Key features of the review unit included a 1.9GHz
(4.8GHz turbo) Core i7-8665U chip, 16GB of memory, a
512GB NVMe SSD, and a full HD (1,920 by 1,080) non-
touch, anti-glare display with Dell’s SafeScreen privacy
feature, which narrows the viewing angle of the display
to discourage people close by from reading sensitive
information.
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a SafeScreen touch panel (available with the aluminum
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without SafeScreen (available with aluminum or carbon
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says the non-touch panel without SafeScreen is a “super
low power” unit that’s 50 percent more battery-friendly
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brightness or color quality.
The memory ceiling is 32GB, and storage goes up to
1TB. The three wireless LAN choices include 802.11ac
Wi-Fi with and without Bluetooth 5.0 and 802.11ax Wi-
Fi 6 with Bluetooth 5.0. For those who are often out of
range of a Wi-Fi hotspot, a Qualcomm LTE mobile
broadband card for Verizon, Sprint, or AT&T is
an option.
Dell touts the 7400 as the world’s smallest 14-inch
premium business-class notebook at 0.75 by 12.7 by 8.4
inches, and indeed, it’s barely bigger than the smaller-
screened 7300 model (0.73 by 12.1 by 8.1 inches). At
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ThinkPad X1 Carbon can weigh as little as 2.4 pounds
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briefcase. A veteran of MIL-STD 810G tests for shock,
vibration, extreme temperatures, and other
environmental hazards, it’s impressively rigid, with no
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hardly any when you press hard on the keyboard deck.
Dell Latitude
7400
PROS Light weight.
Long battery life. Top-
tier performance for
business apps.
CONS No 4K display
option. Finicky
fingerprint reader.
Privacy screen has a
wider field of view
than it ought to.
BOTTOM LINE The
Dell Latitude 7400 is a
14-inch business
ultraportable with
excellent
performance and
battery life and a wide
array of configuration
choices.