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Dell is building its own Microsoft Surface clone
Dell already makes one of the best Windows laptops you can buy, and now it seems the company is working up its own rival for Microsoft’s Surface tablet. Leaked slides show a new PC that Dell apparently plans to call the XPS 12. It’s a tablet that magnetically latches onto a standalone keyboard, creating a setup that looks very similar to Microsoft’s. Lenovo also recently unveiled its own Surface-like PC. Dell’s keyboard for the XPS12 will feature an illuminated keyboard and what the company promises is a touchpad that “works flawlessly.” That’s always been the weak point of Surface keyboards, so it’ll be interesting to see if Dell can jump out ahead of Microsoft.
The specs include ten hours of battery life, 8MP rear camera and 5MP front facing camera, 3840×2160 (4K) resolution, backlit keyboard and Thunderbolt 3 support. What’s missing from the spec sheet is the CPU, likely from the new Skylake family as well as storage and RAM; we also don’t know if there are any other USB ports or if an adapter is needed via Thunderbolt 3.
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The information listed on the slides also puts this XPS 12 ahead of the Surface Pro 3 when it comes to the display; Dell’s latest will reportedly feature a 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution with an InfinityEdge design that cuts down on bezel size. There’ll be a stylus for it, and other specs include a Thunderbolt 3 port, 10-hour battery life, and cameras on both back and front (8-megapixel on the rear, with a 5-megapixel selfie cam). Unfortunately this leak doesn’t offer us any specifics about the XPS 12’s processor, nor the amount of RAM inside. But with both this and Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 around the corner, it’s shaping up to be a pretty great fall for Windows 10. The leaked documents point to an October launch for Dell’s XPS 12. Some friendly competition won’t stop Dell from
helping Microsoft carve out a bigger audience for Surface in the enterprise.
The device is said to be called the Dell XPS 12 2-in-1 and is targeted for an October release.
What’s interesting about these devices is that both the Lenovo and Dell are now following in the path that Microsoft defined with the Surface Pro 3.
This raises two questions: Did Dell and Lenovo feel serious pressure from the Pro 3 to go and build their own adaptation of it or did Microsoft allow them to copy the design? That’s a question we may not ever know the answer to but seeing as there are two new devices coming from Microsoft’s partners and launching at the same time does make it feel like it was more than a coincidence.
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