The all-digital CES 2021 kicks off next week, but Dell is showing off its new premium business laptops a step earlier Dell will unveil the Latitude 9420 and 9520 with Intel's new 11th generation vPro chip and an automatic webcam shutter that physically blocks the webcam from prying eyes

The new feature is called SafeShutter, which Dell touts as "the industry's first automatic webcam shutter that knows when to open and close automatically in sync with video conferencing applications" Dell will also include a mute key to manually disable the webcam and microphone

Both models are powered by Intel's new 11th generation vPro chip and feature the company's powerful new integrated Iris Xe graphics

The 14-inch 2-in-1 Latitude 9420 model can be configured with a 2560x1600 panel or a less expensive 1080p panel, up to 32GB of RAM, and up to 1TB of storage with ultra-fast PCIe NCMe SSDs There is also an option to support 5G and LTE with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X20 or X55 modems

The larger 156-inch Latitude 9520 will have similar specifications to the 9420

However, neither laptop will be cheap: the Latitude 9420 will start at $1,949, and the 9520 is expected to be priced similarly, though the price is undetermined at this time Both will be available this spring