Yes actually I got mine in exactly six weeks which considering the pandemic and supply shortage it’s not too bad. We appreciate your hard work and congrats to you and your team on a stunning design and great product!
Just finished watching the review. It's pretty good. Thanks for doing it. A big selling point of the system is the Intel P series processors, which are rated are 28W compared to the U series, rated at 15W, used in other thin and light laptops. To cool that beefy processor and keep the laptop thin, the F row and headphone jack had to be compromised. Linus mentioned that on his video about the XPS 13 plus.
@@armughanaslam9132 told that to the head of XPS earlier this week haha. I do think it's an amazing chip and I have Ryzen on my personal custom gaming PC.
The webcam on this laptop, although 720p is not bad and it is true that Dell has improved it from last year's model. The internal mic quality is also not bad and will get the job done. The lack of sufficient ports on it is definitely a letdown, however. All and all, not a bad laptop for a student or someone working from home! Awesome review Andrew!! 👍😁
***Suggestion for your full review: I heard that you can not turn off the backlight of the function capacitive row. IT's always on. See if you can find a way to do it in settings or bios, because that would be distracting in a dark room when your watching netflix or youtube videos. Or even just regular use.
Hey Andrew, as always, great video man. Always love the content. I received mine on the 17th but my screen fell out! No, that’s NOT a typo; I was doing a video to post the unboxing and as I lifted the lid, the screen was barely tapped with double-sided tape and barely holding on for dear life. I’m sure once the china Covid restrictions finally lifted, they had to rush a bunch of these out (mine took 2 months). I’d love to send you pics to see it
Between the trackpad issues Dell had had lately and...this, one has to wonder what the f**k is going on with their quality control dept lol. Also removing the headphone jack on a laptop is a cardinal sin.
@@Jackofafewtrades I agree man. I was very excited for this model and waited FOREVER! Only for the quality to be very poor as far as building these. There’s a girl on RUclips that posted her video a few hours ago and her touch screen doesn’t work 🤦🏾♂️ She has to have a replacement sent
Reading comments and people are trashing this laptop for some reason. I have had it for 2 weeks and is wonderful to work on. Track pad feels top quality, glass everywhere makes it feel more premium than what already is. The processor and RAM can handle any task, even some premiere pro. Battery is as advertised. I also get a lot of good compliments from people around. Don't trust what other people say just because dell eliminated the headphone jack which, imo, is gonna happen everywhere eventually
Yeah people are just livid right now and never having used the device. I pointed out all the pros and cons of this device. I suspect many are either Apple fanboys or AMD only people. The bottom line this is a really nice looking device with really good performance and an amazing display.
Don't worry ur review was very accurate to the laptop. It is a very nice device to play with. People be dumb nowadays and love to complain about anything lmao
Did you go with the OLED screen as well? I went with the OLED on my order for the ThinkPad Z13. You and Andrew are making me consider canceling it and reordering it with the regular IPS screen...I do need a little bit more than 7h battery I only do Ms office, emails and RUclips/Netflix
@@novanatakit323 no idea on that one. OLEDS screens spend a lot more battery than IPS panels. Yet is beautiful to watch so I still don't care about the battery anyways. I made it to 3 marvel movies on my laptop before my battery almost died at 5% so that's 6h and something and the quality is worth it
Nice review , We will be looking forward to watch your extensive review Andrew. Wondering why Dell puts a 720p camera on its premium laptops like this model, while it has 1080P on Dell Altitude!! not to mention XPS line are sold with standard 512GB SSD while the Altitude come with 1TB SDD mostly !!!
A word of caution....I sent my first one back to DELL because it had a lot of bugs in the operating system. Right before the replacement came for the heck of it I totally reset and then reinstalled Windows 11 and that fixed it but with the replacement almost at my door I just went ahead and sent the first one back, just in case. If you buy one of these and you are having wonky operational issues first reset it fully and reinstall a fresh Windows 11. By the way, the replacement XPS 13 Plus took a few hours to get up to speed with all of the updates that were literally stacked up but finally I got it up to date and it's working quite well. I got the i7 1260P 16GB RAM 512 GB SSD OLED 3.5K version in platinum.
Hello Andrew, is there any performance difference between "Intel irisXE with 12th gen" and "Intel iris xe with 11th gen" Cannot understand the difference between Xe 12th gen and Intel Arc 370m... Hoping they're the same...
I really like this XPS Plus design. Dell should add a higher refresh rate screen and a 1080p webcam if they make a 15" XPS plus. I know the battery may have been a concern, but a 90hz screen would have been a sweet spot for this XPS. Anyways, I'll stick to my 9300 for now.
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. The 720p camera might 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. I noticed that in general on all the XPS computers you reviewed for 2022 the microphones have generally improved, including this XPS 13 inch class here. 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. As always another great "First Looks" review. Like your reviews as they are honest. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Andrew, great initial review... Looks stunning. I'm waiting for mine to arrive. By the way, a quick information based on my experience of having 3 XPS 9310 (FHD, UHD and OLED): for me the difference in battery life was significant between FHD and the other two models. But I couldn't notice any difference in battery life between OLED 3.5K and UHD 4K. Maybe the slight lower resolution of OLED compensates for the OLED's power higher hunger.
Thanks for the lovely initial review Andrew! Do you think that setting the 3.5K OLED screen to present only 1080p resolution when working on the road will get more battery? (or anyway it'll consume more or less the same amount of battery?)
