Turn your content into immersive experiences with enhanced audio features and versatile modes on the new Inspiron 14 2-in-1 laptop.
Windows 11 brings back the Start Menu from Windows 7 and introduces new features, like the Edge Web browser that lets you markup Web pages on your screen.
Equipped with a FHD+ IPS touch screen, the border-less visual effect minimizes distractions offering better cinema, document and web browsing experience
Extend beyond performance to let your PC do even more at once. Juggle complex programs without slowing you down and unleash the performance needed to keep up with the most demanding creativity software.
Reams of high-bandwidth LPDDR5 RAM to smoothly run your graphics-heavy PC games and video-editing applications, as well as numerous programs and browser tabs all at once.
While offering less storage space than a hard drive, a flash-based SSD has no moving parts, resulting in faster start-up times and data access, no noise, and reduced heat production and power draw on the battery.
Experience audio exactly as the artist intended with Dolby Atmos
Get up-close and personal with loud and clear up-firing audio speakers
Connect your phone with Inspiron’s Bluetooth speaker capabilities to stream your favorite songs and podcasts louder and clearer
Crisp detail with an FHD resolution camera. Dual microphones and background noise-reducing AI will make it feel as if you are in the room while using.
A 360° hinge transforms your device into four modes: laptop, tent, stand and tablet. The Inspiron 14 2-in-1 suits your tasks at hand for a seamless experience.
This laptop does not include a built-in DVD/CD drive.
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Inspiron 14 7430 2-in-1
65W Type-C Adapter
US Power cord
Documentation
Screen Size 14 inches
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA)
Touch Screen Yes
Processor Model Intel 13th Generation Core i7
Processor Model Number 1355U
CPU Base Clock Frequency 5 gigahertz
Storage Type SSD
Total Storage Capacity 1000 gigabytes
Solid State Drive Capacity 1000 gigabytes
System Memory (RAM) 16 gigabytes
Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Operating System Windows 11 Home
Display Connector(s) 2 x Thunderbolt 4
Battery Type Lithium-ion
2-in-1 Design Yes
Backlit Keyboard Yes
Posted by Natalie Coz on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
Look and Feel
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The platinum silver color makes it look a premium laptop. It’s undoubtedly beautiful. It’s just so easy to work on a touch enabled laptop. After extensively using phones day in and day out, it comes naturally to touch the screen for inputs. This 2-in-1 touch screen laptop checks that box.
Build Quality
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A 360° hinge transforms laptop into four modes – laptop, tent, stand and Tab mode. Transition is pretty smooth and keypad disables by itself for tent, stand and tab modes. The TAB mode is brilliant - just like a phone, it automatically changes orientation based on how we hold the laptop. This is especially useful when we read an e-book or documents and feels awesome when we play games.
At around 3.5lb (1.6 kg) this is certainly on the lighter side. With platinum silver color, this looks rich and with less than an inch height this feels quite slim. With minimal bezel, this feels quite compact and overall, it’s quite easy to carry around.
Boot Speed
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With only about 15 seconds boot time, this is extremely quick to load the lock screen. Fingerprint sensor is very good and really fast making it extremely convenient to unlock the laptop. Within about 20 seconds the desktop loads from the time the laptop is powered on. Another great feature that I love is, opening the lid automatically powers on the laptop. If the lid is open, fingerprint button does the purpose. This is very practical and well done DELL!
Display Quality
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14 inch Full HD+ display with aspect ratio of 16:10 (1920 x 1200) with max brightness of 250 nits. Generally 250 nits on paper may sound a bit on the lower side, but to use them indoors in a well-lit setting, I find it sufficient. I am using the laptop at about 90% brightness during the day and at about 80% during the night. The Wide Viewing Angle is really good on this and the viewing quality remains the same from any angle.
I might have loved to have an anti-glare screen on my laptop, but don’t forget, this is a touch-screen laptop. So it’s a trade-off between touch and anti-glare and I choose touch, as I am using it indoors most of the time.
MyDell app offers additional display settings like Comfortview (with blue light filters) and brings improvement to regular display with TV-like features like movie mode etc. This enhanced the display quality and made the colors more vibrant.
Webcam
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With 1080p resolution, the webcam provides a good quality video during the calls. This also comes with a little cover to close the camera when laptop is not in use. This is particularly useful when I accidentally join a call with video ON when I am not really ready.
Battery
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4 cell 54 Wh battery lasts well over 8 hours on single charge, which is I felt is adequate for a laptop. This really depends on the usage but even with multiple software and firmware updates and restarts, and with a bit of games, videos, browsing and documentation use, this lasted around 7 hours to reach 20%.
