Pros:
Design: First off the design is just down right flawless. Its like holding a macbook but in windows form. I love how it feels thin and premium it feels just by holding it. This is not plastic designed to look like aluminium but it actually is aluminum! Ok maybe I'm a little excited about that but you have to understand I have been out of the loop with Dell for years and I have had no idea that their quality have been pushed to this level. You will not be disappointed as you hold this beast of a laptop in the hand. What strikes me is that its light, I have an iPad Pro 12.9 in a 3rd party keyboard case that brings the iPad to 2 pounds and this FULL laptop is nearly the same size as carrying that around. Lets just say I will not be using the iPad or any Android tablets anymore. There is no fan on this machine at all so you can place this on the lap all day. The bottom of the laptop gets somewhat warm but its nothing alarming.
There are 4 modes of position you can place the laptop into since this is a 2 in 1. Laptop mode, Tablet mode, Tent mode, and Presentation mode. Brace yourself there is much to go over here and I will try my best to explain my experience with these modes.
Laptop Mode: Standard mode you and most likely other people will use. Nothing special here, This mode makes it look like a basic laptop and the mode Dell clearly designed this machine to be.
Tablet Mode: This is a mix bag, There are things to love about tablet mode as you can use the device as a tablet for the tons of apps on the Windows store. Some people found it strange to hold in tablet mode and I'm here to report that it is depending on what you do. If you browsing around on the edge browser or using it to play Pandora then its very good to use. Basic task is great for the tablet mode but gaming is a different story. If you don't think so just go download a game like Gangstar: New Orleans and play it for 10 mins. You will quickly realize that the tablet mode is not very ergonomically designed to hold. The onscreen keys are placed so strangely that you would be digging the edges of the laptop into the palms of your hands no matter what position you hold it in. This is not comfortable at all but I most people wouldn't play games on this anyway and you can just use a USB controller which solves everything. The keys on the keyboard deactivate in this mode.
Tent Mode: This makes the laptop pop up into tent mode so you can watch or play your Media, Music, or even play some old school games in a "Nintendo Switch" fashion. I use this mode more then I thought I would, Its nice to just pop it up and watch Hulu like a HDTV. Even used it for PS4 remote play to this PC in this mode and it felt great. I haven't fully set up Kodi but I'm just excited to try it in this mode. The webcam would also probably be better in this postion since its at the top instead of the bottom looking up your nose. Thumbs up to Dell for making this mode work flawless.
Presentation Mode: Same like tent mode this pretty much make your screen more accessible. Allows easy touch for the screen and showcasing what you have on screen to friends / family / co-workers. Also might be the mode you would use to draw on screen if you have the optional Dell stylus (which I don't have.) I like this mode as well but there are some draw backs with sound which I will get to later.
InfinityEdge Touch display: These modes are accompany by the very bright, vibrant, colorful screen! If there is one thing to droll over this ultrabook about is the screen. I am at an awe at the infinity edge display. Its something you must see to truly enjoy it. While this laptop is only 1080p, the screen is a head-turner. This is one of the best 1080p screen I ever encountered on a laptop period. The touch screen is responsive and fast. The thin bezels are so thin that I can't even imagine how they put something like this together. I have no dead pixels or issues with it at all. With iot being coated in Gorilla glass you have no worry about scratches. Wow, Again I'm impressed with Dell.
Battery life: Dell 2 in 1 Ultrabook last with my task about 6-8 hours doing just day to day task such as checking Emails, News, Youtube, Netflix, Apple Music, Hulu, and Pandora. I love the battery life especially if you turn down the brightness a little you can made it a whole day but your task my very. There is a battery indicator bottom on the side of the laptop so you can always check without opening up the laptop. All in All I'm pleased with battery life and well some Android tablets I had in the past didn't last this long. On standby the battery drains so keep that in mind.
Carbon fiber keyboard / Trackpad: The feel of the keyboard is nice and smooth. Easy to touch and type. In fact I'm typing this review on the machine its very comfortable. Carbon fiber feels nice on the palms of your hands and there is a backlight keyboard so you can see in the dark. The Trackpad is definitely one of the better feeling ones I ever tried on a windows device. Alot of people didn't like the keyboard but I have no issues with it. I like it.
