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Someone really needs to give Dell a crash course in marketing because it has managed to hide the most remarkable aspect of the new XPS 13. This upcoming laptop is the very first to feature a Tandem OLED display, as Dell confirmed to The Verge. Tandem OLED is currently all the rage, with Apple being the first to introduce this display tech with the iPad Pro M4. The concept behind Tandem OLED is rather straightforward. In order to boost the historically rather low brightness of OLED, multiple OLED panels are stacked on top of each other. As of now, we haven’t heard of any other shipping device that utilizes this display tech other than the upcoming XPS 13.
Tandem OLED is definitely a hot topic right now. Apple introduced this display tech with the iPad Pro M4. The idea behind Tandem OLED is simple. To increase the brightness of OLED, which has been historically low, multiple OLED panels are stacked on top of each other. So far, we haven’t heard of any other device that is using this display tech other than the XPS 13 that is coming soon. Recommended Videos
Dell hasn’t disclosed the specific specs regarding the display, but we’ve already witnessed some bold claims about what Tandem OLED is capable of. Just last week, TCL demonstrated a slideable Tandem OLED display that they claim can reach up to 2,500 nits of brightness. For context, even the best OLED laptops currently only manage around 700 nits.
In addition to being the first Tandem OLED laptop, the XPS 13 is also the very first time Dell has included a Snapdragon chip in its XPS line. This laptop is equipped with the Snapdragon X Elite CPU, and it is one of the few new Copilot+ laptops that will be released on June 18. The XPS 13 with the Tandem OLED touch display, 512GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM is priced at $1,500.
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Although Tandem OLED is an exciting development in display technology, it isn’t without its issues. For instance, users have already noted a grainy effect on the iPad Pro. Additionally, iMore discovered that there is a bug with HDR content on the iPad Pro that causes highlights to be blown out, particularly for shades of blue. Just like with any cutting-edge technology, we can expect some growing pains with Tandem OLED as companies like Dell and Apple work through display glitches.
Still, the Dell XPS 13 is the very first laptop to showcase this technology, and it might be the only one for quite some time. We have seen a surge of OLED laptops in the past few years, such as the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14, but we haven’t seen any Tandem OLED models yet. It’s possible that we might see more at Computex in a few weeks.
