When Ice Matters Dell Announces XPS 13 2in1 with Ice LakeU AnandTech

Being one of the most a success convertible laptops available on the market, Dell’s 13-inch XPS 2-in-1 is something that appears to be excellent enough already. But with the help of Intel’s modern-day tenth Gen Core processors codenamed Ice Lake and Dell’s magic, the new XPS thirteen 2-in-1 has simply were given higher from all points of view: it's far faster, it's far sleeker, and it has a higher show.

The 2019 Dell XPS 13 7300-collection 2-in-1 convertible is based on Intel’s 10th Gen Core platform that capabilities a smaller motherboard and this enabled Dell to make the convertible pocket book 7% thinner even as making the keyboard and the display large. Furthermore, the new PC also has a 51 Wh battery that guarantees to last for as much as 16 hours (actual-international battery lifestyles will depend on the usage version, of direction). The Ice Lake CPU is followed by way of as much as 32 GB of DDR4-3733 reminiscence (that's a rather whopping ability and speed bin for an extremely-skinny computer) in addition to a PCIe SSD of up to one TB potential. As far as connectivity is worried, the gadget is outfitted with a Killer AX1650 802.11ax Wi-Fi + Bluetooth controller, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, a microSD card reader, a 3.5-mm jack for headsets, audio system, a webcam, and so forth.

Featuring a custom thirteen.4-inch class monitor that is 7% larger than on the previous era model, the new Dell XPS 13 7300-series 2-in-1 features a Full-HD or Ultra-HD decision depending on precise SKU. Both types of shows offer 500 nits brightness, a 1500:1 or 1800:1 evaluation ratio, wide viewing angles in addition to Dolby Vision on the FHD or 90% DCI-P3 on the UHD model.

Since we're talking approximately a hybrid computer based totally on Intel’s 10th Gen Core processors codenamed Ice Lake, count on the machine to provide tangibly better photographs performance. Besides, considering the fact that that is a emblem-new platform, so it uses a redesigned cooling device and different internals to maximise performance in a totally skinny chassis.

The new XPS 13 7300-series 2-in-1 convertibles come in a CNC-machined silver or black aluminum frame that has a fiber composite palm rest or an arctic white woven glass fiber palm relaxation. The new hybrid notebooks function a 7 – 13 mm z-height and weight starting at 1.32 kilograms (2.9 poinds), which is round one hundred grams decrease when in comparison to standard thirteen-inch magnificence cell PCs.

Dell’s XPS 7300-collection 2-in-1 convertible laptops will be available this yr beginning at $999.99 for an access-stage version and going up for high-performance SKUs.