DETAILED REVIEW OF DELL INSPIRON 15 7572
Unlike other products from the Dell line, the Inspiron 7572 uses a sales method similar to that used in the United States, the Dell India brand manager explained to me a few days before I started writing this review. Instead of simply providing links to a third-party partner such as CompuIndia, Dell allows the buyer to configure and complete the Inspiron purchase on their own website. The new sales method was apparently launched two months ago.
When setting up the new Dell Inspiron 7572, the buyer has the opportunity to choose the following additional services: a Microsoft Office 2019 license (Dell claims that it was the first to offer Office 2019 on the Indian market), an extended McAfee Multi Device Security subscription, Windows 10 recovery support, an extended hardware warranty, extended first-class on-site support, data protection, accidental damage services and other software supplied digitally. All this indicates a rather positive start for the Inspiron 7572. Let’s see how the laptop passed this test.
ASSEMBLY AND DESIGN
There is nothing remarkable about the design of modern Inspirons models, regardless of whether you are buying models of the 3000 series or the 7000 series. They all look muffled and monotonous — as if someone has entered a dress code for laptops in Dell’s design laboratories – and the Inspiron 7572 is no different. In fact, the Dell G3 gaming laptop that I tested a few weeks ago is essentially a plainclothes Inspiron 7000. But on closer inspection, the differences are visible. According to Dell representatives, the cover and base of the model 7572 are made of brushed aluminum, reinforced with an inner frame made of magnesium alloy. This makes the case look noble and easy to hold in your hands. The base includes neat silver screws for the lid, grilles for both speakers, holes for heat dissipation and an Inspiron icon engraved in the center.
The lid is too tight to be opened with a touch of a finger, but this is not always a bad thing, because when opened, the screen remains in place, even if you shake the laptop. Unfortunately, it is impossible to move it further than 145 degrees. There are absolutely no signs of bending on the lid or keyboard, which indicates a strong Dell design.
The first thing you will notice when opening the 7572 is that the webcam is located under the display and the Dell logo, very close to the hinge, as on the Dell XPS 13. Apparently, Dell decided to move it there to make the borders thinner on three sides instead of two, in other words, highlight the “InfinityEdge” screen. This position should not seriously affect the quality of your video calls, except that your subscribers will now have a better nose view.
The surface around the keyboard is pleasant to the touch. Dell has used a material that creates the feeling that you are touching smooth rubber, but without its inherent viscosity. For all its softness, the 7572 keyboard makes your wrists clench every time you use the keyboard. The bottom edge of the laptop base is sharp, very sharp, which makes typing almost impossible. The only simple solution I can imagine is to purchase an external keyboard and wear long sleeves all the time. Overall, the design of the Inspiron 7572 is pretty good.
DISPLAY, AUDIO AND I/O
You can’t help but notice the large 15.6-inch Inspiron 7572 display. Dell has positioned it as close to the edges as possible so that it can be called an Infinity Edge display. The Full HD IPS LCD panel is bright enough for most conference rooms, but not for sunny balconies. With the night light on in Windows 10, even in a well-lit room, I often used the brightness adjustment button. The colors seem tedious to the eyes, although our tests showed that only 67% of the sRGB scale colors (and 50% of the Adobe RGB scale colors) reached the panel. Compared to the Acer Aspire 5, the 7572 screen certainly looks more colorful.The surface of the screen reflects light quite strongly, which sometimes prevents viewing from certain angles. Thus, the Inspiron 7572 display is good enough for many video surveillance purposes, but not so good for image editing.
Two Dell Inspiron 7572 low-volume speakers are enough for a quiet room measuring approximately 25 x 25 feet. The vocals and instruments sound high, but the bass is weakly pronounced. I was able to watch “Mad Men” and record all the spoken lines in the show at full volume without connecting the speakers. It is good that the speakers work well at low frequencies; there is no indication that drivers lose their vigilance even at full volume.
The Dell Inspiron 7572 is equipped with a large set of traditional ports. On the left side there is an exclusive power connector with a round pin, an Ethernet port, a full-size HDMI port, a 3.5mm audio jack for headphones and two USB 3.0 ports. One of them is the Dell PowerShare port, which allows you to charge other USB devices even when the laptop is turned off. Using the option in the BIOS, you can configure PowerShare. For example, you can set it to turn off when the battery level drops below 25%. On the right side there is an SD card slot, a USB 2.0 port and a Noble Lock protective slot (not the Kensington protective slot that you see on the Inspiron 3000S). So, there is no USB-C type-C connector in Inspiron for 88 thousand rupees.