Speakers: Speakers are good and loud when in laptop mode. It's so loud that sometimes you have to turn it down if on 100% because it can fill a room but the speakers start to fall short in any other mode. Tent, Presentation, and Tablet mode all have not great sound. This device would have just benefited from having 4 speakers instead of 2.
Performance: Fast. Here let me say it again FAST! The ultrabook is fast and speedy. The amount of RAM makes this device hums along without every having issues. like I never used a Windows PC that just eats though task without an issue grained I don't do 4K editing. Day to day taks just open up with ease and its not a headache to wait for things. Long gone are the days waiting for the PC to boot-up killing your battery. I love it and while yes it has a "weaker processor" then the normal XPS, This thing is just fast even with Intel i7y. I have no complaints about performance at all.
Windows 10 / Windows Hello: Windows 10 helps this laptop to feel even more premium. One of the most productive and versatile electronics I have ever used. as for Windows Hello the IR camera update is inbound for the summer but the fingerprint scanner is flawless and works as good as any modern fingerprint unlocker on cell phones. No Issues when signing in but wish it had a backlight so can rest your finger on it at night. Very hard to see in the dark.
Dell Pen: This also works with Dell's very on stylus / pen but have yet to try it. There is a little note taking app called windows ink workspace which seems really useful with the pen.
Cons:
No lip gap to lift the laptop lid: Yep one of the biggest issues is actually trying to open the laptop up. There is no resting finger lip in front of the laptop to open and this can get very annoying after a while. Something so little makes a big difference and I wish Dell would have put this into the design. They nearly had a very perfect design and all they had to do was add something like that. Maybe it had something to do with the design of Tent mode I'm not sure but it should have been on something like this.
No full size ports: NOT. ENOUGH. PORTS. Look I get it its suppose to be thin, light, portable but sometimes you need a little bit more. There is nothing wrong with atlease one full sized USB port Dell, it would have been ok to make it a little bit thicker. This is something you have to get use to if you are not on the USB-C bandwagon yet. There is nothing but 2 USB-C ports, MicroSD slot, Power button / Sleep, Battery indicator and headphone jack (which I'm actually they put in here at all.) I've think I seen more ports on android phones before. I have no issues with the MicroSD card slot but really it should have been a full SD slot one for professional photographers. Though you have to remind yourself that you are going for portability here and these maybe some of the trade offs is the ones you have to dell with. No stars lost from the lack of ports.
Wifi is spotty: Wifi is very spotty even for this machine. Sometimes the Wifi just gets disconnected for no reason. Sometimes it stay off when I turn the laptop back on from having it closed. Hopefully its just a firmware issue that can be fixed. This happen twice since I had it.
Power button: The button is hard to press and sometimes you have to hit it again to make sure your finger touches it. If you have an microSD card in the slot sometimes you will mistake of the power button and popping out the SD card. This is dude to the fact that the power button and SD card nearly feels the same and being so close together. Something you will encounter in tablet mode. Just a mild annoyance in my opinion.
No dedicated volume button: This would have came in handy for tablet mode.
Fn keys with brightness isn't responsive: It's strange. The brightness Fn keys isn't responsive. It also lags the brightness many times after you press the keys. Out of everything this seems to be the most confusing because if you use the touchscreen to change the brightness its smooth and responsive. Maybe its Dell or maybe its Windows?
Arrow keys need space from PgUP / PgDn: They are way too close to the arrow keys to the PgUP/PgDn. You may end up hitting these way more then expected. This should not be this close to the arrow keys at all.
All in all with some of the shortcomings I still love this thing. I love using it, I love this display, and I love the portability of it. Its extremely versatile and a phenomenal productivity tool. Dell's 2 in 1 is a little bit on the pricey side but for something like this I can see why. You don't get anymore premium then this in a windows ultrabook. I would certainly recommend this to co-workers / family / and friends. Dell is bringing in a new era for themselves and pushing there limits of design.