Dell's highly anticipated laptop, the XPS 13 Plus, is finally out on the market.
With an Intel 12th Gen processor, edge-to-edge display and keyboard, and a hidden haptic trackpad, you can finally purchase Dell's latest reinvention at $1,299.
Dell first introduced XPS 13 Plus at CES 2022 on January 4, 2022. The unit is an all-new take on its popular Windows Ultrabook.
What Does XPS 13 Plus Offer?
"While beautiful designs and powerful technology innovations are crucial, there's so much more beneath the surface," Dell announced on its website.
In terms of performance, design, and packaging, Dell reinvented XPS 13 Plus to deliver a complete, seamless experience. It has a simplified interiors that make your creative experience the focus, with best-in-class edge-to-edge displays that bring your visions to life, according to Dell's website.
Moreover, leading battery technology makes sure you can use it to your liking without disruptions. The unit is also built with Express Charge 2.0 which gets your laptop to about 80% battery life in less than an hour.
The light and thin feature of the new XPS 13 Plus gives it more power, without weighing you down. It is only 1.24 kg.
Dell's new product has a sleek keyboard, function row, touchpad, and palm rest to deliver a clean, iconic appearance that is light to the touch and complemented by curved, comfy edges throughout.
It is available in light (Platinum) and dark (Graphite) with an enhanced surface finish that is premium and serene. The new unit is also designed with larger keycaps (also known as zero-lattice) for comfortable, smooth, and efficient keystrokes.
Dell enhanced both sight and sound in the new XPS 13 Plus. The pioneering four-sided InfinityEdge display continues to deliver a virtually borderless viewing experience and the reduced number of layers from the display screen improves clarity and reduces weight.
You can also enjoy a louder and broad dynamic range of sound with an improved quad-speaker design. There are two up-firing speakers are hidden underneath the keyboard, and there are down-firing speakers are on the base, according to Dell.
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Dell's New XPS 13 Plus: Laptop From the Future
XPS 13 Plus, with a radically minimalist design and "seamless" touchpad, quad speakers, and one of the best edge-to-edge displays around, looked like something from 2025 instead of 2022, as per Windows Central.
According to The Verge, this new version of the XPS 13 has a more futuristic-looking design than Dell's standard model. It has a unique Plus' Touch Bar-like row of backlit function keys, and a keyboard, which sits flush with the chassis.
Additionally, there's the new trackpad that's invisible to the eye but takes up a similar amount of real estate within the middle of the glass-covered wrist rest. And instead of physically clicking in, the trackpad hardware emulates the click with haptic feedback, The Verge reported.
Dell can go up to a 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1280P with 14 cores, as well as up to 32GB of DDR5 RAM and up to 2TB of PCIe 4.0 SSD storage. A Developer Edition of the XPS 13 Plus that will ship with Ubuntu 20.04 and will cost $1,249.99 will also be available.
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