New Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Review | Better Than Before?

[@okidoki7189]

Definitely need a XPS 13 2in1 vs Spectre x360 13 vs Yoga C940 showdown.

[@vedangg]

The only reasons I will buy this over standard xps 13 are no front facing branding and edge to edge keyboard, we share choices here.

[@bradavon]

A "full work day". Wtf does that mean? Give us numbers of battery.

[@travisbacon5527]

Well if it's my work day it should be 14 hours! (Good luck)

[@allnighterist]

in american term should be 9 to 5

[@Glissov]

Mine lasts 16 hours if you use battery saving from 100% charged but without its around 6 to 7 hours on full screen brightness, keyboard back-light off, WiFi on and Bluetooth off.

[@David-uy4nb]

workday = 8 hours in my country.. but yeah he should be more precise..

[@mrzazzaable]

Hes a american hipster, so 3 hours with coffee break included

[@khaledel-masri6813]

Please make a surface pro 7 vs XPS 13 2-in-1

[@swissheartydogs]

Touchscreen with kickstand means increased productivity (i.e.: keyboard at the same time)=SP7

[@kaiuthebobateashop2106]

I cant make the decision between xps 13 7390 between surface laptop 3 both i5 version

[@Karatektus]

"...isnt gonna wobble..." - B-Roll of it wobbling :D

[@iamnzk]

How about note taking with this device, please someone reply

[@MrPodushka]

Please tell us

[@liamm347]

suggest a surface pro or a ipad pro

[@ksa7740vi]

Isn't it uses the maglev keyboard? If yes, it would be different from the MBPs

[@Riverpeth]

It's an entirely different keyboard, yes. The only resemblance to the butterfly keys on a MBP is the travel distance. I found the review fell apart a bit with that section.

[@Strand0410]

@@Riverpeth Don't know if host was trying to belabour a point about short travel keys, or genuinely doesn't know the difference, but what a bizarre comparison.

[@Di_Moriarti]

What is about a coil whine noise? Many users have reported it. Is it a distraction?

[@talaljahlan90]

I returned mine because of that.

[@Glissov]

Mine sometimes has it and sometimes doesn't, if you're sitting reading in a quiet room it's really annoying and it makes you doubt the quality but most times there's noises around you and you don't notice it, I just hope it doesn't affect the performance?

[@moevmoe]

Compare this to the spectre 360

[@igorgrgic7971]

Please, compare hps 2 in 1 and new spectre x360...

[@abehaile2659]

I ordered my Ice Lake Spectre 13” OLED a week ago from HP.com and it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov 14th due to processor shortages at intel. If you’d like ANY custom built laptop before Christmas you may want to order soon

[@RockWILK]

Believe it or not, I've been using the XPS 13 2 in 1 to edit a full-length film in DaVinci Resolve, and so far it's been pretty flawless. I haven't gotten to the color grading part of my process yet, and I'm assuming it's going to struggle, and so I plan on adding an external GPU to one of the Thunderbolt ports. Have you done anything like that? Have any recommendations for a breakout box that the XPS 13 is compatible with? I'm curious. Thanks for the great review. The XPS 13 7390 is definitely the best laptop I have ever owned for the price. I have the i7, 16GB of RAM, and I'm using a glyph atom 1tb external SSD. Amazing performance thus far. I do have two issues with this laptop. One is that the fingerprint scanner is completely unreliable, so I don't even try to use it anymore. The other thing I noticed is that every so often I have to restart the computer because when I first Power It Up, the touch screen doesn't work. As soon as I restart, everything is fine, and so that's a little annoying, but otherwise, it's been a great experience working with this machine.

[@Strand0410]

Wtf does this keyboard have to do with butterfly switches? Nothing at all.

[@chromefirefox8896]

Exactly, i thought it as some new magnetic type keyboard Dell was trying.

