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Dell Inspiron 15 5515 (2022) review

Dell Inspiron 15 5515 (2022)

CHOICE Expert Rating

72%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Very good keyboard
  • Large touchpad
  • Very good touchpad
  • Full-sized HDMI port
  • Full-sized SD card slot
Bad points

Bad Points

  • USB-C port is not Thunderbolt

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 11 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
72%
Performance score
57%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
79%
Battery life score
75%
Display score
78%
Audio score
50%
Wi-Fi score
73%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
1517
Storage read-speed (MBps)
2320
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
35
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
8:26
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:39
Expert tester comments
Dell's Inspiron 15 5515 is laptop that uses AMD's Ryzen processor and integrated Radeon graphics. It can be used for a little bit of gaming (at low or medium details depending on the game) in addition to office and communications tasks. It has a useful range of ports and is comfortable to use due to its large size.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
C
Warranty (years)
1
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
China

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$1,399.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
15.6
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
CPU frequency (GHz)
2.1
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
AMD Radeon
Storage capacity (GB)
512
Available user space (GB)
417
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.6
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.35
Size (mm, H x D x W)
20 x 230 x 355

Features

Screen finish
Matte
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
2
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
1
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
0
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
2

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