JUNE 2022 PCWorld 21you looking away. In both cases, the laptop
can either obscure your data or dim your
screen, both for security and to save power.
Dell has had a feature like the latter for a few
years, which “looks” to see if you have looked
away or walked away and turns off your
display if so. Windows Hello is then used to
unlock your PC.
Otherwise, the Latitude 9330 specs are
dialed up a bit; the display isn’t 1080p or
even 1440p, but a 2560×1600 touch display,
with Gorilla Glass 6 DX protecting it. The
display also outputs 500 nits maximum,
suitable for working outdoors—with or
without the optional Qualcomm Snapdragon
X20 LTE modem. Memory options range up
to 32GB LPDDR5 (5200MHz) with up to a
terabyte of M.2 storage or a 256GB self-
encrypting drive.Downgrade option that is actually just a
Windows 10 image.
Otherwise, however, it’s the
videoconferencing experience that sets the
Latitude 9330 apart. For one thing, the
included webcam is full HD, recording a
1080p image as well as logging you in via
Windows Hello. (If that’s not enough, Dell is
also one of the few vendors to sell a 4K
webcam, the Dell 4K UltraSharp [fave.
co/3L6APqn], one of our best webcams of
2022 [fave.co/3ldPmFL].) The laptop also
includes Intel’s IPU6 technology for improved
clarity, assisted by four noise-canceling mics
and four speakers, two of which fire up and
down. What’s rather nifty is what Dell calls
SafeShutter, which uses an electromagnetic
shutter to snap a physical barrier over the
webcam when it’s not actively being used.
The Latitude 9330
also includes what Dell
calls Onlooker
Detection, a
technology that uses
the webcam to
detect when
someone may be
standing behind
you, reading your
screen—as well
as Look Away
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