[@KenMrKLC]

Yea, it is magnetic.. he said butterfly like Macbook..... wrong

[@ronaldsanpedro1976]

this could have been the perfect xps 13. but dell decided to go apple's route and soldered the ssd on the motherboard when the could have just use a 2230 size nvme ssd if they need to make it thinner since newer NAND are higher in capacity. i have a western digital sn500 wd blue nvme with 1 nand and 500gb.

[@petersonfamily6223]

Agreed and they limit the SSD size options you can select.

[@devaprasath7776]

Does it have touch screen option?

[@isabelcanoy]

How about the fan? Is it really loud?

[@Glissov]

I've got the icelake xps 2in1. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get the 1080p screen with more than 256GB ssd and 8gb ram in the UK, would have ideally like to double both of them. Also for some reason at the time of ordering there was only the black interior, would have preferred the all white. Small things I know but when you're spending £1.5k+ the small details should matter. Still I'm very happy with the system, I use it primarily for studies, it's small, lightweight and premium build quality are all huge pluses and when sitting next to others the brightness and quality of the screen is amazing.

[@DarkPa1adin]

Yup, sadly in my country too, I can't get 512gb 32gb with 1200p screen...

[@xila8861]

Dell xps 13 2in1 VS Microsoft Surface Book 2 13 Please do that ! these the only ones are worthy of a serious comparison.

[@brianmds]

Can you guys do a trackpad comparison to the MacBook? Every windows trackpad seems to suck and that’s a deal breaker.

[@simrankhatri5245]

I never use the trackpads I only use the mouse😒

[@louayafadar]

Thank you for this nice video. What about i5 on this type of laptop? Is it come with the same nice graphics with i7 core ? Is it fast like i7 if I do regular works like word, PowerPoint , watching movies, web things ? Thank you again ,

[@michaelravier2697]

I have had this product for three weeks and I have MAJOR issues with it (not to mention with Dell's terrible support). I am so frustrated that I am taking the time to post this on the main online reviews. Don't be surprised if you read this on several channels, this is not scam but my actual personal experience. If you find this useful or want to share your dissappointment as well or vote me up, feel free ! The main issue with this laptop is the auto adaptative brightness of the display that cannot be disabled (even though there is a toggle button in the Intel app, but it seems to do nothing). Basically the display will dim or brighten its backlighting depending on what you are displaying. That means if you are in photoshop, and you display a bright picture, the screen will crank backlighing up. Now if you display a dark picture, the backlighting will go way down and the whole display becomes unreadable. Same with movies : when there is bright scene, the backlight will slowly go up (this can take a few seconds). And a dark scene will become difficult to see. This is obviously intended to save battery but it makes for a terrible user experience. And there is no easy way, when editing pictures, to tell if the picture really is too dark or if it's just the brightness of the display that's playing tricks. Also in some situations, the display looks incredibly dim even at 100%. 500 nits... but not in every situation. I also have other concerns with this laptop : - the fingerprint scanners is not reliable, and it's faster and more reliable to just type the damn password. - the fans kick in too easily to my taste, even with "silent mode" enabled. - there is a lot of compatibility issues with third party hardware : hdmi TVs would not work. The mice cursor would dissapear after sleep if I plug an adapter. The screen also used to be messed up on previous driver. - coil wine noise is somehow recorded through the audio chip when I record a tutorial with screen sharing. I do this for professional needs, and the video recordings sound terrible because of this. - the list goes on... For all these reasons I pleaded with DELL for a return and refund, day after I first unpacked. DELL's support sent me back and forth between support and aftersales. I am transfered without warning, the line gets cut off. Honestly, I called over a dozen times. And they never get back to me to keep me posted. Because this is a business purchase, it does not look as though they are going to comply with my request, dispite the many issues and concerns I have. If anyone from DELL reads this and can pull some strings, it would be much appreciated.

[@xXCorruptedzXx]

Nobody seems to mention response times. I had the 4k panel and the ghosting was awful, especially the smearing on grey or darker backgrounds. I'm not really sure how people aren't mentioning this?

[@pyccku212]

Is it good for video editing?

