Wacom expands its Cintiq line of professional creative tablets with two new models, the Cintiq Companion and the Cintiq Companion Hybrid. Both of them sport a 13.3-inch Full HD 1920×1080 IPS LCD display with 700:1 contrast and 75% Adobe color gamut. The former runs Windows 8 or Windows 8 Pro while the latter is a creative pen display running Android OS.
Wacom Cintiq Companion
The Cintiq Companion is boosted by a 3rd gen Core i7-3517U processor, 8GB of RAM, integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 and 256GB or 512GB SSD storage. The Hybrid version, on the other hand, packs quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB internal storage.
Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid
Wacom’s new Cintiq tablets will come with Pro Pen and their screen supports 2048 levels pen pressure and multitouch for advanced control. They also sport a 2 Megapixel front-facing camera and a 8 Megapixel camera on the back, and support Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Windows models will have a mini DisplayPort and two USB 3.0 ports and the Android version provides micro HDMI and USB 2.0 connector.
The Cintiq Companion is priced at $1999 for 256GB and $2499 for 512GB model, while the Hybrid is available for $1499 for 16GB and $1599 for 32GB.
Wacom Cintiq Companion
Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid
