Dell 14 Series

Dell 14 Plus

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Average Score: 81% - good

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90% I’ve been reviewing Dell laptops for years, and I'm honestly still shocked at how much I like the Dell 14 Plus
Source: Techradar
When I set out to review the Dell 14 Plus, I imagined it'd be a fairly standard follow-up to the now-retired Inspiron 14 Plus, but what Dell's produced is actually way better than I was expecting, and offers possibly the best value for its price range of any Windows laptop on the market right now. It's not perfect by any means, but for what you're paying, only the MacBook Air 13 with M4 chip offers a better value for everyday users.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/17/2025
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 100% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 70%

90% I’ve been reviewing Dell laptops for years, and I'm honestly still shocked at how much I like the Dell 14 Plus
Source: Techradar
When I set out to review the Dell 14 Plus, I imagined it'd be a fairly standard follow-up to the now-retired Inspiron 14 Plus, but what Dell's produced is actually way better than I was expecting, and offers possibly the best value for its price range of any Windows laptop on the market right now. It's not perfect by any means, but for what you're paying, only the MacBook Air 13 with M4 chip offers a better value for everyday users.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/17/2025
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 100% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 70%

70% The Dell 14 Plus is an un-Inspiron-ed introduction to Dell's new line-up
Source: Laptop Mag
I wanted to like the Dell 14 Plus — I’ve always been a fan of the Inspiron series, but this one fails to stand out, and I swear it doesn’t have anything to do with its new name (maybe). It offers decent performance and solid battery life, but I can’t get over its subpar display, hollow audio, and shallow touchpad. If you want to stay in this price range but need better performance and battery life, I highly recommend checking out the MacBook Air 13-inch M4 or Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406). But if you do like what you see out of the Dell 14 Plus, I highly recommend getting the Ultra 7 258V model for increased performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/11/2025
Rating: Total score: 70%

70% The Dell 14 Plus is an un-Inspiron-ed introduction to Dell's new line-up
Source: Laptop Mag
I wanted to like the Dell 14 Plus — I’ve always been a fan of the Inspiron series, but this one fails to stand out, and I swear it doesn’t have anything to do with its new name (maybe). It offers decent performance and solid battery life, but I can’t get over its subpar display, hollow audio, and shallow touchpad. If you want to stay in this price range but need better performance and battery life, I highly recommend checking out the MacBook Air 13-inch M4 or Asus Zenbook S 14 (UX5406). But if you do like what you see out of the Dell 14 Plus, I highly recommend getting the Ultra 7 258V model for increased performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/11/2025
Rating: Total score: 70%

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83% Noch Brot und Butter oder schon Premium?
Source: Netzwelt DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/09/2025
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 80% features: 82% display: 85% ergonomy: 60%

83% Noch Brot und Butter oder schon Premium?
Source: Netzwelt DE→EN
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/09/2025
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 80% features: 82% display: 85% ergonomy: 60%

Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1, Ultra 7 256V

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Average Score: 75% - good

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80% The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 is a very affordable 2-in-1, with some compromises
Source: Techradar
The Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 is the latest hybrid laptop from the venerable Windows laptop maker, marking its first 2-in-1 since the company's major rebranding earlier this year, which replaced the Dell Inspiron 14 Plus 2-in-1. Fortunately, as with the clamshell Dell 14 Plus, Dell's latest 2-in-1 offers very solid performance at a fantastic price. But given that this is a 2-in-1, typically a form factor where the display takes center stage, the dim, lackluster panel makes this a less attractive option as a 2-in-1 than its clamshell sibling. Starting at $649.99 / £849 / AU$1,498.20, the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 does earn its place among the best 2-in-1 laptops this year thanks to its affordable starting price, especially in the US and Australia where the AMD Ryzen AI 300 configurations are available. When these configurations make it to the UK, the prices there ought to be much cheaper to start as well.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/06/2025
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 100% performance: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 60%

