Dell XPS series gets a 2024 refresh with AI superpowers

Anyone who has followed powerful laptops over the past few years is aware of the Dell XPS series, which is one of the best laptops to blend the lightweight design and powerful performance elements seamlessly. Now, Dell is planning on bringing the XPS series to more users, including those who need more on-screen real estate for productivity. Here’s everything you need to know about the Dell XPS 13, XPS 14 and XPS 16 2024 laptops.

Dell XPS 2024 lineup: What’s new?

The new Dell XPS 2024 series brings a new design to the laptops, offering the new InfinityEdge panels with bright, OLED displays, touchscreen functionality and slim bezels. The laptops also get variable refresh rate support this year, allowing these panels to drop or increase their refresh rates according to the content on the screen, helping save battery life wherever possible.

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That’s not all, the displays also get a higher resolution this year with more pixels per inch, along with Dolby Vision support for better HDR performance, for all those Netflix movies you may watch when you’re not working. A bunch of performance improvements also allow the new Dell XPS series to offer significantly better battery life, as well as faster charging, now 80 per cent juice with just an hour of charging.

New AI-powered features

The highlight of the new laptops is the integration of AI across the machines, which is unsurprisingly the latest trend in tech innovation for multiple verticals this year.

AI acceleration on the Dell XPS series laptops, powered by the new Intel Core Ultra chipsets and Windows 11, will help the laptop intelligently manage background tasks and processes to provide better battery life and performance.

Dell XPS 13: Features and specifications

The Dell XPS 13 comes with a 13.4-inch FHD+ screen (non-touch) with 500nits typical brightness, but the laptop is also available in variants with QHD+ and 3K OLED displays, although the 3K OLED model will have its refresh rates capped at 60Hz.

The XPS 13 can be bought with an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H, Core Ultra 7 155H and Core Ultra 7 165H, and can be customized to feature Windows 11 Home or Windows 11 Pro. You can also get the XPS 13 with up to 64GB RAM and 4TB SSD storage. Intel Arc graphics are also a part of the package.

Other features include a 55Whr battery with 60W charging, a 1080p webcam, dual array mics, backlit keyboards, an ambient light sensor, a capacitive touch row and a fingerprint scanner.

Dell XPS 16: Features and specifications

For those who don’t want a compact machine, but a full-blown no-compromise productivity tool, there is the new Dell XPS 16. Available with a 16.3-inch screen (optional touch functionality) and options ofDe up to 4K resolution and 90Hz refresh rate, the Dell XPS 16 is powered by the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H, Core Ultra 7 165H and the Core Ultra 9 185H chipsets.

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The Dell XPS 16 comes with up to 64GB RAM and 4TB SSD storage, while graphics can be chosen between Intel Arc integrated graphics, or the Nvidia RTX 4050, 4060 or 4070 laptop GPUs. The Dell XPS 16 also gets a 99.5Whr battery with 130W charging.

All the other standard features you expect, including Thunderbolt connectivity, plenty of I/O ports, a 1080p webcam, fingerprint authentication and dual array microphones with quad speakers are also included here.

More details on the Dell XPS 16, along with pricing and availability details of the entire series will be available when the new Dell XPS series is available in India, which could still take a while.