@@ItayFlikier Unfortunately, it does NOT make any difference if you change the screen resolution in Windows (I wish it did). Because actually the screen itself will still have the same amount of physical pixels (around 7M pixels for the 3.5K screen). I wish Dell kept the QHD screen resolution they had in previous XPS (similar to MacBook's resolution), because it consumes a bit less battery, and still look great (in a 13" laptop, it's very difficult to tell whether it's QHD or UHD resolution... small screen to notice the difference). I have a FHD XPS, a 3.5K OLED and a 4K, the FHD lasts about 2h longer than the latter ones. I'm curious to see how XPS 13 9315 will perform (battery life), as it has the 12th Intel Gen from the "U" family (15W power, as opposed to the 12th Gen "P" family that come with XPS Plus 9320).
@@lolato2 thanks for your reply! If we're already taking OLED battery (this is the screen version I've already ordered weeks ago 🤭) - Will using dark mode in OLED could save battery significantly?
@@ItayFlikier That's a very nice question/point. Actually that was my hope when I first ordered my first XPS 13 9310 OLED (that using dark mode in Windows and Apps would have a great impact, as black is real black in OLED, which means those pixels are supposedly off and not draining battery). My experience though, unfortunately, was not so positive, I couldn't notice a significant change when using dark mode (still the battery lasted the same average of 3h30 to 5h00 in 50% brightness, varying only depending on how heavy I as using the laptop, and not much related to dark mode itself). But if the apps you use in dark mode has a greater screen area of dark/black (like Microsoft Word), I assume that it might have a greater/positive impact in battery life.
Hey ! Thank you for this incredible review ! I should get mine on the 1st July. But.. People are trashing over this laptop so much that I start to hesitate and look for an alternative in the Windows world. I bought this for productivity such as Premiere Pro and Word mainly. Should I keep it in your opinion? Thank you for your reply
For premiere pro I would get a laptop with a discrete gpu. For 1080p video editing you are fine. That being said people are bashing this laptop without having used it or tested it . So ignore them. It comes down to personal preference. I really like to do far and I am happy with my purchase
I am a incoming computer engineering student and looking to buy a brand new laptop. I am considering between GalaxyBook 2 Pro and Xps 13 Plus. What is your opinion about it? What better options will there be?
I have reviewed the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, but not the conventional laptop version. Hopefully I will soon. But this XPS 13 is looking good so far in terms of the display. However, for engineering I would consider a laptop with a discrete gpu for better graphics horsepower.
I would love to get this laptop with OLED, but i am petrified of burn in. I would use this laptop Heavily with watching Media i mean 8+ Hours a day. What are your guys thoughts ?
I have dealt with many OLED laptops over the last couple of years and I have not experienced any burn in. Also, a screen saver comes on after a few minutes which reduces the chances of burn in.
I have one with the specs maxed out, 1280p + 32 GB RAM. I love it, its exactly what I wanted but....it gets far too hot, its not gonna last. If you hook it up to a second monitor and watch video streams it gets VERY hot. Constantly spikes to over 100C, hovers in the 80-85 C range. For context I keep my house at 70 F at all times, its on a wooden desk with no obstructions to the intakes or exhausts. They are sending me a replacement but I believe this to be a design flaw, there's not enough heat dissipation and the monitor has a flap that covers the rear exhaust. The bottom of the metal chassis gets hot enough to burn skin.
Well it’s the limitations of the intel chips. It just gets hot. I have a 9370 from 2018 and not connecting it to external displays it has been running cool for pretty much till the end of the warranty. Then it came with windows update that made the fans run harder, and I’m not doing all that much on it when working, not even extensive excel data sheets. Bluetooth stops working with each iteration of windows update. And I demand that at least the Bluetooth works, I fly a lot and like to work during flights. I need to watch seminar videos too, so pairing with a headphone was essential. I like the design, apart from battery issues and fan issues I’ve had, these days the laptop gets too hot. I reckon this is an intel issue, and windows comes with its own set of issues. If only an XPS was able to run without both intel and windows it would make things much better.
@@ahboaz that’s absurd, wouldn’t you say?! You can make a case for getting usb dongles since were in a transition phase. But a fan pad to cool your laptop?! It’s the most fundamental thing of a laptop, cooling affects battery, affect performance. And affects mobility. If you going to burn yourself because you can’t use your laptop on you lap. That’s a big problem!
After having multiple silver/white keys with backlights I went for the grey option - otherwise, I struggle too much to see the keys in low light... Still waiting for it to arrive though, so no idea what it's going to be like!
I am going to receive mine July the 7th as I wish to have a lighter portable to use in parallel with my 16 ProMax MacBook Pro. I got your same specifications but graphite. I like your presentation and I let u know as I receive mine. Thanks for your job!
Heads up I bought one of these a month ago and it arrived yesterday with a giant screen tear and pixel bleeds across it. The box was in perfect condition. Guessing it slipped through quality control. Edit: I have a another one coming in but waiting another 2-3 weeks is a bummer.
Awesome review. I had almost discarded this laptop as a potential replacement for my old Lenovo until your video. A couple of questions what does the glass base feel like, is it similar to the OG white XPS13? Also I have always liked matte screens as I hate glare but wondered what your thoughts were on the OLED anti glare screen from that perspective, it did look gorgeous in your video? Finally I have to ask again was the recently announce 9315 or the 2 in 1 the mysterious laptop you were allowed to show in that past video I think from CES?
