Testseek.com have collected 188 expert reviews of the Dell XPS 13 9350 - Late 2015 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Dell XPS 13 9350 - Late 2015.
January 2016
(86%)
188 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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1977 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Exceptional design and build quality
Good keyboard and touchpad
Rigid construction
Cool and quiet
Unique design keeping dimensions small (9-15 mm) and weight low (1.29 kg)
The screen has 94% sRGB color gamut coverage and extremely high contrast ratio
Still a great size
Still a great weight
Still a great screen
Still a great design
Still a great starting price
Alpine Ridge
Gorgeous high resolution (3200x1800) IGZO display
Ultrafast NVMe storage
Thunderbolt 3/USB 3.1 TypeC
Fullsize SD Card reader
Incredibly thin
Light but rock solid
Premium build quality
Carbon fiber
Great (tiny) size
Light weight
Amazing screen
Excellent hardware support for Linux
The
Beautiful display
Thinner and lighter than most Ultrabooks
Good battery life
Attractive
Compact design
Now offered in gold
Intel "Iris" graphics outpace most competing machines' IGPs
Good battery life for a laptop with a pixel-dense display
Future-looking USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3 port
Most compact design for a 13.3-inch laptop
Fastest integrated graphics performance
Very compact frame
Carbon fiber and aluminum construction
QHD+ (3
200-by-1
800) display is breathtaking
USB-C port with Thunderbolt 3 interface
Tiny footprint
Supports USB-C charging
Solidly built
Oddly placed webcam
Fantastic performance. Best of breed touchscreen
With nexttono bezel. Great touchpad. Ready to take us into our USBC future
The Dell XPS 13 keeps everything that was great about the previous model -- including its near edge-to-edge-display and fantastic keyboard -- and adds the latest Intel Kaby Lake processors and Thunderbolt 3
Great display with no bezels
Sleek and compact design
Speedy performance
Smaller than most 13inch laptops
Weighs just 1.3kg
Sixthgen Core i5 CPU delivers good performance
Allday battery life
13.3 inch QHD+ (3200 x 1800p) touch screen
256GB SSD (NVME) built-in
Excellent carbon fiber finish on the hand rest area
Well-built
Thin and light
Comfortable keyboard
Powerful performance options
Beautiful 4K
Color-accurate screen option
Metal casing's impeccable build
Slim profile
Ultra mobile
Bright QHD panel
Extremely thin display bezel
Very good system performance
Perceptibly faster graphics card
Quiet even under load
Decent connectivity for the size
Superb input devices
Ti
Very portable
Small footprint
High quality panel
Bright backlight
High sRGB coverage (>90 percent)
No PWM
Respectale response times
Low fan noise
512 GB NVMe SSD
Sturdy chassis
Good build quality
Thunderbolt 3 support
Fast SD card reader
Good WiFi performance
Good input devices
Good performance
Even on battery
Impeccable metal casing and build quality
Great portability
Bright
Anti-glare 1080p display
Extremely thin bezel
Very fast system performance
Heavily improved GPU performance
No throttling under heavy stress
Relatively quiet with re
The same awesome design and display as last year's XPS 13. Skylake provides better performance and efficiency. Thunderbolt 3 is a handy inclusion. Decent battery life.
The editors didn't like
The interior is prone to smudges and fingerprints
Too low maximum brightness
PWM across all brightness levels (0-100%)
Too pricey
Battery life feels like it should be better
No Windows Hello support
The systems at the extreme ends of the price scale
Low and high
Feel underpowered or cripplingly expensive
Webcam in a very awkward position
Battery life could be better
Max 16GB of RAM feels limited for a "Developer" machine
Overall performance is good but not great
Unusual webcam placement
Premium configurations offer questionable value per dollar
Gold chassis only offered in high-end configuration
Ethernet and video connectivity require dongles or new cables
Oddly placed Webcam
Mediocre battery life
Expensive
Core i7 processor increases cost without a significant jump in performance over i5
Middling battery life
Requires adapters for external displays
Keyboard is a tad small
Prone to crashes
At press time
The unit is frozen in the middle of restoring to factory settings and is unable to complete the operation. Fairly awful keyboard. Expensive
The design means the webcam is awkwardly placed at the bottom of the display. Though the QHD-resolution touchscreen is beautiful
It adds a lot to the price and hurts battery life. Gold version will cost you $50 more
Awkward webcam
No DisplayPort
Battery life falls short of Dell's 18hour claim
Moderate 1
920x1
080 resolution on entrylevel model
Thunderbolt 3 port requires adapters for HDMI/Ethernet
Slightly lower battery life than expected
Short battery life with the 4K display
Touchpad can be flaky
Webcam's poor quality
Color space coverage could be better
Color accuracy is decent
Restricted maintenance/upgrade options
Lack of control over ambient light sensor
High core temperatures
Warm surface temperatures
Potential for CPU throttling
Poor bass reproduction
Unimpressive battery life
Keys with short travel and very light feedback
Touchpad very prone to fingerprints
CABC can not be controlled by users
Device gets very hot under load
Color gamut is still somewhat lacking
Though accuracy is decent
Limited maintenance/upgrade options
Standard warranty is mail-in only
Disabling automatic brightness requires tool from Dell and is only possible on QHD+ model
Published: 2016-02-01, Author: Ron , review by: onmsft.com
Abstract: Right off the bat, the design of the XPS 13 is truly impressive and elegant. Similar to the XPS 13 (2015 edition), this new refreshed version for 2016 is just as beautiful with updated internal components. I felt like I was looking and holding a work of a...
