It's an admirable achievement, but it also feels like Dell's designers emphasized style over usability. Take that haptic trackpad, for one. When I first got my hands on the XPS 13 Plus last ...

You should only use it in poor lighting conditions. The touchpad is not visible on the XPS 13 Plus. Dell also places a bar with touch keys above the keyboard, which you can use to control the ...

The Dell XPS ... by the older XPS 13. It’s a bolder look than the new XPS 13, though, thanks to an edge-to-edge keyboard and a glass-covered palm rest that hides the touchpad.

Meanwhile, the touchpad accompanying the XPS 13's keyboard feels ... with last year's XPS 13 9305, light images on dark backgrounds appeared to pop more. Dell claims the new display has a 2,000:1 ...

Year in and year out, the XPS 13 is consistently one of our highest rated laptops, but not content to rest on its laurels, Dell undertook ... and seamless touchpad appear futuristic.

The Dell XPS 13 has been a force to reckon with some years, but this isn’t one of them. It’s performance lags behind its cheaper competitors, and it doesn’t lead them in the battery ...

I’ve tested the XPS 13 9305 model from 2024 over the last couple of ... touch function bar covered in a seamless matte glass with the trackpad and palm rest appearing seamless. Dell also equipped the ...

The Dell XPS 13 ... much of what makes the XPS 13 great (a stunning display, a great keyboard and fast performance) and introducing some neat touches (like an invisible trackpad that actually ...

Say farewell to the classic XPS 13, and say hello to the spiffy ... And then there's the trackpad. By now, I'm used to Dell's invisible design, and I also appreciated the increased size of the ...

Dell made the trackpad harder to use (it's not quite as accurate as Apple's MacBooks or Microsoft’s Surface PCs), and its capacitive function row is simply a pain. As for the XPS 13's new ...

No visible trackpad, a touch bar, and a glass surface—it looked like a concept device. Dell may well be trying out a few new ideas before bringing them down to the regular XPS 13, but we know ...

and I applaud Dell for implementing it. I don’t know what the next version of the XPS 13 will look like, and it’s entirely possible that it, too, will sport a haptic touchpad of its own ...