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Wacom announces two new professional tablets – the MobileStudio Pro 13 and 16

By Liu Hongzuo - on 7 Oct 2016, 10:29am

Wacom announces two new professional tablets – the MobileStudio Pro 13 and 16

Yesterday evening, Wacom introduced the new MobileStudio Pro 13 and MobileStudio Pro 16 professional tablet for digital artists to Singapore. Both MobileStudio models come with their new professional stylus, the Pro Pen 2. They also support editing programs made for professionals, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as software for 2D, 3D, and CAD designers.

The MobileStudio Pro 13 comes in four variations (differentiated by their internal storage size). It packs a 13.3-inch WQHD (2,560 x 1,440 pixels resolution) IPS display with 8,192 levels of pressure and 96% Adobe RGB color gamut.  Inside, is a 6th-generation Intel Core processor backed by Intel Iris Graphics, with a Windows 10 operating system. The base storage can be expanded with a MicroSD card (SDXC, with speeds up to UHS-II) It measures 367 x 229 x 16mm, weighs 1,420g, and has a six-hour long battery life. This tablet comes with a Wacom Pro Pen 2, a pen case with three replacement ribs, color rings, and nib, and a removal tool pen holder.

The MobileStudioPro 16 comes in two variations. This tablet has a 15.6-inch UHD (3,840 x 2,160 pixels resolution) IPS display with the same pen pressure level and color gamut. Within, is a 6th-generation Intel core, and a dedicated Nvidia Quadro graphics card. It also comes with Windows 10 OS, MicroSD card support, and six hours of battery life. It measures 418 x 262 x 19mm and weighs 2,200g. This bigger and more powerful tablet also packs the same accessories found on its lesser peer.

Select models of the MobileStudio Pro tablets come with an Intel RealSense 3D camera (front: 5-megapixels, rear: 8-megapixels). The camera can be used by 3D designers to capture 3D scans, and they can subsequently port the scans into applications like ZBrush or Fusion 360.

The Wacom Pro Pen 2 that comes with these tablets boasts four times the accuracy and pressure sensitivity found on the preceding Pro Pen.

Below are the recommended retail prices for the different variations of each tablet. They are expected to hit offline and online stores come November 2016:

MobileStudio Pro 13

  • 64GB: S$2,199
  • 128GB: S$2,599
  • 256GB: S$2,899
  • 512GB with Intel RealSense 3D camera: S$3,599

MobileStudio Pro 16

  • 256GB, 2GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro M600M: S$3,499
  • 512GB, 4GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro M1000M with Intel RealSense 3D camera: S$4,399
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