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Dell Latitude 5420 14"

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Dell Latitude 5420 is a premium 14-inch business laptop powered by 11th-gen Intel Core Tiger Lake mobile processors. A mid-range 5000-series unit, the Latitude 5420 offers some high-end features but retains a conservative design.

The most notable feature brought by this generation of the Latitude 5000 is the inclusion of two Thunderbolt 4 ports. They double as DisplayPort and offer the fastest transfer rate available.

The Latitude 5420 also comes with optional WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, and LTE mobile broadband connectivity, empowering mobile computing.

Design-wise the new 5420 is more compact than the 5410 and comes with a larger touchpad.

Alongside the 14-inch 5420, Dell also refreshed the 13.3-inch 5320 and 15.6-inch 5520 in its Latitude 5000-series at CES 2021.

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What we found

Pros

Bright 1080p display
Responsive touchpad
Good battery life

Cons

Touch screen is inaccurate
Touchpad can be a hair-pulling exercise

What external reviewers found

External score 69%

Pros

Good gaming performance
Excellent upgradeability
Solid performance
Good battery life
Excellent maintenance options

Cons

Poor clickpad
No USB Type-C
No Thunderbolt 3 port
Display could be brighter
No LTE modem

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External Reviews

laptopmag^[1]

Reviewer score 71% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from laptopmag have found:

The Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged runs Windows 10 Pro, an operating system meant for enterprise users. Dell packaged a handful of tools designed for its durable laptops into a program called Dell Rugged. Other pre-installed apps courtesy of Microsoft include Netflix, Fitbit Coach and Xbox. The Latitude 7424 Rugged comes with a three-year warranty.

Pros

Extremely durable chassis
Long battery life
Solid performance

Cons

No Thunderbolt 3 port

notebookcheck^[2]

Reviewer score 67% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

Dell has done a great job of optimizing power draw: It is low during idle (3-8 watts) and allowed to be demanding under load. The Latitude can only be charged with a USB type-C power adapter such as the included 65-watt charger. Instead of mouse buttons and a Trackpoint, the Latitude offers a clickpad with haptics so poor.

Pros

Excellent upgradeability
Excellent battery life
Excellent maintenance options

Cons

No LTE modem
Poor clickpad
No USB Type-C

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References

^ Dell Latitude 5420 Rugged Review. [laptopmag].
^ Dell Latitude 14 5420 review: A laptop so close to claiming the business crown. [notebookcheck].

Dell Latitude 5420 14"

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