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Dell
Basic information
Founded 1984-05-03
Legal Structure Subsidiary
Industry Personal Computers, Computer Software
Also known as
Official website https://www.dell.com/

Consumer-impact summary

Business Model

Dell's business model is to make high quality laptops for low price.[1]

Market Control

Dell is 16.1% of the market at the USA as of 2024[2], Showing control being not huge, but great.

Incidents

Dell XPS 13 Plus quality control (April 28th, 2022)

Dell chooses to release the product 'Dell XPS 13 Plus', Which was not only broken by it's functions, It also was manufactured poorly, As some laptops had their screens easily fall off[3], And reviews on amazon saying the product' parts do not work properly.

article Review 1 (Reddit)

Review 2 (Reddit)

Review 3 (Amazon Product)


The dell XPS 13 Plus ended up being so bad in all of it's different ways, Not just being uneasy to use, As in the literal screen falling off easily[3], And complaints about the product just not working as it should be. Looking at reviews, They say things are just glitching, Breaking, and all definitions that fit the idea of "Not working well"

Products

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See also

Youtube video used to get information about the Dell XPS 13 Plus incident

The youtubes pastebin

References

  1. https://www.strategyzer.com/library/dell-business-model (Archived)
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_share_of_personal_computer_vendors (Archived)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Shilov, Anton (September 2, 2022). "Dell's XPS 13 Plus Has an Adhesive Problem: Screen May Fall Off". Dell's XPS 13 Plus Has an Adhesive Problem: Screen May Fall Off. p. 1. Archived from the original on 3 Aug 2025.