Thanks! The glass base is comfortable at least for me as I have not found it uncomfortable when I rest my wrists on it. The display is glossy but has a anti-reflect layer on it to reduce glare and reflections and does a decent job at that. The OLED display is stunning, It is bright sharp and crisp. Great coverage of the color gamut and extremely color accurate.
It's 2022 and companies are still make white/light color keycaps lol. Smh the visibility is terrible on the past Dell XPS 13/15 frost white model and it's still the same issue here. You can barely see the letters on the keycaps once the led light up. Definitely grabbing the graphite model with the darker keycaps. Great review video and content! 🍻
The lack of ports especially especially headphone jack and no physical function and escape key is a real bummer especially for programmers. Windows Bluetooth protocol is no where close to Apple. I hope dell addresses this problem in future iterations even if it requires a slightly thicker chassis.
Incredible design! If people aren't happy with it, get the other XPS 13s I see so many complaining lol. I personally went with the ThinkPad Z13, I hope you get that in for review Andrew! Haven't seen anyone talk about it much.
@@andrewmarcdavid awesome I look forward to it! I'm hoping the AMD chip's higher efficiency squeezes out a bit more battery life than the XPS 13+ (I also went with an OLED screen on my Z13 order)
Hey Andrew great review. However I think your benchmark scores may be a little off. Mash IT shows the i5 version at the exact same performance level your benchmarks show, which would be surprising. Just wanted to see if you believe your numbers to be accurate.
Many feel that way. For me this is not a big deal as I have moved to Bluetooth headphones a couple of years ago. But I understand the loss of the headphone jack for some is a deal breaker.
There is no question this is a radical design compared to most laptops. That being said, the lack of audio jack is not an issue for me as I moved to Bluetooth years ago. But it would have been nice if Dell retained the microSD card reader and added a USB-A port.
@@andrewmarcdavid You know in thinking about it a bit more, it seems like Dell XPS, Microsoft Surface, and Apple/Macs, have tended to be the worst offenders when it comes to scarcity of ports in their devices. What do they all have in common? They're all considered to be "premium" products that are on the more expensive side.
I went with Thinkpad X1 Nano because of audio jack. Really like this design just too bad it got rid of the audio jacket…too many dongles to carry around these days
Give me one reason why I shouldn't choose the new M2 line of MacBooks over these. I have always been a fan of XPS 13 but I am losing interest. They are lagging behind when compared to the new MacBooks.
I hope to review the M2 Air as soon as it is available and I can do a head to head. Design wise the Dell XPS 13 Plus, in my opinion is much nicer. I prefer the OLED displays as well. I also like the fact I can expand the storage later on if I want to. And I am a big fan of touch displays as well. The downside of course is the lack of ports. But having two TB4 ports is versatile enough for docks etc..I anticipate the M2 Air to have better battery life and run cooler. Just a note, if you are a gamer, then stay away from the M2 Air. But of course everyone has their own preferences.
looks great but seems uncomfortable to use imho. touch bar is as much as a gimmick if not more so than the macbook version. glass trackpad area seems like a nightmare to use. no thank you! very expensive for a 13in regular use laptop as well.
@@handquake It's a reference to the depth of each option. Keys that travel require room to travel and mechanisms beneath them to boot. Capacitive keys do not. Whether or not it actually matters as much as Dell engineering has said is anyone's guess, but it isn't a completely invalid claim.
Really big red flag probably the only one I forgot to say. Because of windows my functions Keys have been glitching and not working at all, after restart it works. I'm more than sure is a windows issue
I just want to warn those that, just like me, as soon as received the XPS 13 Plus wanted to do a clean install of Win 11 (in order to get rid of Dell's useless native software and many windows partitions): I just did it, and to my surprise, win 11 installation still doesn't recognize Killer 1675 (AX211) network card drivers.. To make it worse, win 11 doesn't allow you to move on with installation if you don't connect to a wifi network... I got stuck there until looking for workarounds.. First I tried to copy Intel's drivers in the USB flash drive and then use Shift + F10 to go to Command Prompt during installation. Didn't work.. Until I found another workaround which was to bypass this network connection... It took me a while to figure it out.
What I REALLY like about this laptop is the special keyboard and non-visible touchpad design along with the overall simple and elegant design of XPS series. What I don't like though...first and foremost is what in my opinion is the absurd pricing. With 2k $ you can get a full spec Alienware X 14 with intel 12700H, Nvidia RTX 3060, 144 Hz screen (though not OLED), etc. And especially comparing with laptops of similar purpose like Asus's new Zenbook S 13 OLED, it misses many of their features though it does have some features of its own and much better design in my opinion. Another thing is that there is no AMD 6800u option. In my personal opinion, having an AMD option is a must for efficiency-oriented laptops without a dedicated gpu. Even at the cost of a slightly lower cpu performance, the much higher igpu performance and better power efficiency makes it a great option for this laptop and with a seemingly better cooling system than Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED, it will be a much more solid competitor and an obvious winner in my book if priced somewhat (like 200-300$) lower.
I got mine for around $1580 with 32GB of ram and the i7 1280p processor, he didn't use any discount codes I'm guessing (and even without discounts mine was cheaper than 2k). I didn't get the OLED screen though (fhd+ really is enough also I would assume has much better battery life).
