Is the new Dell XPS 15 9500 more repairable than its predecessor?

[Redaktion]

Is the new Dell XPS 15 9500 more repairable than its predecessor? It is not a straightforward answer. In some senses, the XPS 15 9500 is more repairable than the XPS 15 7590. However, the latter has the advantage of a removable Wi-Fi card.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Is-the-new-Dell-XPS-15-9500-more-repairable-than-its-predecessor.466979.0.html

[Joel Kleppinger]

Is there any chance a wifi card can be installed in the second m.2 slot?  Obviously, the antenna wires would have to be extended, but that could be a solution.

I don't think I would care except for Wifi 6E. Existing 5GHz antenna are probably good enough for 6GHz usage.

[Muhammad Anhar]

Wait, this 9500 has 56Wh battery? It is supposed to have 86Wh right? But it doesn't have 2.5" slot too, while previous XPS 15 with smaller battery have.

[RicoVIking9000]

Wait, this 9500 has 56Wh battery? It is supposed to have 86Wh right? But it doesn't have 2.5" slot too, while previous XPS 15 with smaller battery have.

This is the base i5 model, which doesn't have a GPU (so you see an empty space under the heat pipes to the left of the CPU). Apparently, yes, this year, Dell's using a wider 56WH battery leaving no room for a 2.5." My assumption is they got rid of the cablework necessary for it.  But I would prefer dual M.2 drives, even on the base model.

Seems like the fan blades are also better this year, allowing for more airflow. That should help

[DF]

Wifi 6e is a perfect example of why soldered Wifi chips are dumb move, planned obsolescence on devices that aren't exactly cheap.  Qualcomm just announced Wifi 6e solutions that will become available by the end of the year and will more than double the number of available channels today on Wifi 6.  With the economic impact of COVID 19 likely to give companies fiscal headaches and dampen consumer demand, why on earth would you create a device that will be Wifi obsolescent in less than 6 months?
Dell really is trying to pull a fast one on consumers (typical).  Yes you can put in an a M.2 A+E to M.2 M adapter in the second M.2 slot and get around this problem.  Amazon has the adapters.  However it's a really stupid ploy on Dell's part.  Other vendors are not soldering their wifi parts.  So maybe consider whether Dell is worth your money.

[DavidO]

What you totally neglect to mention is that the keyboard on the new Dell XPS 15 9500 is now part of the palm-rest assembly and not separately replaceable. I guess we can say 'Thanks Apple' for that
It seems if one needs an actually repairable device the only choice are the Pro Workstations as in Precision 7550 and 7750, where keyboard and palmrest are separate entities and the WiFi Card isn't soldered - I wonder for how long though...

[Torsten]

Wait, this 9500 has 56Wh battery? It is supposed to have 86Wh right?

To my knowledge the type of battery depends on the model's configuration; i.e. the 86 Wh is included in the version with i7 CPU and GPU.

[Bob]

When complete review of the xps 15? Thanks!