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Dell Inspiron 15 (5515) review

Dell Inspiron 15 (5515)

CHOICE Expert Rating

72%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

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

Bad Points

  • USB-C port is not Thunderbolt

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Home

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
72%
Performance score
60%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
80%
Battery life score
73%
Display score
76%
Audio score
50%
Wi-Fi score
71%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
1215
Storage read-speed (MBps)
2543
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
33
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
8:46
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:33
Expert tester comments
Dell's Inspiron 15 (5515) is different to the norm because it makes use of AMD's Ryzen 7 processor. It supplied very good performance in our tests, and gives the laptop plenty of oomph not just for office work, but also more intense tasks such as video and audio editing. It's heavily suited to multitasking due to having 16 CPU threads and 16GB of RAM, and there is an HDMI port for connecting to a secondary screen. This would be a good desktop replacement for users who need a more processing capability than most laptops can provide.

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
$1,699.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
15.6
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.8
RAM (GB)
16
Video graphics type
AMD Radeon
Storage capacity (GB)
512
Available user space (GB)
393
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
6
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.7
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
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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