[@adventuresofasimpleton]

Ordered the XPS 13 (7390) two weeks ago and found out yesterday the order was cancelled because of video card component shortage so naturally I was pretty annoyed. But then I realized the new 2-in-1 has so many little upgrades they’ve fit in there that I’m glad my original purchase didn’t go through. Gonna buy the i7 16gb 256ssd variant, and will probably pick up that little pen as well. It apparently attacks magnetically to the 2-in-1.

[@emmgeevideo]

I’ve had my 4K 16 GB i7 2 in 1 for two weeks. I really love it. But... Battery life is pretty dismal. I bought it sight unseen from Dell’s web site. I wish I had taken a look at the HD version. I get about 4 hours with battery saver on and about 6 hours in airplane mode..not a killer but enough to piss me off watching the meter drop perceptibly as I use it. You didn’t mention the trackpad. It is fantastic. I’ve had a couple of MacBook Airs and a couple of Pros. This trackpad is every bit as good as Apple IMHO. I like the keyboard, although the one on the Dell Latitude I just gave up was better. The roomy keyboard is a bit of a myth. The distance between key centers (letters and numbers) is exactly the same as my Logitech keyboard. The keys on the outside of the keyboard are wider. So if you need wider shift keys you’re in luck. Probably the arrow keys are wider. I don’t think the wider keyboard is really a meaningful feature. The laptop is faster than blazes and the screen is beautiful. I’m glad I got it.

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

Can you turn the resolution down in the settings?

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

I have no idea if that helps but it most likely only saves noticable battery percentages if it turns the non-used pixels off and I doubt that...

[@jGRite]

I'd rather have a type c Port than a micro SD card slot.

[@bradavon]

You already have two. I wouldn't. No need for a pen key when transferring camera photos.

[@crinosil]

Alex McCaffrey.... one of my cameras uses microSD... and Phone pictures aren’t worth editing on a laptop....

[@bradavon]

@@crinosil that's a good reason to have a MicroSD slot then. I always use them even in camera which take SD, with the SD adapter. Why? Most laptops are fine for photos. I've no need to two computers.

[@rhomis]

It's "OK", but I need a NumPad and a mouse for AutoCad, video editing, Adobe editing, etc. A full size laptop with a bigger screen and bigger battery power. The touchscreen is useless, because I have one and it it just gets in the way and if I bump it (with my knuckles), it ruins my work sometimes. It uses resources too, so I just disable it. I don't like fingering my laptop. I like to upgrade, or replace the battery or memory. No access to that. Thinner is not always better, I have cracked a screen already, by merely turning the laptop to let other people see the screen.

[@mrdictionary728]

Touchscreen isn’t useless for everyone! Its the main selling point of this laptop. If you don’t need it and still want an xps device get the regular xps 13

[@rikimaru749]

I was interested in it, but all is soldered so it a no go for me even can't upgrade SSD, that's a shame.

[@DarkPa1adin]

This is definitely a contender for my Wallet!

[@somerandomperson8282]

This laptop would not make a good wallet replacement.

[@migueljacobo8779]

Can I connect speakers to the laptop xps 13

[@DesBischoff]

I just ordered the Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 with Core i7 and found out the new HP Spectre 360 13 is coming soon. Is there a better one of the two?

[@archlocker]

+1 I ordered aswell. Price ended up to be pretty good, with all the promos.

[@NETBotic]

Does this have TPM?

[@darikoss]

So would you recommend this 2in1 as a portable coding station for someone who travels a lot?

