Dell XPS 15 2-In-1 Review: One Of The Most Powerful Convertible Laptops Yet!

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Dell's new 15-inch convertible wields Intel's 8th generation Kaby Lake G processors with Radeon RX Vega graphics. More specifically, the XPS 15 2-in-1 offers buyers a choice between Intel's Core i5-8305G or Core i7-8705G processors. These are both quad-core chips with HyperThreading support, the former clocked at 2.8GHz to 3.8GHz with 6MB of L3 cache, and the latter running at 3.1GHz to 4.1GHz with 8MB of L3 cache. Straight to the point, the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 (9575) is a muscular machine in every respect, and deceptively so given its thin and relatively lightweight construction.
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[@Hothardware]

Full written review with copious benchmarks here: hothardware.com/reviews/dell-xps-15-2-in-1-review Find it on Amazon here: amzn.to/2GSuVZo

[@amitsalunke3870]

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[@alienflorina]

👏👏 3:00 finally someone said it: If you wanna video call and look better, simply turn it around to tent mode and tadaaaa problem solved !

[@Hothardware]

Our partial teardown video is now live here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ3FeKWEg7aFabc

[@LeonardoAlexi]

Thank you for this great review! I'm aiming to buy the 2019 model of this laptop if it includes most of the following upgrades: 1. 9th Generation Cannon Lake hexa core Intel G CPU (10nm architecture) 2. 32GB to 64GB LPDDR4 / LPDDR4X SDRAM 3. Properly positioned 1080p webcam, ideally 5+ megapixels 4. Killer Wireless-AC 1550 [802.11 ac Wave 2 (1.73 Gbps)] 5. Bluetooth 5 6. Four to Six Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C 3.2) ports 7. Improved battery life (made possible by the more efficient 10nm CPU architecture & LP RAM) 8. 6 GB HBM2 VRAM 9. Black color option 10. 2 TB SSD option 11. 120Hz 4K display (unlikely)

[@furqanQadri7]

None of these upgrades and updates are available

[@LZentertainments]

Thanks for reviewing. Really hard to find anything on this one yet. Liked and subbed.

[@Hothardware]

Thanks very much! Great to have you with us.

[@taffy1564]

I just can't stand how they're putting a MICRO SD card slot in, instead of a FULL SIZE SD card slot. Like come on man, seriously?

[@Hothardware]

It's very common these days and microSD is becoming more universal since it fits into smartphones and can be easily adapted to full sized format for DSLRs that need it etc. I run all our DSLRs and shot this video on microSD in an adapter card in a Canon 80D camera.

[@nikoolix]

It's a bit dumb indeed, but still better than nothing *cough* macbook *cough* . It's the card that phones and GoPros use, so at least it's something, even if full size SD would be better.

[@jazzman1626]

HotHardware Micro SD cards are easy to come by so it’s not the problem I first thought it was. I’m very interested in this fantastic machine 😍 and hope to get one next month. 😀 I’m tempted to go for the i9 version.

[@Apocalypsee07]

Nice Review! I heard the fan should be very noisy even while just browsing the web. Is this true?

[@Hothardware]

Apocalypse07 Thanks! No that's not true when performing in light-duty workloads like that. It does spool up however when gaming or under heavier content creation workloads.

[@orcasem]

Haha, love the introduction! Great review!

[@Hothardware]

Wouter De Wolf thanks mano!

[@huntershen3943]

Hello there, may I ask how does it compare to 9570? How much is the difference beween 8750H and 8705G? Is 9575 16G 256G FHD capable for Pubg or FIFA 18? Will it get super hot while playing? Thank you

[@camilomarulanda6915]

Great review! Did you hear any coil whine while the pc was under heavy performance?

[@Hothardware]

Zero, thankfully.

[@ditiditi1843]

Awesome review what do you suggest me about gaming should I buy this? I mean I don't care if the game isn't totally good but at least playable!

[@Hothardware]

This machine will handle most any current game at 1080p with medium to high image quality. If that works for you for gaming and you have other usage models, I think you'll be pretty satisfied with it.

[@BramVanbilsen]

Is there any possibility that you've tested one of those Dell external batteries with this laptop? If so, did it charge well? It is not officially supported according to the Dell site.

[@Hothardware]

No, sorry I haven't tested that.

[@zsqduke]

I have that battery. It charges when you are not using the laptop. While in use the laptop consumes too much power that it will drain the internal battery slowly. So that's why the battery banks are more suitable for the xps 13 and the like

[@sylvestergomes3078]

Great video.bWhen is the chanel reviewing the go spectre x360 15 with Intel g cpu gpu

[@Hothardware]

We have one on the way in for review actually.

