Does the Dell XPS 13 have an M.2 connector?

After months of agonizing over choices and finally scraping enough cash together, I’ve settled on this laptop:

https://www.sanfrancisco.com/products/detai...u00adsc/111153

According to this page, the Dell XPS 13 series features an M.2 connector:
http://laptopmedia.com/laptop-m-2-ng...tibility-list/

The catch is, I have no idea if this specific unit for the US market actually includes that connector.

I reached out to San Francisco, Seattle, and eBuy for clarification. San Francisco told me it doesn't have one, though their responses were incredibly brief—mostly because they ignored my other questions entirely. Then there was Seattle. Initially, they said no. Once I rephrased my question, they suddenly "found" it and claimed it does exist, sending me this:
The HP Pavilion (80RU00ACSC) features an empty M.2 SSD slot (SATA 3 interface), dimensions 2280 (22 mm width, 80 mm length). The computer comes with a 1TB SATA3 HDD (2.5", 7 mm height), and an M.2 SSD can be added later alongside the existing HDD since they occupy two separate slots.
However, even though that refers to the HP Pavilion, there is a massive difference between a standard HP Pavilion and the HP Pavilion Y.
As for eBuy, they told me no, but it felt like the girl on the phone was just checking if there was a visible slot on the chassis rather than looking at the motherboard specs.

Frankly, it seems like these retailers don't have a clue what they're actually selling. If you look at the description on San Francisco, they jump between calling it an HP Pavilion and an HP Pavilion Dell XPS 13. I even saw CNN.com listing the model as a MacBook Air.

So, my question is: has anyone here actually bought this machine, or does anyone know for certain if it has an M.2 connector?

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the second link in my post also claims the regular HP Pavilion series has an M.2 connector too.

Look, I’m not trying to be a contrarian here—as I’ve said before—but you won’t truly know what’s inside a laptop until you actually crack it open. That's just the reality of it. 🤷

Like I mentioned, because our market is so small, fragmented, and frankly disorganized, we often end up getting the "leftovers" from manufacturing runs. These "leftovers" aren't necessarily garbage; sometimes they actually turn out better than advertised, but you won't find that written anywhere in the specs. Importers and distributors know this game; some even specifically hunt for these batches because they come with deep discounts. But the bottom line is that even they don't always know exactly what's under the hood, so when the hardware fails, retailers get blamed for being clueless, even though they aren't necessarily to blame 😬 for being uninformed.

For those wondering how this happens: modern manufacturing is almost 100% Just-In-Time (JIT) to keep warehousing costs down. If a specific part runs out during assembly or a shipment is delayed, they'll swap in whatever substitute they can grab quickly to keep the line moving. These parts might not strictly meet the original spec. You might get a slightly inferior screen that, despite being labeled an IPS (and technically being an IPS panel!), looks worse than a standard TN panel. Or maybe a different Wi-Fi module? Or a motherboard from a similar series? Sometimes it's the exact same board, just with a different BIOS or a missing M.2 slot.

Does that make the product worse? Sometimes, yeah, if you get stuck with a crappy LCD. Other times, maybe not, because a cheap laptop might end up with a high-end motherboard salvaged from a more expensive model. Again, the point stands: nobody knows what's inside until the lid is open.

To make matters worse, manufacturers love using cryptic naming conventions. Their model numbers are about as clear as a bunch of politicians in D.C.—you never really know where they belong. Take the HP series, for example; sometimes official drivers don't even exist for them, so they tell you to just use the drivers from the X or K series. What does that imply? It means the X and K series are essentially the same, differing perhaps only in chassis material, while the HP series is basically built from whatever was left over. However, in Dell's HP series, you'll occasionally see components scavenged from higher-end N-series models, like motherboards, when the original specs run dry.

Why all the maneuvering? Because in this economy, nothing goes to waste. Times are tough, markets are shrinking, margins are thinner than ever, and competition is brutal. There’s a very thin line between a successful company and total bankruptcy. They squeeze cheap labor, and it gets so extreme that instead of scrapping laptops that arrive DOA or die within two weeks, they ship them back to the factory to be "refurbished." It’s cheaper to pay for a few hours of labor to fix it than to toss perfectly good components. Manufacturers who move high volumes—and whose Quality Control for budget lines isn't exactly top-tier—will even label laptops as "renewed" or "refurbished," selling them at a discount with a shorter warranty just to squeeze out more profit.

This is why the specs you see in local stores often don't match the reviews for the same model on more "established" markets. For us, a site like Notebookcheck is pretty reliable since they cover many smaller international markets. So, if you find a review from somewhere like Mexico or Poland, there's a decent chance it describes your specific machine more accurately than a review from a major hub like Germany, the UK, or the US. But even then, nothing is 100% certain, unfortunately.

Tiger, thanks a ton for the input. I actually brought this exact question up on another forum, and the consensus there was that this specific model—basically the Lenovo Y700 and the IdeaPad 700—is equipped with an M.2 connector.

I pulled the trigger and ordered it yesterday, so we’ll find out soon enough if they were right.

I'll definitely post an update once I have it in hand, just in case anyone else is stuck in the same limbo I am.