
Between the XPS13 Plus and the Lenovo Yoga 9i, which one should I choose ?
Both are great but I would give nod to Yoga 9i as it’s so far the laptop of the year at least for me
This is an excellent laptop for an airplane traveler. It is light and portable. It is definitely not for use as a day to day fully functioning laptop. Only one available USB-C port when plugged in. One has to play around with dongles for USB-A and headset connection. Clumsy way to do it. Also no SD slot is a minus. In this review the camera on the 2021 model actually looked better than on this 2022 model yet on the previous live streams and other videos you did comparing this to last years model this 2022 one actually looked better. I guess it just depends on the lighting conditions at the time you made the videos. The 720p camera might be or not be better than last year's model but it is still mediocre. For what one is paying for this a 1080p camera should be the minimum. No excuse Dell. The microphones were okay and clear sounding. As far as the physical colors of this PC it looks like another gray laptop. Viewers should realize that this probably looks better when having this laptop in your hands than seeing it on a video. Probably some of the beauty of the colors get lost in the translation when having it live in front of you versus seeing it on a video. Like the easy access to the insides all though upgradeabliity is limited to replacing the ssd drive. It is also good one can replace the battery if needed as these do tend to go bad after several years of use. The light keyboard on this light colored laptop makes it hard to see the characters on it under certain lighting conditions. This is also true with many PC's with light colored keyboards. The lit up top row keys are not impressive and I think last year's model with the standardized top row keys was better. As always another great review. Like your reviews as they are honest. Keep up the great work.
Good review as usual, however the Keyboard and Touch Function bar is literally off-putting. Considering the price, it is a bit disappointing.
The keyboard is great in using it for three weeks. So I disagree about that, For me the toucbar is a non issue works fine.
Between the XPS 13 Plus ande the Samsung book 2 pro which one should I choose??
XPS 13 Plus. Samsung books are trash 🗑.
Please look at the new inspiron 16 plus with 12th gen intel processors. I'm actually thinking of selling my xps 15 9500 and buying that.
Planning on it
nice vid boy
Does turning on HDR use more battery?
Not sure it uses much more battery lfie to be honest. But I can test that.
I got the 1260P 32GB 1TB OlED for ~$1475 after price Match. Cant wait
Form where ?
@@Nycevan Dell DPA discount and Best Buy price match
Bestbuy has it for 1699 you had them match a Dell discount ?
@@Nycevan yes it was $1445 for the pc
@@IAmJe excellent deal. Wish I could get the same cheapest I see is the Best Buy 1699 right now couldn’t config it anywhere close on dells various discount programs . Enjoy it . I’m debating paying the 1699 or grabbing the 16gb 512 / open box excellent for 1275
When you say you paid for it with your own money, does that mean you keep it after finishing your review?
yes
Okay, so after watching your review, I’ve come to the conclusion that this laptop is definitely not for me. Sure, there are so cool positives about this laptop, even if there are just a few:
1. That screen is gorgeous. No doubt about that. Though most people on a 13 inch or 14 inch display probably are fine with a 1920x1080/1200 screen. There’s really no way to see the pixels at that resolution at that screen size, unless you look right up against the screen and actively TRY to look for pixelation. And even then, the lower resolution screens are not bad and you’ll get much better battery life out of those screens. In addition, since you can still get touch screen options, I don’t really think most people should go with the OLED screen and NOBODY should go with the 3840x2400 screen.
2. The design, while not for me, is different, I’ll give Dell that one.
3. The performance is great on Intel 12th gen, although at and below 35 watts, AMD generally does better both in terms of performance and efficiency while running in battery power. And AMD gets far better battery life than Intel since Ryzen 4000.
4. Still has both Windows Hello authentication methods (IR camera and fingerprint sensor). Gaming laptops, high-end ones, need more of these, and only recently have started to get even one option.