Published: 2016-01-20, Author: Peter , review by: arstechnica.com
Still a great size, Still a great weight, Still a great screen, Still a great design, Still a great starting price, Alpine Ridge
Battery life feels like it should be better, No Windows Hello support, The systems at the extreme ends of the price scale, low and high, feel underpowered or cripplingly expensive
Exceptional design and build quality, Good keyboard and touchpad, Rigid construction, Cool and quiet, Unique design keeping dimensions small (9-15 mm) and weight low (1.29 kg), The screen has 94% sRGB color gamut coverage and extremely high contrast ratio
The interior is prone to smudges and fingerprints, Too low maximum brightness, PWM across all brightness levels (0-100%), Too pricey
The refreshed Dell XPS 13 doesn't go too far from its predecessor in terms of design and build quality. Both are impeccable and make the whole experience using the notebook a delight. Also, the choice of materials not only makes the notebook look and feel...
Smaller than most 13inch laptops, Weighs just 1.3kg, Sixthgen Core i5 CPU delivers good performance, Allday battery life
Battery life falls short of Dell's 18hour claim, Moderate 1,920x1,080 resolution on entrylevel model, Thunderbolt 3 port requires adapters for HDMI/Ethernet
Exaggerated battery life claims aside, the XPS 13 is an attractively-designed and competitively priced Windows 10 laptop. There are slimmer and lighter systems available, but not at this price. The XPS 13's performance and battery life make it a good mobi...
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Published: 2015-12-07, Author: Tom , review by: theverge.com
Great display with no bezels, Sleek and compact design, Speedy performance
Awkward webcam, Battery life could be better, No DisplayPort
More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the produ...
Published: 2015-12-02, Author: Sebastian , review by: notebookcheck.net
metal casing's impeccable build, slim profile, ultra mobile, bright QHD panel, extremely thin display bezel, very good system performance, perceptibly faster graphics card, quiet even under load, decent connectivity for the size, superb input devices, ti
webcam's poor quality, color space coverage could be better; color accuracy is decent, restricted maintenance/upgrade options, lack of control over ambient light sensor
Dell XPS 13-9350, courtesy of Dell GermanyMany arguments speak for the XPS 13 - including the i5 version - as listed under Pros. The high-quality chassis with the thin bezel is mentioned there, just like the relatively good load performance, the still low...
Impeccable metal casing and build quality, Slim profile; great portability, Bright, anti-glare 1080p display, Extremely thin bezel, Very fast system performance, Heavily improved GPU performance, No throttling under heavy stress, Relatively quiet with re
Color gamut is still somewhat lacking, though accuracy is decent, Limited maintenance/upgrade options, Standard warranty is mail-in only, Disabling automatic brightness requires tool from Dell and is only possible on QHD+ model, Samsung PM951 write speed
The Dell XPS 13-9350 "InfinityEdge" UltrabookEight months later, Dell's XPS 13 remains a top-tier contender for the ultraportable crown, bolstered by an improved chipset and CPU, faster NVMe SSD storage, enhanced memory configurations, superior integrated...
Abstract: With Windows 10 out but customized hardware only starting to appear, there may never be a better time to buy a discounted Windows 8.1 machine -- whether you intend to keep Win 8.1 or upgrade for free to Windows 10. With an eye toward making the upgrade, I...
Overall Dell XPS 13 is a good device to purchase and seems to be preferred by any for its long battery life and its ability to extend longevity through its external battery. If you are looking to purchase an ultra-portable, long-lasting and great performa...
