Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED
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Average of 15 scores (from 20 reviews)
Reviews for the Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 i7-1280P OLED
The Core i7-1280P CPU is $100 more than the i7-1260P option while the OLED panel costs an additional $200 over standard IPS. Let's find out exactly what kinds of benefits these pricier options can actually bring to the table.
Source: T3
The “Plus” in the Dell XPS 13 Plus isn’t just a marketing gimmick. The redesigned keyboard, trackpad and internals make for a premium package that feels like a step up from the XPS 13. Of course, that comes at a cost: you’ll pay a few hundred dollars more for them than the standard XPS 13. Is that worth it? For many people, perhaps not — the XPS 13 is already a great laptop, and you would generally be better off investing the money in more memory or storage space. But the new design is undeniably cool, with a minimalist aesthetic that will appeal to those who value style and substance and don’t mind paying a bit extra to get it.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/10/2022
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Mobile Tech Review
Dell has split the iconic XPS 13 Ultrabook into 2 lines for 2022. We look at both the standard XPS 13 (9315) and XPS 13 Plus (9320) in this review. Both are extremely compact CNC aluminum 13.4” laptops with 16:10 aspect ratio narrow bezel displays, Wi-Fi 6E, Thunderbolt 4 and Intel Iris Xe graphics. The Plus offers higher end display options including our 3.5K OLED and 4K IPS, and it has a faster CPU. The Plus sports a new keyboard design and an interesting borderless trackpad too. The XPS 13 standard edition fights back with a lower price tag and a more conventional keyboard.
Comparison, online available, Long, Date: 12/01/2022
Source: Gadgetguy
The XPS 13 Plus looks incredible and boasts some impressive power under the hood to match. There is a lot to like and it is certainly easy to carry around. However, the battery life simply isn’t up to the mark and Dell’s quality control, particularly when it comes to its drivers, resulted in issues with audio and performance. While it appears this may be rectified with a future software fix, the XPS Plus is difficult to recommend in its current state. Dell's XPX 13 Plus is well designed, light and packs a powerful punch, however, it needs better battery life and polish to take the ultra-portables crown.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/12/2022
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 65% performance: 65% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90%
Source: Techaeris
Laptops come in and out of our office like people through the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru. We could have 15 to 30 different laptops passing through our collective fingers in any given year. So it may seem bold to say that the Dell XPS 13 Plus is the most fantastic 13″ laptop we’ve seen in 2022. Bear with me; there are excellent reasons why this is how we feel. While the competition has undoubtedly released competent and comparable machines, the 2022 Dell XPS 13 Plus brought something no one else has. Dell broke the XPS design mold this year and brought something unique and worth discussing. Let’s find out what makes the Dell XPS 13 Plus the most fantastic 13″ laptop of 2022.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 09/02/2022
Rating: Total score: 93% price: 95% performance: 95% display: 100% mobility: 90% workmanship: 100%
Source: Tom's Guide
I have mixed emotions about this laptop. The Dell XPS 13 Plus is one of the most powerful ultraportables ever, and Dell deserves credit for delivering such speed in a design that’s even more compact than the MacBook Air M2 and MacBook Pro M2. The new Dell also offers a very comfortable keyboard and top-notch OLED display (if you’re willing to splurge). The reason why the XPS 13 Plus doesn’t earn a higher rating is because of its short battery life (though you can expect more endurance from a non-OLED model) and its capacitive function row, which looks and feels a bit chintzy for a $1,200 laptop. And some may be turned off by the dearth of ports and how warm the bottom can get. In this price range I prefer the MacBook Air M2 for its much longer battery life, more ports and less fussy touchpad. But overall the XPS 13 Plus is a good option if you prefer Windows. You can also check out our detailed Macbook Air M2 vs Dell XPS 13 Plus comparison.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/31/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Reviewed.com
I want to like the XPS 13 Plus. It has wonderfully thin bezels, a true edge-to-edge keyboard, and a 14-core processor that can, under optimal conditions, post impressive results. But ultimately, Dell made an achingly attractive laptop with a middling keyboard, annoying touchpad, and too few ports. The 14-core processor overwhelms the cooling system, leading to excessive exterior temperatures. Dell’s outgoing Dell XPS 13 9310 was a better laptop. It had a better keyboard and touchpad, the same gorgeous OLED display, longer battery life, and wasn’t as hot in day-to-day use. The new XPS 13 Plus is superior only in performance—but you’ll need an ice pack to make the most of it.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/23/2022
