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In this article, I give you my DELL Latitude 5300 review with specs included. This is the Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 — a charming little business convertible with a fingerprint reader. Dell’s Latitude lineup includes the 3000, 5000, and 7000 series, with each step up offering more features and a higher price. The 5300 sits in the middle as the balanced “middle child.”

It features a plastic chassis that doesn’t feel or look cheap at all — you’d be hard-pressed to guess it’s plastic. This helps keep costs down compared to the fully metal 7000 series. Inside, you’ll find 8th-generation Intel quad-core processors (the i3 variant is dual-core). Dell stuck with 8th-gen chips largely to maintain vPro support for business customers who need it.

The Dell Latitude 5300 2-in-1 is a 13.3-inch, mid-tier business convertible featuring a durable plastic chassis, Intel 8th-Gen CPUs, and a rare matte touchscreen. It offers extensive serviceability with upgradeable RAM and SSD, alongside strong battery life and optional 4G LTE for office productivity.

The 5300 2-in-1 offers 360-degree hinges, a matte touchscreen, and comes with Dell’s Active Pen (Wacom AES technology). It’s a solid business laptop focused on practicality rather than flashy consumer aesthetics.

Highlights include:

• A matte Full HD display that’s excellent for a 13.3-inch screen — low glare and pleasant to use.
• Optional 4G LTE connectivity.
• Very good upgradability: two DDR4 RAM slots (up to 32GB officially), a socketed M.2 NVMe SSD, replaceable Wi-Fi card (Intel Wi-Fi 5 or 6), and space for an optional 4G module.
• A comfortable backlit keyboard with good key travel and nice feedback, plus a responsive trackpad.
• Standard ports for this size: USB-A, USB-C, optional Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 1.4, and a headphone jack. Charging options include a 65W barrel plug or USB-C (both support ExpressCharge), with an optional faster 90W barrel charger.

Battery life is strong thanks to the sizable 60Wh battery. In typical office use on Wi-Fi at around 150 nits brightness, it delivered about 8.5 hours — enough for a full workday. The display reaches a respectable 310 nits with better-than-average contrast and solid sRGB coverage for a business machine.

The included Dell Active Pen works well for note-taking and diagramming, with good palm rejection and smooth lines. It’s not an artist’s tool, but it’s perfectly capable for everyday business use.

Performance is exactly what you’d expect from a 15W 8th-gen Ultrabook CPU. It handles office work, web browsing, and light 1080p video editing without issue, though heavy sustained loads (video exporting, compiling, etc.) will push temperatures to the limit, causing thermal throttling. The fan stays quiet during normal use but becomes noticeable under heavy load. The plastic chassis helps keep surface temperatures more comfortable than metal would.

Internals and serviceability are excellent. Removing the bottom cover (two screws and some careful prying) reveals easy access to the battery, RAM slots, SSD, Wi-Fi card, and optional WWAN slot. The cooling system is fairly compact, which explains the quicker warm-up under stress.

Overall, the Latitude 5300 2-in-1 is a practical, well-rounded business convertible. You get a matte touchscreen with pen support, optional 4G LTE, strong upgradability, solid battery life, and reasonable pricing for its class. The main trade-offs are the plastic build (instead of metal) and average cooling when pushed hard. For typical business tasks — documents, browsing, video calls, and light productivity — it performs very well.