

I didn’t expect the XPS 13 2-in-1 to excel during the file transfer test, but I expected it to do a little better than it did. However, the keys were a bit stiff and I felt myself bottoming out.įile Transfer Test: Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 vs competition Benchmark Usually, my accuracy rating is somewhere around 95% while 70 wpm is my normal typing speed. That made typing sans errors pretty easy as I had a 99% accuracy rate to go alongside my 70 word-per-minute average on the 10fastfingers test. The keyboard in the XPS Folio offers big keys and bright backlighting. The bass is, unsurprisingly, non-existent as I learned on Armani White and Denzel Curry’s “GOATED.” Try as the speakers might, even with an assist from the pre-installed WavesMaxx Audio software, the detachable’s low-end was bloated and distorted. The singer’s disassociated soprano was nice and clear. The airy tune of scorned love and mourning had a surprising amount of separation which made it easy to identify the piano, guitar, and drums. Will they be DJing your next dance party? No, but I had an enjoyable time listening to SZA’s “Kill Bill.”

The two side-mounted speakers on the XPS 13 2-in-1 are serviceable. And in case the pen goes missing, it has built-in Tile functionality. It also has a pair of programmable buttons. The pen has 4,096 pressure levels and lasts 50 hours on a charge. The capacitive multi-touch touchscreen is fast and responsive whether you’re using your fingers or the XPS Stylus. It also beat the Spectre x360 14’s 355 nits. That's enough to surpass the 395-nit average as well as the 432 nits put up by the Surface Pro 9. Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 display test results vs competition Benchmarkīut the brightness test did back up my eyes-on impressions, as the XPS 13 2-in-1 averaged a dazzling 482 nits.