@@ookami-chan3328 I just used the 10% discount code for when you sign up for dell emails. It was originally like $1700... maybe it was a special event or something. I bought it the first time at 16 GB 1280p late May for around $1500. Then around a week and a half ago after the new xps 13 and 2 and 1 were announced I went to go check them out. I saw that the 13 plus was like 200 cheaper so I canxelled my first order, scaled up to 32GB and still saved money on the purchase! Mine should've been here 5 days ago but now I have to wait till July 1 cause I canceled, but I think it was worth it.
@@lou7319 Probably. Dell does put stuff on the sale all the time. So I guess to conclude my assessment, it is a great laptop to get on sale, especially if it had an AMD 6800u option.
@@andrewmarcdavid Sorry dude, but I 100% disagree with you. This machine is a piece of trash that screams usability nightmare; for the price, it should be near perfect! And I don’t know why people are so excited over a 13.4 inch laptop with a 28W CPU when AMD has done it better!
Sorry dude, but it seems like you’re drinking Dell’s kool-aid… Worst Touch Bar implementation I’ve ever seen, piss poor port selection, and a trackpad that looks and feels horrible, all for a high price? Give me a freaking break! Dell dropped the ball on this one, and they made their best 13 inch laptop one of the worst on the market!
@@andrewmarcdavid Still, the claims of 13 inch laptop with a 28 watt CPU is bogus when Asus did one better with a 35 watt AMD CPU with the ROG Flow x13, didn’t sacrifice on the basics, AND put a dGPU in it. Dell is going the wrong direction. Reviewers not calling this lie out is disrespectful to the consumer watching this video. I really liked your channel, heck, I’ve even donated to you in the past, and you’re not the only one who is guilty of misleading consumers with this laptop, but it is what it is. It’s not because they couldn’t stick a 28 watt CPU into their original chassis (even if they had to make it a bit thicker, like 1 or 2 mms), it’s because they want to bully consumers into this crap of disposable laptops, similar to Apple…
@@allstarpeppa It may not *feel* horrible, but using it may as well be horrible. Ask most people not well-versed in technology and they'll probably get upset trying to use this laptop. At least with the XPS 13 9310, the SSD could be replaced if something were to go wrong (and SSDs have only a finite lifespan unlike HDDs) (something you can't do on the XPS 13 9315), and most people don't *need* a 28 watt CPU for those doing basic tasks; a 15 watt CPU is more than plenty. What these users care about is battery life and usability, two things I fear will be bad with Intel 12th gen and especially with this laptop...
From the XPS team here. Lockdowns in China, especially with panels, really hurt ETAs in May and June.
Yes actually I got mine in exactly six weeks which considering the pandemic and supply shortage it’s not too bad. We appreciate your hard work and congrats to you and your team on a stunning design and great product!
Just finished watching the review. It's pretty good. Thanks for doing it. A big selling point of the system is the Intel P series processors, which are rated are 28W compared to the U series, rated at 15W, used in other thin and light laptops. To cool that beefy processor and keep the laptop thin, the F row and headphone jack had to be compromised. Linus mentioned that on his video about the XPS 13 plus.
It's a bit disappointing how American brands keep sourcing extensively from China
@@xxxgabaxxx Wish u guys went for ryzen as rdna2 680m gpu would have been amazing on this laptop .. not to mention better efficiency and battery life.
@@armughanaslam9132 told that to the head of XPS earlier this week haha. I do think it's an amazing chip and I have Ryzen on my personal custom gaming PC.
**UPDATE** One thing I wanted to add is that the power button doubles as a fingerprint scanner. Setup was easy and works well.
This was a great review! 😛
The webcam on this laptop, although 720p is not bad and it is true that Dell has improved it from last year's model. The internal mic quality is also not bad and will get the job done. The lack of sufficient ports on it is definitely a letdown, however. All and all, not a bad laptop for a student or someone working from home! Awesome review Andrew!! 👍😁
Missed the live so looking forward to this!
I have another week before I get delivery, def excited and been waiting for this all year. Loved my xps13 from years ago.
Quick turnaround on that unboxing! Like most new designs I didn't like it when I first saw it, but I am but warming up to it.
On second thought, the white on white backlight is kind of bad, considering the function row is just a touch bar.
Thanks for the initial review!
I have a white one from prior year... I just have light off during day is fine, but mine doesn't have those new fn keys so idk if you can do that
***Suggestion for your full review: I heard that you can not turn off the backlight of the function capacitive row. IT's always on. See if you can find a way to do it in settings or bios, because that would be distracting in a dark room when your watching netflix or youtube videos. Or even just regular use.
Hey Andrew, as always, great video man. Always love the content. I received mine on the 17th but my screen fell out! No, that’s NOT a typo; I was doing a video to post the unboxing and as I lifted the lid, the screen was barely tapped with double-sided tape and barely holding on for dear life. I’m sure once the china Covid restrictions finally lifted, they had to rush a bunch of these out (mine took 2 months). I’d love to send you pics to see it
Between the trackpad issues Dell had had lately and...this, one has to wonder what the f**k is going on with their quality control dept lol.
Also removing the headphone jack on a laptop is a cardinal sin.
@@Jackofafewtrades I agree man. I was very excited for this model and waited FOREVER! Only for the quality to be very poor as far as building these. There’s a girl on RUclips that posted her video a few hours ago and her touch screen doesn’t work 🤦🏾♂️ She has to have a replacement sent
@@decisiveman78 I'm shocked. I just went and found her video haha.
