

Dell should put them in the hinge or toward the bottom corners. In the next iteration of the XPS 15-inch, I want top-mounted speakers. There's also DolbyVision, which can further enhance color and contrast on standard definition panels. When it's time to watch video, you have CinemaColor, which offers several easy profiles to quickly adjust the screen. PremierColor lets you tweak color gamut, temperature and brightness. Just in case the colors aren't vivid enough for you, Dell preloaded several utilities to help.

And while the 10-point capacitive touch screen is quick and accurate, you might want to invest in the optional Active Pen ($49.99) to avoid unsightly smudges on this lovely screen. It comes in handy when you want to reach out and use the touch screen. The non-OLED screen averaged 418, nits, which is more on a par with the 334-nit average, the 403 nits from the MacBook Pro and the 483 nits from the Spectre x360.Īnd while the XPS 15's display is stunning, it's also durable thanks to being made from Corning Gorilla Glass 4. When I set it to maximum, I almost needed to whip out some shades to look at the 626-nit panel. When I first started reviewing the OLED XPS, I thought it was pretty bright. However, neither laptop was a match for the Spectre x360's 258%. Both displays are much more vivid than the 128% premium laptop average and the MacBook Pro's 114%. Measuring for color reproduction capability revealed the OLED XPS 15 can produce 239% of the sRGB gamut, while the non-OLED system hit 210%. But on a notebook this stacked, I'm betting the eight-hour battery life is a tiny flaw you'll be willing to overlook. We certainly have, which is why we named the XPS 15 one of the best 15-inch laptops, best video editing laptops, best 4K laptops and best laptops for college students. The non-OLED Dell XPS 15 battery life lasts slightly longer at 8 hours and 48 minutes. There are, however, some trade-offs for all that beauty and power - the Dell XPS 15's battery life is just over 8 hours. But the system also packs an overclockable Core i9 processor and pairs it with a discrete Nvidia GTX 1650 GPU, making for one beautiful beast. This marks the first time the XPS 15 gets an OLED display, which is in itself monumental. But the latest XPS 15 ($2,249 reviewed, $999 starting) is a lot better. I loved last year's model with its heady mix of looks and power, so much so that I didn't think it could get much better.