[@sylvestergomes3078]

HotHardware great news . Asking for too much but can we have a rough date.

[@post-leftluddite]

With AMD owning several patents for APUs with integrated HBM and with them currently working on new tech for "near cpu memory", I think this is just the beginning of some awesome APUs from AMD with impressive graphics performance (vs discrete graphics)

[@CarlosRodriguez-ly1ec]

All i want to know is if the fan gat noise in light task because there are some rumors that the XPS 15 2 in 1 have nice coolings system but it gets really loud on light task

[@whisperer1998]

Great review as always link for purchase?

[@Hothardware]

Sure thing! amzn.to/2GSuVZo - thanks for the kind words

[@togugram]

I hate bringing rain to someone else parade, but my high expectation of this laptop is starting to crumble. I ordered it directly on Dell official website almost two weeks ago and yesterday it arrived (China to Ireland). Firstly, I was so nervous to buy it because it cost me almost 3 thousand euro for 16GB RAM, 500GB memory, with wireless keyboard&mouse + sleeve, (almost €500 EU tariff included), however, because of good reviews on before and after release date, I decided to buy it. BUT, a big BUT!, out of my excitement while unboxing, it ended up in my DISAPPOINTMENT. When I powered it ON, it showed me weird instructions!? Like blue screen and asking me to press "ALT-F"???? I was jaw-dropped, like my expectation was to go straight to Windows 10 OS then device registration process. I tried to follow the instruction it always ended up in shutting down. It do self-diagnostic test, telling me there is no issue!? BUT..(stopping myself to say bad words), this wasn't my expectation for a very expensive laptop! Eventually, after 3rd diagnostic test, it say the OS might be corrupted!!??? So decided to call the Dell customer support, after 30 minutes typical troubleshooting over the phone. Operator took my details and say he will send an Engineer to fix it?? So today, I am waiting for that engineer and makes me vent-out my frustration here. Makes my knees feels so weak. Sorry folks, but this is like a tragedy for me.

[@ReadsTheEULA]

Is this laptop easy to open up and how many M.2 memory slots does it have? Also is the ram soldered in or not? And crazy hypothetical question, can you use the thunderbolt ports to connect an external GPU and (assuming AMD GPU) run cross fire graphics with the integrated GPU and how would that chips performance vary compared to a desktop PC with two similar spec'd GPU's running in crossfire?

[@Hothardware]

I might do a quick partial teardown video, but RAM is soldered to the board and only one M.2 slot avail. And yes, it has Thunderbolt 3 ports so it should be able to run external graphics theoretically, though I haven't tried it.

[@ReadsTheEULA]

HotHardware thanks

[@Hothardware]

You got it. Thanks for watching!

[@LokiOfWinterfell]

How do you think this 2-in-1 would be in regards to a graphic design student?

[@Hothardware]

Hannah Ferguson yes for sure plenty of horsepower for that.

[@V3N93ANC394]

this laptop is less glossy than the surface book 2 or hp spectre x360??

[@kushalsuperstar]

When will it available in India?

[@FF-FAN9999]

is it possible to connect this laptop to an hdtv? i dont see a way to plug in hdmi to this...are there any converters that work?

[@NoorAhmed-is9kp]

I really like this laptop, but the problem is that I don't have money. good luck for those that have this butiful one.

[@iamgerrygo]

Amazing content! BTW, what do you think about the Alienware 15 r3 with i7 7700hq 16gb ram 256gb ssd gtx 1070 1tb hdd 60hz ips gsync? I can get it for about 1500usd. I'll be using it for Premiere Pro 4k editing on the go and some games. Or should I get a laptop with a newer cpu and portable for 2300usd. I just think that the Alienware is a bargain for that price.

[@Hothardware]

That i7 is a quad core variant and also the GTX 1070 is strong, as is the price. I'd go for it. For your use case it should perform well.

[@briansun5652]

That is a sick deal especially with the GTX 1070.

[@GanggsterR]

Thank you for the early review. I want to buy high end touch screen laptop. Should I buy this?

[@Hothardware]

It's a solid machine but it depends on your use case. There are lots of high end touch display enabled ultrabooks on the market these days, including the Dell XPS 15 standard and plenty of other machines from HP and Lenovo.

[@GanggsterR]

HotHardware well yeah I wanted one with the stylus as I do a lot of photo and video editing. But I am not sure about this intels new tie up with amd. .as I am not a fan of amd. Also wanted to know the stylus review on this. Thank you

[@Hothardware]

If you do stylus work, Dell's implementation is actually one of the better one on the market. This will be a great machine for content creation types like you.