@@Jackofafewtrades told ya! Yea this specific model is gonna be a shxt show
Reading comments and people are trashing this laptop for some reason. I have had it for 2 weeks and is wonderful to work on. Track pad feels top quality, glass everywhere makes it feel more premium than what already is. The processor and RAM can handle any task, even some premiere pro. Battery is as advertised. I also get a lot of good compliments from people around. Don't trust what other people say just because dell eliminated the headphone jack which, imo, is gonna happen everywhere eventually
Yeah people are just livid right now and never having used the device. I pointed out all the pros and cons of this device. I suspect many are either Apple fanboys or AMD only people. The bottom line this is a really nice looking device with really good performance and an amazing display.
Don't worry ur review was very accurate to the laptop. It is a very nice device to play with. People be dumb nowadays and love to complain about anything lmao
@@allstarpeppa really appreciate it
Did you go with the OLED screen as well? I went with the OLED on my order for the ThinkPad Z13. You and Andrew are making me consider canceling it and reordering it with the regular IPS screen...I do need a little bit more than 7h battery I only do Ms office, emails and RUclips/Netflix
@@novanatakit323 no idea on that one. OLEDS screens spend a lot more battery than IPS panels. Yet is beautiful to watch so I still don't care about the battery anyways. I made it to 3 marvel movies on my laptop before my battery almost died at 5% so that's 6h and something and the quality is worth it
Hi Andrew, thank you for this video? Just wondering, is this laptop be considered as high performance/good for programming?
Other programmers have said it is good
Was waiting for your review on this laptop.Great as always.
Thanks!
Excellent video, I have recently bought this but I don't get any vibration feedback on trackpad,is it too subtle to notice??
Nice review , We will be looking forward to watch your extensive review Andrew.
Wondering why Dell puts a 720p camera on its premium laptops like this model, while it has 1080P on Dell Altitude!! not to mention XPS line are sold with standard 512GB SSD while the Altitude come with 1TB SDD mostly !!!
Danke!
Thanks really appreciate it!!!
A word of caution....I sent my first one back to DELL because it had a lot of bugs in the operating system. Right before the replacement came for the heck of it I totally reset and then reinstalled Windows 11 and that fixed it but with the replacement almost at my door I just went ahead and sent the first one back, just in case. If you buy one of these and you are having wonky operational issues first reset it fully and reinstall a fresh Windows 11. By the way, the replacement XPS 13 Plus took a few hours to get up to speed with all of the updates that were literally stacked up but finally I got it up to date and it's working quite well. I got the i7 1260P 16GB RAM 512 GB SSD OLED 3.5K version in platinum.
Hello Andrew, is there any performance difference between "Intel irisXE with 12th gen" and "Intel iris xe with 11th gen"
Cannot understand the difference between Xe 12th gen and Intel Arc 370m... Hoping they're the same...
nice, wonder if this one will need thermal paste changed and thermal pads put along the heatpipe to not run at 100c constantly like the 2021 version
Apple M1s: we are the best looking laptops...
XPS 2022: hold my Dell... 😅
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?
Always go for more RAM and storage whenever you can
@@andrewmarcdavid 512GB is sufficient enough, but is the NvME worth paying extra $100?
What is up with the gap between the bottom lid and the chassis @6:36?
I didn’t properly connect the bottom lid after I opened it up
I really like this XPS Plus design. Dell should add a higher refresh rate screen and a 1080p webcam if they make a 15" XPS plus. I know the battery may have been a concern, but a 90hz screen would have been a sweet spot for this XPS. Anyways, I'll stick to my 9300 for now.
I'll be first in line to buy that
The keyboard looks super cool
Thanks for the review. I read some users complaining about excessive heat, have you noticed anything?
Very true. I had it for 2 weeks already. Heat is kinda bad when doing heavy tasks on the laptop
I think this is going to be the new design language for next year XPS 15 and 17
Hello Andrew, hello everyone, do you or somebody here has the new default wallpapers from the xps 13 plus or where to find them? Thank you.
Can't decide between this and the 15" 9520 🤔
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. The 720p camera might 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. I noticed that in general on all the XPS computers you reviewed for 2022 the microphones have generally improved, including this XPS 13 inch class here. 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. As always another great "First Looks" review. Like your reviews as they are honest. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Andrew, great initial review... Looks stunning. I'm waiting for mine to arrive. By the way, a quick information based on my experience of having 3 XPS 9310 (FHD, UHD and OLED): for me the difference in battery life was significant between FHD and the other two models. But I couldn't notice any difference in battery life between OLED 3.5K and UHD 4K. Maybe the slight lower resolution of OLED compensates for the OLED's power higher hunger.
Thanks! I anticipate the FHD+ to get at least 2 to 3 hours more than the 3.5K OLED.
Thanks for the lovely initial review Andrew! Do you think that setting the 3.5K OLED screen to present only 1080p resolution when working on the road will get more battery? (or anyway it'll consume more or less the same amount of battery?)
@@ItayFlikier Unfortunately, it does NOT make any difference if you change the screen resolution in Windows (I wish it did). Because actually the screen itself will still have the same amount of physical pixels (around 7M pixels for the 3.5K screen). I wish Dell kept the QHD screen resolution they had in previous XPS (similar to MacBook's resolution), because it consumes a bit less battery, and still look great (in a 13" laptop, it's very difficult to tell whether it's QHD or UHD resolution... small screen to notice the difference). I have a FHD XPS, a 3.5K OLED and a 4K, the FHD lasts about 2h longer than the latter ones. I'm curious to see how XPS 13 9315 will perform (battery life), as it has the 12th Intel Gen from the "U" family (15W power, as opposed to the 12th Gen "P" family that come with XPS Plus 9320).
