Dell XPS 10 with keyboard dock - battery management when in keyboard dock is flawed and counterintuitive

I had found the same issue and called it into to Dell. I recommend that everyone with a dell xps10 call it in and ask the dell representatives to place a work request to fix the issue. the more call the sooner it will be fixed.

another thread with this issue.

en.community.dell.com/.../20365130.aspx

Well. It just got worst. I experienced a continuous flicker on the screen. It may the tablet not usable. I had to shutdown, and it appears to function properly now. The screen flickers like crazy similar to this video:

I also took a few pictures and video of my own just in case. Sometimes I think the "refurbished" should have been a big red flag. I bet someone ran into something similar and returned this tablet. I now don't have much confidence in this tablet.

I also have the same problem. The battery of the tablet is first depleted until there is about 6% and THEN the Keyboard dock is depleted.

I was actually really happy with the device but this just makes me angry. :emotion-12:

Exactly the same problem here. I hoped they would fix it with the new firmware update, but nothing changed here... I would be really happy if it would work like:

Deplete the dock first then the tablet ...

When I thought about it I do understand the reasoning somewhat as you can effectively 'work' on your tablet + dock for the maximum battery time - 16 hours straight - whereas reversed you'd be forced to stop typing after 8 hours when the dock ran out first. 

IMO what screwed it up is having the tablet deplete so far down before draining the dock that it basically dies when you remove it. Even given the above focus on duration of 'work' functionality, the dock should kick in when the tablet gets to 25% at absolute minimum ( 2 hours of tablet usage left)

In an ideal world I'd like a utility with a slider where you could set the degree of tablet  drain before the dock kicks in to whatever you want. 

If that's not possible though I'd at least like to see a choice, call it 'Work' and 'Play' modes where on the former you could choose to get 25% tablet battery before going to the dock (giving you 14 hrs of typable time) and the latter reversed so the tablet drains 25% before you get the dock drain (10 hours typing time - still plenty!). 

I don't expect either to happen, but once I got my head round why I think they did it I am a *little* more tolerant of this tablet's 'unusual' battery approach.

What you are suggesting adds complexity that is not needed for this tablet even with the bundled Office 2013. I don't think any user is going to spend 16 hours continuously typing on this tablet. I would rather write for 16 hours on my big laptop and not a 10.1" tablet that's meant to be a tablet. Its highest priority is mobility and by designing the tablet + dock as it is now, it has severely compromised a tablet's intended purpose.

Image that you are playing a game with the dock attached so that you can use your USB game controller for 3 hours. Now, you go to a friend's place but you don't need the dock since you'll be using it to browse the Internet only. Instead of having the full 8-10 hours, you now have just about 5 hours. This is all while the dock's 100% battery stays wasted at home. The design priority was misplaced.

I agree completely!  The battery management between the tablet and the dock on the XPS 10 is backwards and should be changed to charge the tablet first and use the dock first.

I like the tablet, but count me with those who are disappointed with how they implemented the dock / tablet power management (backwards...) 

well I claim faluse advertising because directly from this link u can see that dell advertisies it as dock battery using first and now there denying to fix the issue and say it works as intened??

directly from dell

The XPS 10 tablet and the optional keyboard dock have separate individual batteries. 

• If the AC adapter is not connected when the tablet is docked, the keyboard dock battery will be used first. Once the keyboard dock battery is drained,the keyboard dock will no longer function. You may disconnect the tablet and use it separately using the tablet battery for power.
• The keyboard dock battery will supply power to both the tablet and the keyboard dock. The tablet battery cannot supply power to the keyboard dock. 
• If the tablet is docked, the taskbar icon will only show one battery icon even though both batteries are available (one in the tablet and one in the keyboard dock). Clicking on the battery icon in desktop mode will open the battery status detail window. This window shows the individual details for each battery. Battery #1 is the tablet battery. Battery #2 is the keyboard dock battery.

they even include a picture to show the real way it was supposed to be. and now its a lie and all I demand is a fix nothing more.

here is link if u guys wana check it out

http://www.dell.com/support/troubleshooting/us/en/19/KCS/kcsarticles/articleview?docid=585019

they cant claim it works as designed when its not. the picture above is directly from dell and shows how it supposed to work.. the link is there if its not working as its designed above why are they lieing. just fix a issue... simple?

Still no fix after a year. No response either. This leaves a pretty sour taste.