[@Dori_1111]

Unfortunately, too noisy for someone that wants to use in a business environment or perform some software development at night. Let's wait for the X360 Vega, hopefully will be quieter...

[@jazzman1626]

I just ordered this from Dell. It cost me £2165 or $2861 bloody expensive! It only has 256Gb of an SSD, though.

[@CarlosRodriguez-ly1ec]

i want this laptop so hard is what i always wanted usb c, acurate display, 2 in 1 the only thing i want and i dont know if is missing is if i cant charge it with a powerbank :'( just for keep it charge not for full charge and maybe see if i can buy an anker cable and a 60 watt wall charger in case of emergency thanks

[@nirajjoshi74]

Hey I need some recommendations. I am a Mechanical Engineering student and need a laptop for 3D modelling in SolidWorks, Ansys and MatLab.What should I look for in a laptop(CPU, GPU)? What would be the best choices around US$1000??

[@ArjunRavi]

I use my xps 13 with i5 and 8gb of ram for my modelling(as long as the number of nodes is not too high) and matlab work,it works quite well. But if you want to be on the safe side get one with 16gb of Ram and a 1050 like the xps 15. I believe if you can get it for a big above $1000 for the previous gen

[@shuvadeepdey2574]

Price???

[@dannggg]

Are you going to review the Spectre too?

[@Hothardware]

Yes, hopefully soon.

[@kirby1fan]

how does it handle VR?

[@Tiralful]

Got this bad boy new for $945 out the door, it is the lowest version 8gb/i5/1080p/128. But it costs me $65 to toss a 512gb nvme SSD in it (sx8290) so about $1,000. I re-pasted with LM and temps dropped 15c, it maxes out at 82c under full stress load and mid 70's when gaming. Glad I bought the 1080p too, I'd rather have 3 hours extra battery life and I couldn't tell a difference between the 4k and 1080p panel short of looking like an idiot with my face 2 inches from the screen.

[@kazansky22]

Does the CPU or GPU allow overclocking?

[@Hothardware]

I haven't explored this but in terms of the software that Dell bundles with the machine, no. It does have a fan and power profile adjustment utility called Power Manager, but other than that, no specific OC'ing tools.

[@arjunkaycee2517]

I'm so hyped for this computer

[@Hothardware]

No doubt, it's a very unique laptop with lots of capability.

[@Imwphotography]

I have surface book 2. I only use photoshop and capture one. Undocking and docking to switch modes between using your keyboard or touch screen pen editing is is a pain in the ass because you have to close both programs to do so. What's the graphic acceleration performance for photoshop or capture one like on the XPS?

[@Hothardware]

AMD's Radeon RX Vega M GPU core is excellent with GPU compute and will offer plenty of hardware acceleration horsepower for those apps.

[@Imwphotography]

HotHardware Thank you for taking the time to reply. Greatly appreciated. 🙏 So waiting for The Dell Percision 5530 2-in-1 is not necessary for those apps? It has the pro version of the Vega, and I'm getting mixed info on if you can get it with a 6 core i7, do you know if that's an option? That machine doesn't release till June or July.

[@Hothardware]

IMW Photography that's a new one on me but sounds totally possible. I have not heard word of it yet though. I'll ask around a bit.

[@aashishdhital4149]

How is the stylus and how much lag does it have?

[@Hothardware]

I actually haven't tested the stylus because one didn't come with our system but we've tested a recent Dell Latitude stylus in another 2-in-1 machine here: hothardware.com/reviews/dell-latitude-7390-2-in-1 - and it was actually quite good.

[@aashishdhital4149]

Thanks, I hope you cover that topic in your in depth review.. ✌️✌️✌️

[@rallyesandfrieds]

Is there any Asus with Intel 8th generation + Radeon Vega????. 👏 Thanks

[@Hothardware]

Not that I'm aware of, yet. HP and Dell are the only machines I know of right now, both of them are 2-in-1 devices.

[@Qkthomas]

Does it have freesync?

[@GZ-uu8it]

I just wish they were able to fit 16gb of ram in there, either that or non integrated.

[@jongeiger8320]

But there were 16gb of ram...

[@GZ-uu8it]

Jon Geiger on their site I'm only seeing 8gb for the 2in1's

[@jongeiger8320]

G Z if you go to all configurations, all models that are not the base model have configurations available with 16gb. I believe you may be looking at the XPS 15, rather than the XPS 15 2-in-1

[@GZ-uu8it]

Jon Geiger oops! You're right. Thank you!

[@jongeiger8320]

There's always downloadmoreram.com ;)

[@navinbabji]

Hi, how would you compare this with the HP spectre x360 15 inch??🤔🤔

[@Hothardware]

We're waiting for that machine to arrive. It's direct competition. We shall see.