[@petersonfamily6223]

To get a 1 TB SSD you have to opt for the UHD display and 32 GB RAM! I want the 1 TB as the SSD is soldered on but not sure the upgrade to UHD from FHD is worth it or needed. Any thoughts on the benefits of UHD screen when compared to the FHD screen? To do so puts you in the $2500 range Yikes. Thanks Updated: 12-12-2019. I ordered the spec system referenced above from the Dell Outlet at a substantial savings but was disappointed. The 4K screen kept flickering and during HD streaming color banding was crazy bad! I testing the same feed over WiFi on my phone, tablet, and Samsung MSI GS65 and the color banding was not present. The fingerprint reader is a waste and rarely works! I reset three times and took my time using it but 9 out of 10 times I had to use my PIN. The keyboard just streaming and doing productivity work got to HOT to type on comfortably? Even after changing the Thermal settings from Ultra Performance (How it Came) to Balanced it was still too HOT. Dell also sent me the White Keypad version by mistake. You cannot see the Key using the backlighting! They are easier to see with the lighting off. I wanted the Black Keypad for this reason. Had to completely remove the Killer Apps which is needed for all Dell / Alienware systems that have Killer internet cards. Once you remove all the Killer suite software and only install the drivers the network works much better. I have had to do this for every Dell / Alienware system for the past year and half?? Really. When you call tech support they know all about it and have you do the same thing. The SSD performance was subpar and you are stuck with it because it is soldered on. For this level of system Dell should use a better performing SSD. I was not able to tell the difference between the 1080P and 4K UHD screen. In fact the 4K screen was washed out and as I working mostly with 1080P media and items the system had to convert it to 1080P which I think is worse than staying with a native 1080P screen option. The keypad, Hum sometimes it felt good and then it as I picked up my typing pace I could not continue without to many mistakes. For me the key feedback and travel were not there. It is possible you could get used to it but the layout is good. The touchpad is great. It is possible the Outlet system I received continued to have issues Dell did not catch before releasing it for resale. Based I the system I had I would not recommend the 4K screen. It does have HDR but it did not translate to better picture quality on the system I had. I did have the 512GB - FHD screen model but wanted more SSD space and had both the FHD and UHD models to check out. Surprisingly the FHD (1080P) looked much better and did not have the color banding present on the 4K model. Still looking for a good 2-in-1. Just in case I had an bad Dell Outlet system I ordered a new 4K, 1TB, 32MB system. Well it had the same issues as listed above. I did determine that enabling HDR made a big difference in the stream video quality but not for the better. In fact it made the screen much darker and introduced the color banding making everything unwatchable! With it off the stream was better but not even close to how it looks on a phone or tablet! The battery life was 4 hours just sitting there with just popping back and forth between the web and doing updates! The hit to the battery life is not worth the 4K; which doesn't seem to be an upgrade from the 1080P.

[@JoeLinux2000]

Location of the page-up and page-down keys is absolutely horrible I keep accidently bumping them.

[@malekkos91]

Are the USB-C ports Thunderbolt 3?

[@hkdiva2015]

Yes these USB-C ports are TB3 compliant.

[@BoZhaoengineering]

it is the best competitor for Mac Pro. Better display than Mac Pro and XPS touch play is a great input assistance. The only concern I have if the new XPS has improved the play board that doesn't annoy he mouse cursor, flying away while you are typing.

[@poochbaloo5995]

So its only for browsing

[@muralidhara4516]

How is this for video editing? Not 4k..

[@martineric]

Did you have the awser?

[@muralidhara4516]

@@martineric nope

[@yichenxu3233]

Personally I would go for the Yoga C940 with better thermal management, longer keyboard travel and integrated stylus storage (Also a USB-A port which is more useful than a SD card slot for my use). however, I do like the smaller form factor and that 16:10 screen a little bit more found on the XPS 13 2-in-1. I guess you can't have them all.

[@RevelCris]

My work gives me $500 off the c940 does either have thunderbolt? And what screen dimension does Lenovo use? I can't decide between those 2 or the spectre x360

[@yichenxu3233]

​@@RevelCris Spectre x360 13 with 10th gen CPU hasn't been available for purchase yet. Both C940 and XPS has 2x thunderbolt 3 I believe. C940 has a 14 inch 16:9 screen with bigger bezel at the bottom compare to dell. You can't go wrong with any of them. However, If you can grab one with $500 off, I would say it's a no brainer.

[@uncwemp]

Any thoughts on Lenovo C940?

