Dell Latitude 14 7430 review – relying on last year’s success is a double-edged sword

Design and construction

As you can see from the images below, we got ourselves the Carbon version of this device. It has a soft finish and shows some flex when twisted. However, it’s not too much by any means.

Other than that, there is an all-aluminum chassis, which is thinner (16.9-18mm vs 17.27-18.88mm) than the Carbon model, but it’s a bit heavier (1.27 kg vs 1.22 kg). Furthermore, the Carbon model features a different chassis, when it’s paired with a 28W processor. It is a bit thicker – 18.47-20.08mm, and ever so slightly heavier – 1.24 kg.

Generally, the device is pretty portable, regardless of the build material. Its lid can be opened with a single hand, but the hinges stiffen up at about 80° opening angle. Plus, the lid acts as a lever that lifts the backside of the base from the ground, but you have to go a long way back for it to be effective.

In addition to that, there is the camera. You get to choose between an HD, and a Full HD resolution, paired with a privacy shutter, an IR face recognition scanner and a proximity sensor.

Now, let’s take a look at the base. It has a backlight, decently long key travel, and clicky feedback. We are pretty happy with the typing experience. The power button is crammed in the top right corner of the keyboard and sports a fingerprint reader.

The touchpad has a size of 65 by 115 mm, a very smooth texture, and a pretty fast response rate.

On the bottom panel, there are two speaker cutouts, as well as a ventilation grill, placed right below the single fan. Air exhaust, respectively, happens through a vent on the left side of the device.

Ports

On the left side, there is a Thunderbolt 4 connector, an Audio jack, and an optional Smart Card reader. Then, on the right, you get a security lock slot, an HDMI 2.0, a USB Type-A 3.2 (Gen. 1) port, another Thunderbolt 4 connector, and an optional SIM card slot.

Author: Alex Iliev

Author: eng. Kroum NikolovHead of Engineering at LaptopMedia.com, inventor and innovator with 40+ years of experience in electronics and high technology.

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w203

4 months ago

“Z drugiej strony, nadal masz dwie opcje dotyczące paneli nadwozia”
“Wadą jest pokrycie tylko 50% gamy kolorów sRGB.”
“ale także działa prawie o połowę krócej na jednym ładowaniu.”
“trzymaj się swoich pistoletów i nie zmieniaj go.”
– że co?
Ja tam będę trzymał się swoich pistoletów.

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