Dell XPS 13 Plus was announced by the company at CES 2022, featuring a completely new design of the premium XPS laptop, including the keyboard. The new Dell XPS 13 Plus comes with a borderless haptic touchpad and larger keys, replacing the function keys with a capacitive touch bar. It is powered by Intel’s new Core i7-1280P processor, which contains up to 14 cores and 12 threads. The company also announced the new Dell UltraSharp 32 4K Video Conferencing Monitor at CES, which features a 4K resolution display and an integrated 4K webcam.
Dell XPS 13 Plus Price, Availability
According to the company, Dell XPS 13 Plus will be available worldwide in Spring 2022 in Platinum and Graphite colors and will ship with Windows 11 out-of-the-box (or Ubuntu 20.04 on the Developer Edition). The new Dell XPS 13 Plus price in India is yet to be revealed by Dell. The company says it will be confirmed closer to the ship date.
Dell XPS 13 Plus Specifications
Unlike the Dell XPS 13 (9310) launched last year with an 11th-generation Core i7-1135G7 processor under the hood, the new Dell XPS 13 Plus features the new Intel Alder Lake P-Series Core i7 processor. 1280P processor, which has 28W TDP, an increase from the 15W TDP on its predecessor. The new P-series chips unveiled by Intel come with up to 14 cores and 20 threads – six performance cores and eight efficiency cores. Dell XPS 13 Plus runs on Windows 11, while a Developer Edition will also be sold that runs on Ubuntu, as mentioned earlier.
Dell XPS 13 Plus also has a major redesign over its predecessor, including a capacitive row of function keys, which can be swapped out for multimedia controls. The keyboard has also ditched the island design, for a more compact “zero lattice” layout. The touchpad has also been replaced by a rimless glass touchpad with haptic feedback. Dell XPS 13 Plus also has a fingerprint reader on the power button and a Windows Hello camera for biometric login.
On the front of the display, Dell XPS 13 Plus comes in four 13.4-inch ‘InfinityEdge’ display configurations. These include a full-HD+ (1,920×1,200 pixels) display configuration with 100 percent sRGB coverage, 500 nits of brightness, 2,000:1 contrast ratio and anti-glare technology. The second configuration is identical to the first, along with a touchscreen. Dell also sells a 3.5K (3,456×2,160 pixels) OLED touchscreen with 400 nits peak brightness and an Ultra-HD+ (3,840×2,400 pixels) touchscreen configuration with up to 500 nits of brightness.
Dell UltraSharp 32 4K Video Conferencing Monitor Price, Specs
Dell also launched a new 32-inch UltraSharp video conferencing monitor with 4K (3,840 x 2,160 pixels) resolution and an integrated 4K webcam. The new Dell UltraSharp monitor is equipped with a Sony 4K STARVIS CMOS sensor, according to Dell. It features dual array microphones and 14 speakers, according to the company.
The Dell UltraSharp video conferencing monitor comes with VESA DisplayHDR 400 certification, featuring Dell’s IPS Black technology that promises rich contrast and color accuracy in 4K resolution, while reducing blue light emissions.
Equipped with a dedicated Microsoft Teams button, the new Dell UltraSharp monitor allows users to quickly mute and unmute themselves and turn the camera off or on with SafeShutter, the company said. The monitor will be sold in a single platinum color option and will go on sale worldwide starting March 29, but Dell has not yet disclosed pricing information for the 4K-compatible monitor.
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