@@lolato2 thanks for your reply! If we're already taking OLED battery (this is the screen version I've already ordered weeks ago 🤭) - Will using dark mode in OLED could save battery significantly?
@@ItayFlikier That's a very nice question/point. Actually that was my hope when I first ordered my first XPS 13 9310 OLED (that using dark mode in Windows and Apps would have a great impact, as black is real black in OLED, which means those pixels are supposedly off and not draining battery). My experience though, unfortunately, was not so positive, I couldn't notice a significant change when using dark mode (still the battery lasted the same average of 3h30 to 5h00 in 50% brightness, varying only depending on how heavy I as using the laptop, and not much related to dark mode itself). But if the apps you use in dark mode has a greater screen area of dark/black (like Microsoft Word), I assume that it might have a greater/positive impact in battery life.
The touch bar lights are always on?
I’m looking for a laptop as I am going to school for finance next year and am considering this one. Is that a good idea or are there better fits?
Great review I am looking to buy this I already have the 9310 oled which is great not sure I will buy the 9320 !
Hey ! Thank you for this incredible review ! I should get mine on the 1st July. But.. People are trashing over this laptop so much that I start to hesitate and look for an alternative in the Windows world. I bought this for productivity such as Premiere Pro and Word mainly. Should I keep it in your opinion?
Thank you for your reply
For premiere pro I would get a laptop with a discrete gpu. For 1080p video editing you are fine. That being said people are bashing this laptop without having used it or tested it . So ignore them. It comes down to personal preference. I really like to do far and I am happy with my purchase
@@andrewmarcdavid thank you for your reply ! It helps a lot !!
Have a great day
Great Review !!
It's gorgeous . I love it so much
I am a incoming computer engineering student and looking to buy a brand new laptop. I am considering between GalaxyBook 2 Pro and Xps 13 Plus. What is your opinion about it? What better options will there be?
I have reviewed the Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, but not the conventional laptop version. Hopefully I will soon. But this XPS 13 is looking good so far in terms of the display. However, for engineering I would consider a laptop with a discrete gpu for better graphics horsepower.
I would love to get this laptop with OLED, but i am petrified of burn in. I would use this laptop Heavily with watching Media i mean 8+ Hours a day. What are your guys thoughts ?
I have dealt with many OLED laptops over the last couple of years and I have not experienced any burn in. Also, a screen saver comes on after a few minutes which reduces the chances of burn in.
I have one with the specs maxed out, 1280p + 32 GB RAM. I love it, its exactly what I wanted but....it gets far too hot, its not gonna last. If you hook it up to a second monitor and watch video streams it gets VERY hot. Constantly spikes to over 100C, hovers in the 80-85 C range. For context I keep my house at 70 F at all times, its on a wooden desk with no obstructions to the intakes or exhausts. They are sending me a replacement but I believe this to be a design flaw, there's not enough heat dissipation and the monitor has a flap that covers the rear exhaust. The bottom of the metal chassis gets hot enough to burn skin.
Well it’s the limitations of the intel chips. It just gets hot. I have a 9370 from 2018 and not connecting it to external displays it has been running cool for pretty much till the end of the warranty. Then it came with windows update that made the fans run harder, and I’m not doing all that much on it when working, not even extensive excel data sheets. Bluetooth stops working with each iteration of windows update. And I demand that at least the Bluetooth works, I fly a lot and like to work during flights. I need to watch seminar videos too, so pairing with a headphone was essential.
I like the design, apart from battery issues and fan issues I’ve had, these days the laptop gets too hot.
I reckon this is an intel issue, and windows comes with its own set of issues.
If only an XPS was able to run without both intel and windows it would make things much better.
I use a cooling fan pad. Improved performance.
@@ahboaz that’s absurd, wouldn’t you say?! You can make a case for getting usb dongles since were in a transition phase. But a fan pad to cool your laptop?! It’s the most fundamental thing of a laptop, cooling affects battery, affect performance. And affects mobility. If you going to burn yourself because you can’t use your laptop on you lap. That’s a big problem!
After having multiple silver/white keys with backlights I went for the grey option - otherwise, I struggle too much to see the keys in low light... Still waiting for it to arrive though, so no idea what it's going to be like!
"Coming Up" 👊
I am going to receive mine July the 7th as I wish to have a lighter portable to use in parallel with my 16 ProMax MacBook Pro. I got your same specifications but graphite. I like your presentation and I let u know as I receive mine. Thanks for your job!
Is the screen full glass of it has like glass with plastic corners like we see in other laptops ?
corners are all glass no plastic on this model
Is this better than x1 carbon 10th gen?
Thank you for the review, Andrew! BTW, Will you be reviewing the new X1 Extreme Gen 5? If yes, then when do you expect Lenovo to start shipping it?
Yes, planning on it as soon as Lenovo sends me a review unit to test out.
This review is just beautiful 🥰
But Andrew you can gimme the one you unboxed already I need it so badly 😭😅😂😂
Heads up I bought one of these a month ago and it arrived yesterday with a giant screen tear and pixel bleeds across it. The box was in perfect condition. Guessing it slipped through quality control.