[@212admin9]

Why doesn't Dell offer LTE / WWAN on it's XPS products? I can understand the problem on this little 13 but I also can't get it on the huge 15.6" XPS. That's a deal breaker for me. My latitude has Verizon LTE added. Road warriors are people too.

[@BriefNerdOriginal]

The very shallow keyboard is the one reason why I'm not considering it as a buy. Waiting for an in-depth review of the HP Elite Dragonfly ;-)

[@waynethompson3886]

Anybody with even a modest level of pc knowledge will steer clear of any laptop that has a soldered on board SSD drive. Because Hard drives will eventually fail, and when they do you'll need to buy a new laptop instead of simply replacing the SSD drive. Its sneaky by the manufacturers, and it will cost DELL in sales.

[@j.daniellopeza.345]

Noob question, what is the expected life time of the ssd?

[@markdee3506]

If it is good quality, it will outlast the rest of the hardware. Who knows what they put in it though. Lenovo put in cheap ssds that fail then they send out a higher quality one when a warranty claim is done. Problem is if Dell are using a cheap ssd, Dell will have to do a board swap and if they do that it's likely to come with another cheap ssd.

[@lamandigital]

This laptop is great for travel photographer.

[@juliestone8280]

Thank you so much. This was very helpful!

[@davidescobarflores1776]

Hi, nice review, can you make a video reviewing the new 13 XPS with the intel 10710u 6 core processor and clarify how much fast it is, compared with a 4 core processor, in multitasking like lightroom photo edition with a lot of large raw files??

[@nedasameni]

Has anyone used this laptop for professional graphic design?

[@GeeDeeBird]

How about a smackdown with the new HP Spectre x360 13T? Sooner would be better than later!!! Cheers!

[@kawaiiclaude]

Does anyone know where I can pick up a white version of the laptop? I seen everyone have it but I’m not sure where I can buy it.

[@adventuresofasimpleton]

ollam that will be released at a later date I believe.

[@keiming2277]

Dell XPS 13 is already the best in Windows laptops

[@vedshah8784]

the new spectre looks just as good..... and it's cheaper

[@ibrahimchaudhry9024]

So which is better?

[@bruck177]

Ibrahim Chaudhry Spectre = better battery life, brighter screen at Max brightness, includes stylus & protective sleeve, unique design (some say stunning, others say ugly), Windows Hello cam & webcam privacy switch, and a USB A port. XPS 2-in-1 = slightly thinner bezels, more screen real estate due to 16:10 aspect ratio, more traditional appearance & color options, fingerprint reader instead of Windows Hello, less bloatware (though I imagine that’s debatable). Both are excellent choices, I’d prob base my decision on which one looks better to me & if there’s a significant price difference.

[@keiming2277]

@@bruck177 It's very hard to tell which is better since they are very close

[@tomgreen2058]

@@bruck177 you've actually saved me some buyers remorse! I didn't realise the hp was 16:9, I really prefer the 16:10 on the Dell so I'm really happy to hear that.

[@harshjha163]

can you guys review hp envy x360 (2019 amd ryzen 5)

[@marcfavell]

Add 2 more type C and it's perfect only thing stopping me ATM

[@amokabbaj]

Dells MagLev keyboard is nothing like (in both performance and reliability) Apples garbage keyboard butterfly mechanism

[@vongtito]

anyone here watching this video with your dell XPS :) ?

[@KD9ZHF]

yes, my my 2018 XPS 13

[@tayw9602]

Watching this with my Surface Pro 6 :)

[@shaivimist4555]

@@KD9ZHF how is your experience? Can we go for digital art on this?

[@KD9ZHF]

shaivi mist I have found it to slow down easily when the processor gets hot. So no

[@Happy-cm7uo]

I don't need 4k. I don't want 1080p I need 1440p!!!

[@Tigerex966]

Hackintosh it!

