Tech Advisor – October 2019

66 TECH ADVISOR • OCTOBER 2019

BUYING GUIDE

Camera

Dell wasn’t about to give up the narrow bezels to fit the

camerain,soit optedfora 2.25mmdiametercamera

usingfourelements,comparedtotypicalthreeelement

cams. The camera is also built using the same precision

usually reserved for higher-end smartphones, the firm

says, and sharper in corners than previous designs.

We compared the new XPS 13 9380’s camera against

the XPS 13 9370, which positioned it’s camera in the

middle of the bottom bezel, and also against the XPS

13 9360, which put its camera in the lower-left corner.

For the tests, we positioned all the laptop screens

at similar angles, with our hands on the keyboard. Our

eyes were on the same spot on the screen: dead centre,

where you’d be looking in a video conference.

Dell caved and moved the camera to top bezel on the new XPS 13 9380