Edit: I have a another one coming in but waiting another 2-3 weeks is a bummer.
Awesome review. I had almost discarded this laptop as a potential replacement for my old Lenovo until your video. A couple of questions what does the glass base feel like, is it similar to the OG white XPS13? Also I have always liked matte screens as I hate glare but wondered what your thoughts were on the OLED anti glare screen from that perspective, it did look gorgeous in your video?
Finally I have to ask again was the recently announce 9315 or the 2 in 1 the mysterious laptop you were allowed to show in that past video I think from CES?
Thanks! The glass base is comfortable at least for me as I have not found it uncomfortable when I rest my wrists on it. The display is glossy but has a anti-reflect layer on it to reduce glare and reflections and does a decent job at that. The OLED display is stunning, It is bright sharp and crisp. Great coverage of the color gamut and extremely color accurate.
when lenovo yoga 7i 16 inch review ?
Hopefully soon
It's 2022 and companies are still make white/light color keycaps lol. Smh the visibility is terrible on the past Dell XPS 13/15 frost white model and it's still the same issue here. You can barely see the letters on the keycaps once the led light up. Definitely grabbing the graphite model with the darker keycaps. Great review video and content! 🍻
Please review and give your opinion on thinkpad z series laptops. They are available now in US market.
Coming very soon
How long did you wait for yours? I'm working on 2½monts now and 2nd delayed production.
Took a total of six weeks
The lack of ports especially especially headphone jack and no physical function and escape key is a real bummer especially for programmers. Windows Bluetooth protocol is no where close to Apple. I hope dell addresses this problem in future iterations even if it requires a slightly thicker chassis.
Comes with a headphone adapter that has a dac
Will you be reviewing the new XPS 13 non plus version?
Yes
Incredible design! If people aren't happy with it, get the other XPS 13s I see so many complaining lol. I personally went with the ThinkPad Z13, I hope you get that in for review Andrew! Haven't seen anyone talk about it much.
Hopefully soon
@@andrewmarcdavid awesome I look forward to it! I'm hoping the AMD chip's higher efficiency squeezes out a bit more battery life than the XPS 13+ (I also went with an OLED screen on my Z13 order)
Well done 👍
How would you compare this keyboard to that of the regular XPS 13?
I will be doing a head to head
Hey Andrew great review. However I think your benchmark scores may be a little off. Mash IT shows the i5 version at the exact same performance level your benchmarks show, which would be surprising. Just wanted to see if you believe your numbers to be accurate.
The numbers are the results I got
I need this one
Andrew! Do you ever do giveaways of the laptops you don't keep?
Sometimes I will team up with a brand to do a giveaway.
Non-available Audio jack is the Dealbreaker Big Time!
Many feel that way. For me this is not a big deal as I have moved to Bluetooth headphones a couple of years ago. But I understand the loss of the headphone jack for some is a deal breaker.
@@andrewmarcdavid Bluetooth and Windows is totally crap... To much Delay! Oterhweise, i would go for that as well...
Will you review the dell xps 13 9315?
Yes
With some exceptions, why does it seem like the more expensive the laptop, the fewer the ports?
There is no question this is a radical design compared to most laptops. That being said, the lack of audio jack is not an issue for me as I moved to Bluetooth years ago. But it would have been nice if Dell retained the microSD card reader and added a USB-A port.
@@andrewmarcdavid You know in thinking about it a bit more, it seems like Dell XPS, Microsoft Surface, and Apple/Macs, have tended to be the worst offenders when it comes to scarcity of ports in their devices. What do they all have in common? They're all considered to be "premium" products that are on the more expensive side.
It's over 9000!!!!!
🤣
I went with Thinkpad X1 Nano because of audio jack. Really like this design just too bad it got rid of the audio jacket…too many dongles to carry around these days
Just keep the audio adapter they give you on your headphones cord
my gaming laptop is in this family from 2019
battery life is a deal breaker for us folks who like to crank up the brightness. will make it to 3-4 hours in those situations. M1 air goes 7-8 hours
Give me one reason why I shouldn't choose the new M2 line of MacBooks over these. I have always been a fan of XPS 13 but I am losing interest. They are lagging behind when compared to the new MacBooks.
I hope to review the M2 Air as soon as it is available and I can do a head to head. Design wise the Dell XPS 13 Plus, in my opinion is much nicer. I prefer the OLED displays as well. I also like the fact I can expand the storage later on if I want to. And I am a big fan of touch displays as well. The downside of course is the lack of ports. But having two TB4 ports is versatile enough for docks etc..I anticipate the M2 Air to have better battery life and run cooler. Just a note, if you are a gamer, then stay away from the M2 Air. But of course everyone has their own preferences.
looks great but seems uncomfortable to use imho. touch bar is as much as a gimmick if not more so than the macbook version. glass trackpad area seems like a nightmare to use. no thank you! very expensive for a 13in regular use laptop as well.
Touch Bar enabled better thermals and allows for 28W CPU and so not a gimmick
@@andrewmarcdavid What did it cost though? 🤦🏻♂️
@@handquake It's a reference to the depth of each option. Keys that travel require room to travel and mechanisms beneath them to boot. Capacitive keys do not. Whether or not it actually matters as much as Dell engineering has said is anyone's guess, but it isn't a completely invalid claim.
I wanna own it
The only thing I dont like about this laptop is the 60hz display. New laptops are coming out with higer refresh rates.
