The 5421 Touch’s design remains the same as
compared with the 2012 version but with a more slim size, equipped with a touchscreen
and Windows 8 operating system brings an exciting experience.
Style and design
Dell
Inspiron 14R 5421 Touch.
The 5421 Touch has a harmonious design
between the performance, user needs and prices. The product is not too focused
on the looks like the Inspiron lineup models with simple design, compact
structure along the edges rounded body gives the feeling thin and lightweight.
In addition, the buffer coating and Statistics 5421 Touch hands are covered
with scratch-resistant aluminum and less grip than fingerprints during use.
The
5421 Touch Designs remains the same from the 2012 version, but slimmer.
Compared with the Inspiron 14R 2012 model,
the design looks slim Touch 5421 with the "measured" 34.6 x 24.5 x
2.5 cm and weighs 2.3 kg and is equipped with 14 inch screen, multi point
capacitive touch. There are also 720 HD webcam and card reader "9 in
1" more useful for sharing data with other digital devices.
The
device has 6 cell Li-Ion battery, 5640mAh, 65WHr.
The device is equipped with high-capacity
6-cell battery (5640mAh) and features intelligent battery management. According
to the manufacturer for that battery life of laptops 14R Touch may reach 6
consecutive hours. This is entirely consistent with the experimental results of
actual digitization.
The
integrated 2.0 speaker underneath the sound quality is quite good, the volume
is large enough to meet the demand for personal entertainment.
Interface and upgrade
Like
the name suggests, the 5421 Touch is also one of the Dell’s first common laptops
that features capacitive touchscreen.
Similar to other popular laptop line, the Inspiron
14R Touch 5421 will not be limited in thickness, the products are not only
equipped with built-in optical drive that supports full port, connected as
output, VGA, HDMI standard, USB 3.0 and memory card reader helps to connect and
share data from other digital devices easier to use. It also supports wireless
connections such as Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11n and Ethernet connectivity via
RJ-45 port.
The plus point of the design is the handiness
when users need to add more RAM, hard drive or battery replacement without
requiring removing the entire lid sprung underneath.
The
interface lies mainly on the left side body.
The
optical drive DVD + /-RW and 1 additional USB 2.0 port lie on the right side.
Interaction with users
Like
the name suggests, the 5421 Touch is also one of the Dell’s first common
laptops that features capacitive touchscreen.
The 5421 Touch’s screen is equipped with a 14-inch
HD LED backlight WXGA (1366 x 768) with glossy display technology AR
(anti-reflective) helps display the image brighter and reflect the difference
between white and black colors.
Despite the fact that the test screen
brightness is only average, vertical viewing angle significantly narrower horizontal
viewing angle, causing discomfort to the user when used outdoors or in bright
light environments. Conversely in the office environment, it shows bright
images, better contrast, made clear text and tables in the office applications
such as MS. Word, Excel. Moderate screen brightness does not cause eye strain
when working for long periods.
Testing the sensitivity of the touch screen
and the ability to interact with users, the 5421 Touch Inspiron 14R leaves a
good impression. Specifically with 2 game "classic" Angry Birds and
Fruit Ninja, feeling smooth low friction by action on the screen to help light,
comfortable and accurate, flexible manipulation game than when using the
touchpad or external mouse.
Chiclet
style keyboard with responsive keys, good elasticity brings the key sense when
surfing with speed.
The Chiclet style keyboard with responsive
keys, good elasticity brings the key sense when surfing with speed. Except for
very small group of navigation keys, then press the left key size, key spacing
reasonable, consistent with the large hand-sized users.
The
touchpad is wide, supporting multi-touch.
The touchpad is wide, supporting
multi-touch, the mouse pointer but not exactly gentle by high friction. Two
mouse buttons are separately designed, the keys are light and easy to use.