Source: Hot Hardware
Dell's new XPS 13 Plus is a well-equipped, powerful 13-inch laptop that will satisfy a number of productivity and content creation use cases and a wide swath of mainstream laptop users. It has a great looking, modern design and impeccable build quality, along with top shelf materials and components, like its killer 3.5K OLED display option in our test system. However, the combination of Intel's powerful but power-hungry and warm-running Alder Lake 12th Gen Core i7-1280P 14-core chip, seem to be a bit too much for Dell's thermal solution to handle in this wafer-thin laptop design. Though noise output from the machine was very tame and actually best-of-breed in the 2.5 - 3 lb laptop category, the bottom of the machine can get uncomfortably warm at its Ultra Performance power and thermal settings. Battery life left something to be desired as well. In addition, with only two USB Type-C Thunderbolt 4 ports available on this machine, some users may find this laptop's IO expansion options to be too limited. We really wish Dell had not removed the microSD card reader as well.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/18/2022
Source: Pocket Lint
The XPS 13 Plus is a brave redesign of a firm favourite, and there's a lot to love about it. If you're looking for ultimate power in the slimmest chassis possible, this is the one for you. You'll have to learn to live with some serious compromises, though.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/17/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Expert Reviews
If this is the future of Dell’s XPS family, then bring it on. The new keyboard deck design with its hidden touchpad, huge keycaps and capacitive touch bar gets a solid thumbs up from me and the updated chassis design breathes new life into the classic XPS formula. Wrap all that up with Intel’s 12th generation CPUs, an excellent touchscreen display and powerful speaker system, and Dell truly has a winner on its hands. The middling battery life sets it behind the M2 MacBook Air but this is otherwise a superlative alternative.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/15/2022
Rating: Total score: 100%
Source: Laptop Mag
Are you ready for the future? Dell certainly is, and for them, the future is the XPS 13 Plus. Although the laptop sports an incredibly minimalistic and polarizing design, it doesn’t skimp in the power department — thanks to its Core i7 processor. The 4K OLED display is a vision of loveliness and the keyboard is comfortable, which just serves to sweeten the pot. However, as beautiful as the display is, it’s also a drain on the battery life. And then there’s that polarizing design. Some, like myself, will be drawn to the ultra-minimalistic aesthetic while others will take issue with the invisible touchpad and absent headset jack. Those looking for a more traditional take on the laptop should check out the $1,549 Acer Swift 5. If you’re team Apple, the $1,899 MacBook Air M2 is the way to go. But if you’re looking for a piece of the future right now, then the $1,910 ($1,273 starting) Dell XPS 13 Plus is for you.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/05/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Tom's Guide
I have mixed emotions about this laptop. The Dell XPS 13 Plus is one of the most powerful ultraportables ever, and Dell deserves credit for delivering such speed in a design that’s even more compact than the MacBook Air M2 and MacBook Pro M2. The new Dell also offers a very comfortable keyboard and top-notch OLED display (if you’re willing to splurge). The reason why the XPS 13 Plus doesn’t earn a higher rating is because of its short battery life (though you can expect more endurance from a non-OLED model) and its capacitive function row, which looks and feels a bit chintzy for a $1,200 laptop. And some may be turned off by the dearth of ports and how warm the bottom can get. In this price range I prefer the MacBook Air M2 for its much longer battery life, more ports and less fussy touchpad. But overall the XPS 13 Plus is a good option if you prefer Windows. You can also check out our detailed Macbook Air M2 vs Dell XPS 13 Plus comparison.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/04/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Digital Trends
The XPS 13 Plus should last you four or five years, and there’s no reason to think it won’t last just as long as any other high-end laptop. The unique design may lose its luster over the years, of course, as more and more laptops come out.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/01/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: XDA Developers
The Dell XPS 13 Plus 9320 is one of the best laptops on the market, so if you’re thinking about buying one, consider the following. If you’re not comfortable with islanded keys, you can also look toward the standard Dell XPS 13, which is totally redesigned this year. For dedicated graphics, take a look at the XPS 15 and XPS 17, which are phenomenal products.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/31/2022
Source: The Verge
