Dell XPS 13 Plus release date, price & specs

The Dell XPS 13 Plus release date has come and gone, although stocks of this superb minimalist, slimline, yet powerful notebook have yet to appear on many major retailers. This Windows laptop arguably looks better than a MacBook in our opinion, and really is a marvel of modern design. Read below for all the info on the specifications and pricing that we know.

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Dell XPS 13 Plus release date

The Dell XPS 13 release date was on April 28th 2022, though you may have a job finding any for sale yet in the main retailers. We expect to see examples on sale on Amazon, Best Buy, and Newegg over the next month or so.

Dell XPS 13 Plus price

• The Dell XPS 13 Plus price for the base model is $1,298, which comes with Intel Core i5-1240P CPU, 8GB RAM, 512GB M.2 SSD, and FHD+ non-touch display.
• The Dell XPS 13 Plus price for the mid-range model is $1,698, which comes with Intel Core i7-1260P CPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD, and FHD+ non-touch display.
• The highest specced Dell XPS 13 Plus price will be at least $2,198, which comes with Intel Core i7-1280P CPU, 32GB RAM, 2TB M.2 SSD, and 3.5K touch display.

Dell XPS 13 Plus specifications

The Dell XPS 13 Plus comes with the latest Intel 12th gen laptop mobile CPUs, in the form of the Alder Lake P-Series. The most powerful of these, the Intel Core i7-1280P is twice as powerful as the 2021 Dell XPS 13, and around 50% more powerful than a Macbook Pro 13 equipped with an M1 Pro chip. Despite all this, the laptop only weighs 1.23kg and is wafer-thin – a truly impressive bit of engineering from Dell and Intel.

You get three options of lighting fast LPDDR5-5200MHz RAM (8GB-32GB) though this is all soldered on, as you’d expect from such a thin device, so cannot be upgraded down the line. Interestingly though the PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD can be upgraded in the future, and you get a good 512GB-2TB range of SSD sizes. The port coverage is limited to just two USB-C / Thunderbolt 4 ports, which is less than ideal, so we’d strongly recommend getting a Thunderbolt 4 docking station or similar USB extension, particularly if you don’t have BlueTooth capable headphones.

Display options range from the touch screen or non-touch screen FHD options, which is recommended for most users, or 3.5K or UHD options, both of which have superior 98% DCI-P3 color gamut, for creatives who want to do color accurate work in this space.

• CPU: Intel Core i5-1240P / i7-1260P / i7-1280P
• Graphics: Intel Iris Xe (iGPU)
• RAM: 8GB / 16GB / 32 GB LPDDR5-5200MHz
• Storage: 512GB / 1TB / 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSDs
• Display: 16:10 13.4″ 1920 x 1200 99% sRGB (touch or non-touch) / 3456 x 2160 98% DCI-P3 / 3840×2400 98% DCI-P3
• Ports: 2x USB-C / Thunderbolt 4
• Weight: 1.23kg
• Dimensions: 295 x 199 x 153mm

Final word

We trust this Dell XPS 13 Plus release date, price, and specs guide has you excited for this impressive and beautiful device. Do have a look at some of our in-depth laptop reviews, touch screen laptop, or OLED laptop guides if you’re looking for something else though.