So stunning but can't afford🥺
Really big red flag probably the only one I forgot to say. Because of windows my functions Keys have been glitching and not working at all, after restart it works. I'm more than sure is a windows issue
Awesome
Not bad, but not the greatest battery life given the reason someone would pick this up. Intel still has some work to do there.
Why is it so expensive 😭💰😭
The laptop is pbeautiful but too impratical imo
Agreed, form over function
I think Dell went full-Apple with this one. Not sure if I'm a fan, especially since Apple went backwards and fixed some of their dumb decisions.
I just want to warn those that, just like me, as soon as received the XPS 13 Plus wanted to do a clean install of Win 11 (in order to get rid of Dell's useless native software and many windows partitions): I just did it, and to my surprise, win 11 installation still doesn't recognize Killer 1675 (AX211) network card drivers.. To make it worse, win 11 doesn't allow you to move on with installation if you don't connect to a wifi network... I got stuck there until looking for workarounds.. First I tried to copy Intel's drivers in the USB flash drive and then use Shift + F10 to go to Command Prompt during installation. Didn't work.. Until I found another workaround which was to bypass this network connection... It took me a while to figure it out.
It’s so sexy! Lol This or the Lenovo Yoga 9i?
What I REALLY like about this laptop is the special keyboard and non-visible touchpad design along with the overall simple and elegant design of XPS series.
What I don't like though...first and foremost is what in my opinion is the absurd pricing. With 2k $ you can get a full spec Alienware X 14 with intel 12700H, Nvidia RTX 3060, 144 Hz screen (though not OLED), etc. And especially comparing with laptops of similar purpose like Asus's new Zenbook S 13 OLED, it misses many of their features though it does have some features of its own and much better design in my opinion.
Another thing is that there is no AMD 6800u option. In my personal opinion, having an AMD option is a must for efficiency-oriented laptops without a dedicated gpu. Even at the cost of a slightly lower cpu performance, the much higher igpu performance and better power efficiency makes it a great option for this laptop and with a seemingly better cooling system than Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED, it will be a much more solid competitor and an obvious winner in my book if priced somewhat (like 200-300$) lower.
I got mine for around $1580 with 32GB of ram and the i7 1280p processor, he didn't use any discount codes I'm guessing (and even without discounts mine was cheaper than 2k). I didn't get the OLED screen though (fhd+ really is enough also I would assume has much better battery life).
@@lou7319 Even the FHD+ screen is ~2k with 1280p processor and 32 GB of ram. So that was a really nice discount code!
@@ookami-chan3328 I just used the 10% discount code for when you sign up for dell emails. It was originally like $1700... maybe it was a special event or something. I bought it the first time at 16 GB 1280p late May for around $1500. Then around a week and a half ago after the new xps 13 and 2 and 1 were announced I went to go check them out. I saw that the 13 plus was like 200 cheaper so I canxelled my first order, scaled up to 32GB and still saved money on the purchase! Mine should've been here 5 days ago but now I have to wait till July 1 cause I canceled, but I think it was worth it.
@@ookami-chan3328 **these prices were after tax (9% in Florida)
@@lou7319 Probably. Dell does put stuff on the sale all the time. So I guess to conclude my assessment, it is a great laptop to get on sale, especially if it had an AMD 6800u option.
Absurd price for a machine that isn't top spec'd, especially with Dell's terrible quality control and reliability.
Nah
@@andrewmarcdavid Sorry dude, but I 100% disagree with you. This machine is a piece of trash that screams usability nightmare; for the price, it should be near perfect!
And I don’t know why people are so excited over a 13.4 inch laptop with a 28W CPU when AMD has done it better!
Sorry dude, but it seems like you’re drinking Dell’s kool-aid… Worst Touch Bar implementation I’ve ever seen, piss poor port selection, and a trackpad that looks and feels horrible, all for a high price? Give me a freaking break! Dell dropped the ball on this one, and they made their best 13 inch laptop one of the worst on the market!
Lol! Not everyone likes the same things.
@@andrewmarcdavid Still, the claims of 13 inch laptop with a 28 watt CPU is bogus when Asus did one better with a 35 watt AMD CPU with the ROG Flow x13, didn’t sacrifice on the basics, AND put a dGPU in it. Dell is going the wrong direction. Reviewers not calling this lie out is disrespectful to the consumer watching this video. I really liked your channel, heck, I’ve even donated to you in the past, and you’re not the only one who is guilty of misleading consumers with this laptop, but it is what it is. It’s not because they couldn’t stick a 28 watt CPU into their original chassis (even if they had to make it a bit thicker, like 1 or 2 mms), it’s because they want to bully consumers into this crap of disposable laptops, similar to Apple…
Idk where u got that track pad feels horrible
@@allstarpeppa It may not *feel* horrible, but using it may as well be horrible. Ask most people not well-versed in technology and they'll probably get upset trying to use this laptop. At least with the XPS 13 9310, the SSD could be replaced if something were to go wrong (and SSDs have only a finite lifespan unlike HDDs) (something you can't do on the XPS 13 9315), and most people don't *need* a 28 watt CPU for those doing basic tasks; a 15 watt CPU is more than plenty. What these users care about is battery life and usability, two things I fear will be bad with Intel 12th gen and especially with this laptop...
@@cameronbosch1213 I use it every day and trust me when I say, is macbook quality. Don't talk trash about a product if u haven't use it or test it