Case
The case, which is almost completely matte black and wedge-shaped tapering towards the front, appears almost generic in its elegant simplicity. Apart from the Dell logo, a color contrasted stripe at the bottom edge of the back, the On/Off button, and perhaps the hinge, there are hardly any visual accents. We especially liked the non-slip, almost rubberized surfaces of the base and the back of the lid. While fingerprints were visible, they did not stand out too much. On its page on the 7390, Dell speaks about "high-quality materials such as a magnesium alloy."
While the Dell Latitude 7390 is distinguished by its solid connection equipment, you look in vain for highlights such as Thunderbolt 3. In addition to two USB 3.1 Gen1 connections, there are also a USB Type-C connection with DisplayPort, Ethernet, a slot for microSD cards, and a micro-SIM tray for the optional WLAN module, which was unoccupied in our test unit. You do not see a slot for a smart card often nowadays. Dell has succeeded in distributing the connections ergonomically in the rear areas of the sides, and only the smart card slot is in the front on the left side.
Keyboard
With its predominantly high-quality ThinkPad keyboards, Lenovo has set yardsticks to which other manufacturers have to be compared again and again. With the Latitude 7930 at last, Dell has succeeded in partially countering this in the opinion of the tester. However, the keyboard turned out relatively small by about 2 cm (~0.8 in) in the width compared to a standard desktop keyboard, which is reflected in the Return key being too small, for example. Otherwise, the tester had no problems with the sizes and distances of the keys, although some 10-finger desktop movements might feel a little cramped. There are hardly any peculiarities in the layout, only the Page Up and Page Down keys have moved into the key block with the half-sized Arrow keys. The Escape key also serves as Fn-Lock key and could have therefore used its own status-LED, which is only limited to the F4 (i.e. microphone on/off) and Shift Lock keys.