Charging is fast, with 20 to 80% in just an hour. Full charge (80 to 100%) takes another 45 mins. This will help extend the battery life in long term.
Speakers
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This is where I felt the laptop could have done better. By no means is this laptop loud. Although there are audio settings under “MyDell” that allows tweaking the EQ Profile, and with some adjustments, the sound has got slightly better and louder. But still, I would like a louder speaker output. Even with a top mounted speaker, this delivers sound like a bottom or side mounted laptop speakers. However, when this laptop is used with a headset, this is OUTSTANDING. The laptop can deliver Dolby Atmos spatial audio with right headset.
Toggling multiple apps
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With 16GB LPDDR5 Memory, 13th Gen Intel i7-1355U processor, there is absolutely no lag in launching or switching between all the apps that I am using. It’s extremely fast, be it loading the apps or switching between them.
Games
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This is not meant to be a high end gaming laptop and this is not made for this purpose. However, thanks to Intel iRISx internal graphic card, this supports many mid level games. For someone like me, who play mid level games occasionally, this has proved more than sufficient. I was able to play games like F1 2020 with no difficulties which requires moderate graphics requirement.
Keyboard and Trackpad
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This is another area where this laptop excels. The keypad feels soft, rich and premium, almost no sound. The backlit keyboard is really handy when used in dark. The trackpad is very responsive and I could use it with “low” sensitivity to prevent accidental taps.
WiFi
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WiFi 6E, the new technology offers superior connectivity and coincidentally it so happened that the other laptop I was using side-by-side dropped its wifi connectivity, this remained connected. There were no drops and seems reliable. Is capable of sharing WiFi with mobile hotspot feature.
Ports
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This laptop is a bit of a minimalist in terms of Ports. It is equipped with all the necessary ports but absolutely no extras. However, with two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports, when used with a docking station (not included) the ports can be transformed to any numbers we like. Here are the ports that come as a built-in with the laptop
- 1 HDMI 1.4 port (Please note, the maximum resolution supported over HDMI is 1920x1080 @60HZ. There is no 4K output)
- 2 Thunderbolt 4.0 ports (This can be used for docking stations and for power delivery)
- 1 USB 3.2 Type-A port (this is where I felt we could have had more than just 1).
- 1 3.5mm Audio jack (Obviously laptop can be connected via Bluetooth audio devices for videos and calls)
- 1 SD Card reader
Hardware
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This being the core of the laptop, I am so glad this laptop has checked all the boxes in this front.
- 16GB LPDDR5 RAM offers more than necessary speed to tackle all day to day needs including video editing.
- 13th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor keeps the laptop fast and efficient
- 1 TB and the highlight is its all Solid State Drive (SSD). This is more than adequate storage and not having a HDD is a blessing. No more irritating HDD rotating sounds and no loading any files/programs/apps is so quick. This is perfect.
OS: This comes with Windows 11 Home edition pre-installed. Additionally, 1 month free trial of Office 365 and McAfee is included.
PS: Update your laptop with latest windows and firmware updates and dont mind the slight flickering when it installs the display firmware.
Summary
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Does a perfect laptop ever exist? With so many options in the market with varying features, one scores over the other in some aspects. It’s almost impossible to score a 10/10 in all the aspects of a laptop. So the best idea would be to look for a laptop that suffices most needs. And this is undoubtedly one such laptop. With extremely powerful configurations, which are up-to-date, this should offer power and longevity.
Only thing I could have asked for more is a better speaker, but since I use headphones most of the times, it not a big deal. For best sound experience, headphones are always recommended.
Overall I am very happy with this laptop and I have no hesitation to recommend this.
Posted by Kalai on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
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Posted by RebeccaJ on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
Excellent, I love the design it has. The store advisor was very good at answering all my questions.
Posted by ShokhzodJ on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
It's really nice. I got an open box version and there wasn't any issue. Very practical for college student's budget. I like how it has sensitivity sensors especially when I use my stylus. It's good for illustrators. But it is a bit hard drawing on glossy glass
Posted by KonoraL on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
Awesome device for a college student like me cuz of how light it and how opening multiple tabs doesn't slow it down! Plus the long battery life helps me a lot which is super important when choosing a laptop
Posted by SelinaT on
Dell Inspiron 14.0" 2-in-1 Touch Laptop Core i7
Excellent laptop that has everything I wanted (fast processor and 1TB SSD drive. Very fast and easy to set up. Extremely fast wifi too. No problems with anything (hardware or software). Couldn't be more pleased with this purchase.