The IFA of Berlin has had during its conference days a high presence of 2-in-1 tablets, with several brands demonstrating the advances of this corner that increasingly occupies more space within the room that is the market for tablets. One of the most interesting devices, even though it is still nothing more than a prototype under development, has been presented by Toshiba today. A computer with Windows 10 and an ultrathin 12-inch screen that is seen as a future rival to the iPad Pro that Apple will present soon.
With the drop in tablet sales since the last quarter of 2014, many manufacturers are jumping on the 2-in-1 bandwagon that has been thrown in recent years by brands such as Toshiba, one of which has dared to test on several occasions with devices halfway between tablet and laptop. Continuing with their strategy, they have shown at the IFA one of the prototypes that they currently have in development, a device that denotes the greatest competence and need of these firms to improve what they had been doing so far.
En The Verge have had the opportunity to establish a close contact with the Toshiba tablet and highlight several of its features. Among them thin and light which is at hand, something very important if we consider that it is a device of 12 inches screen, by the way, resolution Full HD (1.920 x 1.280 pixels). A detail that would be explained with the manufacturing materials, apparently plastic for the most part. Apart from the design, we are not in a position to make even a first judgment of its specifications, since they have barely revealed that it has a Intel Atom processor and runs Windows 10.
With the iPad Pro in the spotlight
However, there are several details that place it as a possible (inexpensive) alternative to iPad Pro. First of all its careful design, this will be one of the strengths of the tablet for professional use that Apple will present next September 9 if everything goes according to plan, and although we have said that it will not be entirely premium, it does appreciate a special care in this section. Also the possibility of adapt a keyboard (coincidentally reminiscent of the Logitech for iPad) and the inclusion of a stylus can go this way, as we expect an iPad Pro with both accessories.
According to The Verge "It gets closer to the point where it feels like we're holding a notepad of paper", an objective pursued by the iPad Pro and practically any productive tablet that wants to enter the business sector. Therefore, and with the price surely rising for the iPad Pro, those of Cupertino will have a difficult time defending their product against others like this Toshiba prototype that they will offer. Windows 10 (The operating system called to save the tablet market), A design at the height and a better value for money.
Undoubtedly, it will be interesting to see how the rest of the manufacturers respond to the internship of a giant like Apple, a company that planted the germ from which the entire market emerged as we know it today, in the 2-in segment. -1. The IFA has already given us a small sample of this, but devices of the size of Surface Pro 4 and many others to come.