DELL Latitude 6430u battery

The Dell Latitude 10 only comes in an unobtrusive black color. The touchscreen bezel is glossy; the back of the unit sports a no-frills matte finish. The edges of the tablet feature a non-slip rubber coating, which wraps from the back to the front - the display features Corning Gorilla Glass - without any unsightly gaps. The buttons are also integrated into the rubber and feature a distinct click point - although actuation requires significant pressure. According to Dell, the back of the unit features magnesium to increase strength. The tablet is quite sturdy and overall well made.

Weighing in at 820 grams (1.81 pounds), the Latitude 10 is a heavyweight among Windows 8 10-inch tablets. Before we go into specifics, please note that we tested the tablet with the heavier battery (60 Wh), which not only increases its weight by 170 grams (0.37 pounds), but also the thickness. The iPad 4 comes with a 42.5 Wh battery and weighs 653 grams (1.44 pounds). The Asus VivoTab Smart features the same Atom processor, a battery with a capacity of 25 Wh, and weighs in at 570 grams (1.26 pounds).

Connectivity

Although a docking station is available as an accessory, the tablet itself has plenty of connection options. On the right side, Dell includes a full-size USB 2.0 port - other tablets, like the Asus VivoTab Smart, only come with a microUSB port. When the tablet is inserted into the docking station, said USB port is deactivated - but the dock itself has five USB ports, which should be more than sufficient. On one side of the USB port there is a microHDMI port, on the other the 3.5-millimeter combination audio jack, which accepts headphones, external speakers, and microphones. The bottom of the unit houses the proprietary charging port, which is also utilized by the docking station, and an additional microUSB charge port. To insert the microSIM card, the battery needs to be removed.

Top: microphone, SD card reader, power LED, power button, button for automatic screen rotation

Bottom: charge LED, propriatory charging jack, microUSB charging port

Right: audio combination jack, USB 2.0, microHDMI

Left: Kensington lock, volume rocker switch

Software

The preinstalled OS Windows 8 Pro almost seems tailor-made for tablets like the Dell Latitude 10. The well-known Desktop underneath the novel tile interface does not offer any real surprises - but it does offer voice control now. It would be nice if this feature was working as it should however, we had to more or less yell at the tablet to open programs...and very clearly and slowly to boot. As long as the voice control feature does not work as well as it does for the current crop of smartphones, it is more or less useless. DELL Latitude 6430u Ultrabook battery ,Dell XPS 12 (L201X) battery