70% This Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 would be great, if not for two major flaws
Source: Laptop Mag
If you’re looking for a convertible laptop that is the whole package, the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 is not that laptop. If you’ve got the budget to spare, we’d recommend the Asus Vivobook 16 Flip or Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition instead. The Vivobook is just a bit pricier than the Dell 14 Plus and offers the more powerful Intel Core Ultra 7 258V chipset and a 16-inch OLED display. The Yoga 9i is far pricier but has a gorgeous OLED display that makes it fantastic for your next Netflix binge. However, if you need to stick to a tight budget, the Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 is affordable and gives you great battery life and solid general performance. The Dell’s affordability does come at the expense of a vibrant display and quality audio, but if you want a 2-in-1 more for web surfing flexibility in tablet mode rather than for content streaming, it’s a decent choice. It’s just hard to recommend a convertible laptop that suffers from a poor display and poor audio.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/16/2025
Rating: Total score: 70%

Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1, Ryzen AI 5 340

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Average Score: 78% - good

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78% Dell Plus 14 2-in-1 review: A versatile, inexpensive touchscreen machine
Source: PC World
The Dell Plus 14 2-in-1 is a good option for shoppers looking to snag a do-it-all Windows device on a tight budget. It offers versatile design, a nice keyboard, and well-rounded specifications while avoiding a major issue or downside that would take it out of contention. The Plus 14 2-in-1 is a particularly alluring when on sale for $599.99 at Best Buy, which is less than many comparable Windows 2-in-1s and laptops. While I would prefer to see a better display, or a slightly larger touchpad, I enjoyed my time with the 2-in-1.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/03/2025
Rating: Total score: 78%

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Dell: Dell is a U.S. manufacturer (based in Texas) of computer hardware founded in 1984 and is one of the largest international manufacturers in terms of both market share and notebook models. Its product line includes desktops, notebooks, storage systems, monitors, servers, printers, consumer electronics and peripherals. Dell offers laptops that are suitable for various applications, such as business laptops, gaming laptops, ultra portables and workstations. Dell's business laptops from the Latitude and Precision series are an option for professional users and businesses.

In 2023, Dell had an approximate 17% market share of global PC sales, ranking #3 after Lenovo and HP.

For gaming enthusiasts, Dell's Alienware brand is for gaming notebooks.

Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.

Intel Arc 140V: A pretty fast integrated graphics adapter that higher-end Intel Lunar Lake family processors employ. This is a direct successor to the Arc 8; it can drive three SUHD 4320p monitors simultaneously via HDMI 2.1, eDP 1.5 and DP 2.1. With the 140V, all 2023 and 2024 games are playable at 1080p on low graphics settings.

AMD Radeon 840M: A fairly powerful RDNA 3.5 architecture iGPU that debuted in early 2025 and a direct successor to the Radeon 760M. Its 8 CUs/WGPs (512 unified shaders) run at up to 3 GHz. DX12 Ultimate, ray tracing, AI image generation and other modern features are all supported here, as are many popular video codecs including first and foremost AVC, HEVC, VP9 and AV1. Its gaming performance is good enough for playing 2024 games in low graphics settings.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Lunar Lake:

Core Ultra 7 256V: An upper mid-range Lunar Lake family processor. It sports 4 new Skymont E-cores and 4 new Lion Cove P-cores running at up to 3.7 GHz and 4.8 GHz respectively, along with the new Arc 140V iGPU and 16 GB of on-package LPDDR5x-8533 RAM. It essentially matches the Core Ultra 7 165U and Core i7-1360P in multi-thread performance and it eats up to 37 W when under short-term workloads.

AMD :

Ryzen AI 5 340: A relatively powerful Krackan Point family processor that was introduced in early 2025. The APU integrates 6 CPU cores (three Zen 5 cores with up to 4.8 GHz and three Zen 5c cores with up to 3.4 GHz). The integrated Ryzen AI delivers up to 50 INT8 TOPS for accelerating various AI workloads.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

14.00:

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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79.74%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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