Dell's new 14S and 16S are the replacement for its old Plus models

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Dell has introduced a caller lineup of mid-range wide productivity laptops to switch its aged Plus line. If you'll recall, nan institution went done a arguable marque restructuring successful 2025 and killed nan XPS name, arsenic good arsenic eliminating a bunch of its fund and entry-level models. In January, astatine CES 2026, it walked backmost nan decision resurrected nan XPS brand. The Dell 14S and 16S laptops are a tier beneath nan XPS devices, but Dell says they were built for performance, all-day artillery life and on-device AI processing. 

The models are powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, up to Intel Core Ultra 9 386H, pinch built-in AI acceleration. Dell says nan processor allows nan caller laptops to beryllium almost doubly arsenic accelerated pinch multi-tasking compared to erstwhile models. However, you tin besides get them with AMD Ryzen AI 400 Series processors. Both models travel pinch Windows 11 and are Copilot+ PCs pinch dedicated shortcut keys that process AI tasks connected device. They're equipped with FHD+ show panels featuring 400 nits of brightness, though you tin upgrade to QHD+ displays pinch 120Hz refresh rates, 500 nits brightness and Dolby Vision. You tin besides opt for OLED displays to get nan deepest blacks and champion contrasts. 

The caller Dell 14S has a artillery life that tin present up to 24 hours of productivity and up to 18 hours of streaming, while nan Dell 16S tin past up to 26 hours erstwhile streaming and up to 14 hours erstwhile utilizing it for mundane tasks. Both are disposable successful either Celestial Blue aliases Frost Blue, pinch 16GB aliases 32GB of representation and retention options that scope from 512GB to 2TB. They some person a slim design, though nan Dell 14S is of people a spot lighter astatine 3.2 lbs compared to its larger sibling's 3.9 lbs. You tin now get nan Dell 14S successful nan US, pinch prices starting at $1,270. Meanwhile, nan Dell 16S will group you backmost astatine slightest $1,320 for nan astir basal configuration. If you want to get nan AMD Ryzen versions, however, you'll person to hold until later this month.