Dell XPS 13 Plus with Intel P-Series Chips, Haptic Trackpad Announced at the CES 2022

At CES 2022, Dell unveiled the XPS 13 Plus, a complete redesign of the premium XPS laptop, including the keyboard. The new Dell XPS 13 Plus has a borderless haptic touchpad and larger keys, with a capacitive touch bar replacing the function keys. Intel’s new Core i7-1280P processor, with up to 14 cores and 12 threads, powers it. Dell also unveiled the Dell UltraSharp 32 4K Video Conferencing Monitor at CES, which features a 4K display as well as an integrated 4K webcam.

Price and availability of the Dell XPS 13 Plus

The XPS 13 Plus will be available in Platinum and Graphite colour options worldwide by spring 2022, according to Dell, and will come pre-installed with Windows 11. (or Ubuntu 20.04 on the Developer Edition). The new Dell XPS 13Plus price in India has yet to be revealed by Dell. According to the company, it will be confirmed closer to the shipping date.

Specifications for the Dell XPS 13 Plus

Unlike last year’s Dell XPS 13 (9310), which had an 11th-Gen Core i7-1135G7 processor, the new Dell XPS 13Plus has an Intel Alder Lake P-Series Core i7-1280P processor with a 28W TDP, which is higher than its predecessor’s 15W TDP. The new P-Series processors from Intel feature up to 14 cores and 20 threads, with six performance cores and eight efficiency cores. The Dell XPS 13 Plus runs Windows 11, but as previously mentioned, there will be a Developer Edition that runs Ubuntu.

The Dell XPS 13Plus has a major redesign over its predecessor, including a capacitive row of function keys that can be swapped for multimedia controls. A more compact “zero lattice” layout has replaced the island design. In place of the touchpad, a borderless glass touchpad with haptic feedback has been installed. In addition to a fingerprint reader on the power button, the Dell XPS 13 Plus has a Windows Hello camera for biometric login.

Four different 13.4-inch ‘InfinityEdge’ display options are available for the Dell XPS 13 Plus. Among the features are a Full-HD+ (1,920×1,200 pixels) display with 100% sRGB coverage, 500 nits of brightness, 2,000:1 contrast ratio, and anti-glare technology. The second configuration is identical to the first but includes a touch-enabled display. Dell also offers a touch-enabled Ultra-HD+ (3,840×2,400 pixels) display with up to 500 nits of brightness and a 3.5K (3,456×2,160 pixels) OLED touch display with 400 nits of peak brightness.