5. Apart from the “not touchbar”, the keyboard does appear to be good.
6. I personally do not like the touchpad, but many people do, so there’s that, I guess. 🤷♂️
However, there are some serious negatives that prevent me from even considering this laptop, even for most people I know:
1. Dell’s quality control and customer support has really fallen since 2016. I can’t tell you how bad their “premium support” is compared to Lenovo. Lenovo’s support is based out of the U.S. for people living there, and beats out wherever Dell has their support. The only company who is currently worse is Razer, but that’s admittedly a whole different level. Not to mention, I bought my Razer Blade 17 2022 from Micro Center to avoid Razer and their “customer support. But back to Dell, the difference between 2015 & 2020 was so stark that you would almost think they were different companies. It took 4 years to fix a Dell XPS sleep/wake issue that made the device UNUSABLE as a laptop. And it involved wiping the laptop clean. Come on Dell, fix this garbage!
2. Two Thunderbolt 4 ports really isn’t enough for me once you have a charger plugged in. Maybe for some people who do have docks, dongles, and adapters it might not be a big deal, but you WILL need them with this laptop.
3. No headphone jack on a laptop, when even APPLE has doubled down on adding one to their MacBook Air and Pros is unacceptable. Not to mention, most adapters do not have 3.5 mm headphone jacks on them. The ones that do are often MUCH more expensive. I mean, if Apple, a company which got flack for removing them on phones and tablets, did NOT do so on Macs, you know Dell is making the wrong move here.
4. A 720p webcam in 2022? Give me a break; even Apple has better 1080p webcams! And considering the poor port selection, I doubt most people would plug an external webcam in. Come on Dell! 😡
5. The “not touch bar” is WORSE than Apple’s prior offering as it lacks any sort of customization, is too easy to press, and not having a physical escape or delete key is a big middle finger to software developers. Even Apple reversed course and added an escape key on the last MacBook Pros with the Touch Bar before removing it on thr 2021 redesign. If Apple, a $2 trillion company didn’t make if work, how can Dell?
6. The audacity to say it was “necessary” for a capacitive function row to be used instead of a physical one for a 28 watt CPU to be properly cooled in this size of a chassis is so laughable. The Asus ROG Flow x13 has a 35 watt AMD Ryzen CPU, a similar sized chassis, and a dGPU. And the lack of a headphone jack stupidly carried over to the smaller XPS 9315. That laptop is even WORSE than the 9320, as it’s still too expensive, has the same horrible port selection, and a soldered SSD. What a middle finger to consumers!
7. Battery life is nowhere near Apple Silicon or even AMD. I mean, I know higher resolution screens and OLED screens viewing white content use up more power, but then maybe Dell should not use them. Heck, some of Asus’s ROG laptops can outperform this thing in terms of battery life, and my 2021 Asus ROG Flow x13 from 2021 can at least match if not beat the XPS 9320 in terms of battery life.
8. I never thought of a person who needed a laptop with this much power in this sized chassis who didn’t also need a dGPU. They usually want more battery life, which they certainly won’t get with this laptop. Yes, this laptop is great in terms of performance. But at what cost and for what purpose?
Overall, I don’t think most people should buy this laptop. I feel it’s too expensive for a form over function device. Not to mention, it doesn’t do an amazing job at most of the basics (except for the physical keyboard and that great screen). In addition, you can get other laptops that do the basics better or similarly to this laptop at similar prices or even less. That is why I don’t think most consumers should buy it *UNLESS* CPU performance and design trumps every thing else.
Thank God I never waited for them thinking these would come with H series processor and went with zenbook 14flio OLED ,which has ryzen 7 5800H, both spectre and xps ruined it for me ,both in case of size and processor,why in the world spectre label a laptop which is 13.5 inch as 14 inch?? And why couldn't xps release a 14 inch one instead of 13.4,bollocks
Best Buy is currently selling the Silver (i7, 16ram, 512ssd) OLED model over Memorial Day at a $750 discount
Sadly, this model only yields 6.5 to 7.5 hours of continuous TH-cam viewing
50% brightness, battery saver on, blue tooth off, all background apps closed
The FHD+ model's battery lasted 13-14 hours for i5, 11-12 hours for i7 using same settings
I just bought one with the discount and im on the fence with battery life.
