Dell XPS 12 Specs, Price: $999 tablet boasts good keyboard and high-end features, aims to topple Apple

By

The new tablet Dell XPS 12 was already released with a keyboard unlike the Microsoft's tablet. Moreover, the company is hoping that its XPS line of computers which boasts higher-end features at a cheap price can knock down Apple.

According to the Verge, a user would think that the new Dell XPS 12 is like a miniature laptop at the first glance, nevertheless, it's really not. Much like Microsoft's latest Surface Book, it has a base unit and a separate tablet. The new tablet comes in 12.5-inch display and astoundingly a user can even get a 4K choice here.

Dell utilizes magnets in order to slide the screen into the base unit and all of the components are boarded in the tablet itself. It's certainly a tablet that comes with a good keyboard, its magnets also operate to maintain the tablet protected to the keyboard when you close them together same as with a regular laptop.

Tech Radar wrote that the new magnesium-clad Dell XPS 12 has two different pieces, the -wide tablet and laptop-grade keyboard base, which never actually link automatically. In its place, where a hinge would be on the base is rather a rubberized holder that has been skillfully machined to take and grasp the tablet at a perfect angle.

The latest Dell XPS 12 that has been made of a magnesium with soft touch paint is actually having a weight that comes in 1.75 pounds and measures 11.46 x 7.6 x 0.31 inches. It makes itself marginally thicker and heavier than the Surface Pro 4 which comes in 1.69 pounds and 0.33 inches. Furthermore, the keyboard of the new XPS 12 adds an extra 1.1 pounds.

For camera configuration, the XPS 12 tablet sports a 5MP front-facing webcam and an 8MP rear-facing webcam; it is not a RealSense camera, as on the HP displays. The company also include a USB-C to USB-A adapter with its new tablet. It also boasts a 30WHr battery that should survive up to 10 hours on a charge, laptopmag wrote.

On the other hand, the new XPS 12 does not come with an included stylus, it is said that there's no way to accord the stylus to the XPS 12; a user should have to pack it in a magnetic Premier Folio. The website also states that they are definitely fascinated to realize how the XPS 12 that is fitted with Intel's Skylake processor will perform.

For pricing concern, a consumer can have a Dell XPS 12 with a 6th-Generation Intel Core M5-6y54 processor, 1080p display, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD at a price that starts at $999. The storage can also increase to 256GB, according to Dell.

© 2024 VCPOST.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Join the Conversation

Real Time Analytics