Current (cheaper) tablet closest to Surface Pro 4 (stylus, keyboard) for Xmas

[Jonathan]

I would say the Teclast X98 Pro is a bad choice because it doesn’t have an active stylus and the CPU probably won’t handle the software you want to run very well, certainly not as well as the other tablets you mention.

I’ve been trying to find a current Chinese tablet that has a scratch resistant screen for some time now without luck.

With regards to colour reproduction, there doesn’t seem to be any objective data on sRGB coverage or accuracy of the displays in Chinese tablets.</span>

The Chinese tablets that have stylus support all seem to have 16:9 screens which personally I find far too lacking in vertical space to draw on, especially when you have toolbars, menubars and other things eating into it.

I think you’d be far better off with a Surface Pro 4 if at all possible. Better build; active stylus with a tip that provides friction; better aspect ratio; no throttling and excellent sRGB coverage and accuracy.

 

[sirdrak]

The best option is the Cube i7 Stylus… The screen is the same than Surface Pro 2, with 75% sRGB, and Wacom EMR with 1024 pressure levels. You are NOT limited to the official stylus, there are literally hundreds of compatible stylus (Surface Pro 1 and 2 stylus, Samsung S-Pens, Wacom Bamboo Feel, Bamboo Carbon, Bamboo Smart, HP Touchsmart TM2 Stylus, etc, etc…). I use my Cube i7 Stylus With Photoshops and Illustrator CC, Clip Studio Paint Pro and other artistic software to do digital ilustration works at professional level without problems. I’m very very happy with this tablet. I have a large review of it here (in spanish, but with a lot of test and game test videos): http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1041782

[Jonathan]

Sirdrak, out of interest what’s the average/max deltaE you get on your Cube after calibration please?

[theriddler]

Maybe the Teclast x16 power (as opposed to the x16 pro…)???

[Dave Bee]

Thanks for the replies, everyone.

sirdrak wrote:

The best option is the Cube i7 Stylus… The screen is the same than Surface Pro 2, with 75% sRGB, and Wacom EMR with 1024 pressure levels. You are NOT limited to the official stylus, there are literally hundreds of compatible stylus (Surface Pro 1 and 2 stylus, Samsung S-Pens, Wacom Bamboo Feel, Bamboo Carbon, Bamboo Smart, HP Touchsmart TM2 Stylus, etc, etc…). I use my Cube i7 Stylus With Photoshops and Illustrator CC, Clip Studio Paint Pro and other artistic software to do digital ilustration works at professional level without problems. I’m very very happy with this tablet. I have a large review of it here (in spanish, but with a lot of test and game test videos): http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=1041782

Thanks a lot for your thoughts. Which stylus do you use with yours? As suggested in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzmCGPSZ_2Q), I’m going to order a Surface Pro 2 screen protector. Would it make sense to get the SP2 stylus, since those two are presumably designed to work together, texture-wise? The default one that goes into the basket on GearBest is this: http://www.gearbest.com/tablet-pcs/pp_211007.html

And while you’re here, I’d appreciate anyone’s suggestion on which store to buy from and whether there are any discount codes I should be using. Do Chinese resellers often have promotions on Black Friday/Cyber Monday? Or do they stick to 11/11? (I *just* missed the boat on my decision to get a new tablet)

[Christian]

Hi, definitely use the 10% discount through banggood store if you purchase using their app, that’s quite a lot more than some 5% discounts going on around christmas, and banggood usually is a better site to deal with and offer paypal option.

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