[@Tigerex966]

It totally lost its ports and upgradeable ram sad of the old dps. I hope the next 15 will keep those features. Having said the the 14 inch Asus dual surface laptop 3 Lenovo. Razor blade stealth gtx 1650 MacBook 13 LG gram and others are keeping the innovation and great design Suprisingvto see a q3 inch laptop being the first with more than 4k. Something apple refuse for battery life

[@LuisRiveraRomero]

The XPS 15" 2in1 is not RAM upgradable.

[@mikyncdm]

I have already replaced 3 xps 13 2 in 1 2019, and all I can say is "buying this model was a huge mistake !!!" One had the chasiss crooked, on all three models the wifi is just horrible and doesn't work, the print reader doesn't work, with 4k screen the battery life is ridiculous, less than 3 hours in real world, I chose the FHD for my last one replace but the FHD display is just acceptable (macbook display is definitely better) and mine screen is full of dead pixels, the ssd is very slow, and all my 3 xps had serious coilwhine. Even fans are really noisy! stay away, no quality controll at all at Dell factory in China...

[@talaljahlan90]

I agree I had the coilwhine + just paying youtube on google chrome uses up to 35% or the CPU and 4gb ram. It seems there is no audio card and the CPU is handling everything also not optimised.

[@crinosil]

Yea...you are completely wrong.

[@bradavon]

MacBook Airs don't have MicroSD slots. So no.

[@jeneralgod]

You put can micro sd into an Sd card reader

[@bradavon]

@@jeneralgod MacBook Airs don't have an SD slot either.

[@RolZuela]

Thanks!

[@Ultrajamz]

Soldering = no go.0

[@4NDR3190]

Very nice hardware. The only problem is the software. Windows is not so reliable.

[@Private-Citizen1]

Stfu

[@Ryezn5057]

Dell is known for terrible Quality Control

[@zhuli693]

this 7390 version is a piece of c%&p. just returned mine: 1) keyboard has no travel, much worse than the previous ver, 2) screen is crappy, flaky, black out in random.

[@timf6916]

Not my cup of tea

[@christopherbridges6963]

its suck's

[@torguy5763]

Its a step backwards simply because you cannot upgrade the SSD, which is really stupid. Please stop going so thin and sacrificing essentials, it's just plain stupid, i think most people will be fine with a slightly "thicker" laptop.

[@WatDoino]

Tor Guy I don’t think the thinness has anything to do with their decision to soldered the ssd. Probably some suit’s idea to follow in Apple’s footstep. The Inspiron and latitude line can have their ssd swapped. For myself, I really wanted 32gb ram in a compact chassis.

[@lunariz97]

Simple, don't buy thin laptop. Not all laptop are thin. Still plenty of laptops are thick and have user-replaceable components. If you don't like the direction of XPS lineup, then you're not part of the market for that product. Just because you are now not included in the targeted market, doesn't mean they should not go down that direction. Stop being toxic. Most people uses web-based streaming and services on laptops anyway. People just don't fill up the storage on laptops as they would in the past. Why bother upgrading SSD if you're not filling up the existing storage in the first place. Again, if you want user-upgradeable products, search somewhere else. The market has plenty of choices anyways.

[@LuisRiveraRomero]

@@WatDoino Nope, soldered RAM and SDD can be arranged to save more space, this is why they do it. Obviously, I prefer non-soldered and upgradable RAM and SSD.

[@WatDoino]

Luis Rivera I’m not sold on that idea entirely. Look at the HP Spectre 13 motherboard. That thing is thin and they still managed to squeeze a removable nvme and it has outstanding battery life. So it’s a corporate decision to lock buyers to commit into their price tiers. You can’t buy a cheap option and upgrade your storage yourself. It raises their profit margins plain and simple.

[@VuNguyen-mc5ze]

handsome😁

[@herohour6496]

That's ugly. Everyone would rather get an Apple. Don't get anything that calls itself a XP

[@BoZhaoengineering]

it is the best competitor for Mac Pro. Better display than Mac Pro and XPS touch play is a great input assistance. The only concern I have if the new XPS has improved the play board that doesn't annoy he mouse cursor, flying away while you are typing.