@@yoboydodge6255
I LOVE my i7, 16 ram, 512ssd FHD+ model.
Screen is just as good as OLED in my opinion
And battery life is 50% longer
I agree with other reviews, and even your own side by side, the 9310 camera is tons better. I think Plus means price, as in many ways you get less. No headphone jack, less battery life, blown out exposure on the camera, always on gimmick function bar, no sd card... it's just less than the 9310. I see nothing better about this. Only worse.
the intel 12th gen processor still needs a lot of improvement bcuz apple has now raised the bar with M1 & M2 chips & intel has fallen behind. The XPS 13 PLUS is no doubt a beauty and quite tempting to many. But for me personally, I will not consider a USD1300 laptop with a 5 -7hrs screen time bcuz there are better options.
personally i think the xps plus has topped those chips in performance, but i agree on battery life. I have the fhd screen but im gonna get the oled just because.
Question to all you smart people:
This is a 60W charge - can I use another USB-C charger at a lower rate? 20W? 30W? 45W? I ordered a 90W dual split 60W 30W brick for travel
Yes, but it will charge at a slower rate
@@andrewmarcdavid awesomeness 👌
0:15 XPS 13 9310? You may need some rest Andrew.
Yes lol
Asus zen book s13 Ryzen 7 6800u 💪
battery tests should be done on FULL brightness. I always keep my previous XPS 13/15's on max brightness. Also no mention of OLED burn-in which still makes you need to be careful.
I want to love it, but the battery life is a no go.
its so beautiful but too expensive and non-upgradeable. also heard of heating issues. a pass, unfortunately
Why do Windows laptop manufacturers keep doubling the function keys as special keys? Don't most users need function keys? If users need function keys, wouldn't it make more sense to assign those special keys on other keys closer to the FN button, like QWEASDZXC? I mean, why would a user want to press FN + F10 instead of FN + A?
Also, using white key for backlight is stupid. I know this because I own a laptop with white key and backlight. This is my first laptop with backlight so I did not know how stupid this is before buying it. The backlight makes the keys illegible when the ambient light is dim but not dark. I have decided that I would never buy a laptop with white keys again. I cannot believe laptop manufacturers do not know this fact. Yet, they ignore it and keep using white keys... for what?
Where is usb?
So new computers are useless now that's messed up
I'll probbaly go for XPS13 9315 just for more conservative keyboard
I have one coming in
I wouldn’t. It has the same poor port selection without the headphone jack and it somehow makes WORSE compromises than the XPS 9320 in a very stupid way: Nothing on it is upgradeable. On the 9320 and pretty much EVERY OTHER WINDOWS DEVICE, you can at least change out the SSD and internal battery. Not so here. Dealbreaker for me.
55Wh at 11.55V per the device manual, is a 4,761.9 mAh battery. My cellphone has 5,000 mAh 😅. I honestly don't understand battery complaints on a slim device with a fancy display....several hours seems quite longe 4-5 hours, but to mention it obviously recharges fast. I'm not concerned aboutw battery life. I'm concerned about the mAh battery size of this 55Wh unit. I' found it isn't the Wh or mAh as much as it is the V. Is it me or could a larger battery be used? Or is the battery tech in say my S22U that much more different than this laptop.??
I ended up going for the MacBook pro 14 M1 Pro. Thank God I did...
The 720p webcam is unacceptable in a laptop of this price, I still canˋt understand how this is still possible on Windows these days, itˋs like a bad running joke from manufacturers. The design is great, I hope it filters down to more affordable lines.
Jeez.. not even a headphone jack. This minimalism got too far for my taste.
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