I haven’t reviewed the regular XPS 13 yet, but my sense is that Dell intends for that to remain most people’s option and for the Plus to be the “power user” laptop. But with its limited connectivity and questionable capacity to hold its own under “power user” loads, I’d hesitate to recommend this model to that group. I suspect that folks who need the full power of a Core i7-1280P may want something with USB-A at the very least.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/30/2022
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Digital Trends
It’s clear that Dell is onto something special with the XPS 13 Plus. More than any other laptop I’ve reviewed in the past couple of years, this is the one people want to stop me and see. While the standard XPS 13 will likely be the more popular option because of its price and more conventional keyboard and touchpad, the XPS 13 Plus feels less like a wild experiment and more like a gentle nudge to the rest of the industry in a new direction.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/29/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Engadget
The XPS 13 Plus starts at $1,200 with a 512GB SSD, 8GB of RAM, and a 1,920 by 1,200 (FHD+) LCD monitor. As usual, I'd suggest bumping up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD for $1,499 if you're planning to keep the laptop for four years or more. And if you want OLED, expect to spend at least $1,799. Ultimately, I have to give Dell credit for once again attempting to push laptop designs forward with the XPS 13 Plus. Like the InfinityEdge Display before it, there are plenty of great ideas in this computer that competitors may end up adopting. I just hope Dell considers dealing with the potential usability issues eventually (and maybe throw in a headphone jack too). If you're trying to show us the future of computing, don't make it feel like a step backward.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/29/2022
Rating: Total score: 84%
Source: Engadget
The XPS 13 Plus starts at $1,200 with a 512GB SSD, 8GB of RAM, and a 1,920 by 1,200 (FHD+) LCD monitor. As usual, I'd suggest bumping up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB SSD for $1,499 if you're planning to keep the laptop for four years or more. And if you want OLED, expect to spend at least $1,799. Ultimately, I have to give Dell credit for once again attempting to push laptop designs forward with the XPS 13 Plus. Like the InfinityEdge Display before it, there are plenty of great ideas in this computer that competitors may end up adopting. I just hope Dell considers dealing with the potential usability issues eventually (and maybe throw in a headphone jack too). If you're trying to show us the future of computing, don't make it feel like a step backward.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 07/29/2022
Source: PC Mag
Ultimately if you love the new look, you’ll enjoy this shiny new device, even if it can’t replace the XPS 13 (still offered in its traditional form), the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon, or the Apple MacBook Air. Hopefully, some of the positive new elements will make their way onto other laptops or an improved XPS 13 Plus. And we wouldn’t be surprised if some future laptops took cues from this machine. The future has to start somewhere. Why not today?
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 07/28/2022
Rating: Total score: 80%
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Source: CNet France FR→EN
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/31/2022
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: The Gioididong VN→EN
Positive: Impressive design; high performance; powerful processor; slim size; light weight. Negative: Relatively high price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/02/2023
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Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs: Integrated graphics card in Intel Tiger Lake G4 SoCs based on the new Gen. 12 architecture with 96 EUs (Execution Units / Shader Cluster). The clock rate depends on the processor model. The Tiger Lake chips are produced in the modern 10nm+ process at Intel.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
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i7-1280P: The flagship Alder Lake-P CPU featuring 6 performance cores and 8 efficient cores. This i7 is designed for use in ultra-light laptops; its performance cores feature the thread-doubling Hyper-Threading technology for whopping 20 threads in total. The CPU runs at 1.3 GHz to 4.8 GHz and has an "Enterprise" tier vPro feature set. Core i7-1280P has a Base Power of 28 W and the 96 EU Iris Xe iGPU.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
13.40":
There are hardly any tablets in this display size range anymore. For subnotebooks, on the other hand, it is the standard format.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small and therefore easily portable. The smaller display also has the advantage of requiring less power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is more strenuous on the eyes. High resolutions are more likely to be found in standard laptops.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.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.
80.29%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
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