[@navinbabji]

HotHardware ya actually i'm in two minds about which one to buy, i like the looks of the Spectre, but the reliability of Dell is great...so hopefully you do a review soon...👍👍👍

[@Fox1486]

I bought the new Spectre x360. Should be here on Wednesday. The looks are astounding, and I can’t wait to test the Vega!

[@Tigerex966]

needs a usb a and true sd card and hdmi for me but otherwise great, the 6 core xps 15 keep thev port and adds power but no tablet mode

[@davidzhiluozhang6205]

What's the battery life like when you're only doing light web browsing like reading articles and typing essays?

[@Hothardware]

Check out our full review here: hothardware.com/reviews/dell-xps-15-2-in-1-review - battery life will be similar with web browsing and productivity tasks I'd imagine.

[@davidzhiluozhang6205]

HotHardware I read the full review when it came out. I was just hoping you could offer how much juice you were getting while writing scripts or reading articles

[@H0LDENSUX]

No stylus? Why not?

[@Hothardware]

H0LDENSUX because we weren't sent one. This is a very early unit.

[@Originalimoc]

The only thing stops me is its price 😢

[@eric131313]

No word about speakers ? What was sound like ?

[@Hothardware]

I showed them on the bottom of the machine but didn't comment on the sound quality (my bad). The sounds is quite good actually. Not a lot of low-end, like most notebook speaker systems. but good volume and spatialization. Pretty dang nice over all.

[@FinAcharya]

No internal view

[@JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs]

What are specs of the USB C charger?

[@Hothardware]

130 Watts

[@JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs]

HotHardware What voltage? What amperage? Can it change with 130W in all the ports or only in one and 100W in the rest?

[@JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs]

I ask these questions because in theory, USB C PD can deliver a maximum of 100W using 20V and 5A

[@Hothardware]

20V @ 6.5A / 5V @ 1A - are what the specs say and I have no idea. :)

[@JorgeAlvarez-ex3vs]

HotHardware Thanks a lot for the information.

[@nomadicnome234]

Can you use an egpu on this guy?

[@Hothardware]

Don't see why not. It has multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports.

[@burrenBLR]

Most heavy convertible yet!

[@Hothardware]

Условия использования Wrong, only 4.3 pounds. For a 15" that's light.

[@callmelubo]

Most Powerful Convertible Laptop Yet ... HP Spectre x360 15 with Kaby Lake G ?

[@Hothardware]

Still waiting for ours to arrive, so for us (and for most others) Dell was first.

[@callmelubo]

I've got one last week and I must say its awesome. Despite the fact that fans do have this whooshy sound and I wish they were a bit quiet at small loads like browsing. I had to go to bios to set No Fans option ON so when there's no load, the fans wont spin at all. Love the 4k screen, its really gorgeous and has awesome colors that are pretty accurate. The battery life isn't bad, considered what it packs. Probably will get 9-10 hours of just surfing on 50% brightness.

[@whisperer1998]

Wow Expensive 2799$ in amazon I will hit the wallet really bad

[@Hothardware]

Yeah, there may be a little price gouging going on there on AMZN. I'd cross check pricing with Dell.com too.

[@yacobz]

price match it with HP Spectre

[@rallyesandfrieds]

Is it a Hot laptop??. 👏

[@Hothardware]

It's hot in the figurative, not literal sense. It runs within nominal, comfortable limits.

[@sondinh509]

If you don't mind me asking, how high does the temps go under heavy load on this hybrid? I do a lot of gaming so graphic intensive games like Gears of War 4 or Killing Floor 2/Destiny 2, even RTS like Halo Wars 2, run my ROG Strix GL702vm's 1060 6gb graphic card at around a whopping 88c after about 30mins according to the ROG gaming center app.

[@Hothardware]

Check our full review here hothardware.com/reviews/dell-xps-15-2-in-1-review - we have external thermals at 103F at its hottest point under gaming load. Not sure about the CPU/GPU complex specifically but I can tell you this machine's thermal solution has been well-engineered so there is minimal throttling.

[@rodrickci4622]

No HDMI

[@UncleKing]

says convertible but not even try to flip it

[@Hothardware]

You apparently weren't watching in the beginning.

[@ReadsTheEULA]

were you drunk while watching this???

[@BillEbert]

$2200? buy a mac.

[@Hothardware]

Except anything Mac couldn't do half of what this can do, convertible 2-in-1, pen input, touch, and a better display likely.

[@DeadEyeJ]

LOL! no.

[@HuntaKiller91]

Bill Ebert a mac is rubbish as opposed to this even with the base vega for $1299