Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5

When at CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of the year Panasonic appeared on the scene with an entire 20-inch tablet with 4K resolution Some of us found it hard to believe that such equipment would ever reach the market. But the company has not backed down and, taking advantage of the fact that the IFA is passing through Berlin, announces the final release of its spectacular tablet.

The Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 is a tablet directly aimed at the professional sector, with photographers, designers and other creatives as its main recipients . Due to price and benefits, it is not a product for everyone, but that does not mean it is notable as the largest tablet with Windows 8 available for sale.

Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 Specifications

The service sheet of the Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 goes beyond its spectacular screen and a name with too many acronyms. Inside we find a Intel Core i5-3437U vPro dual-core 1.9 GHz processor, accompanied by 4 or 8GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD and an NVIDIA GeForce 745M graphics card.

All this to put Windows 8.1 Pro on a 20-inch IPS display multi-touch capable of recognizing up to 10 fingers at the same time. The display is also the first with 4K resolution of 3840x2560 pixels The combination assumes a pixel density of 230 pixels per inch.

The tablet includes a USB 3.0 port, SDXC card slot, headphone jack, and connector for an optional stand that in turn adds an Ethernet port, another HDMI port, and three USB 3 ports.0 additional. The equipment also has the corresponding front camera capable of recording in HD.

Tablet for professionals

The Toughpad 4K UT-MB5 is not a tablet for the masses. It belongs to the family of Panasonic rugged devices endowed with extreme resistance. Its design and construction allows the tablet to withstand drops of up to 76 cm. tall without disheveled.

Despite all this, Panasonic has managed to keep the equipment in more than moderate dimensions with barely 12.5 millimeters thick and 2.3 kg in weight That Yes, all this at the cost of a battery that will barely last two hours with continuous use.

To facilitate the work of professionals with the tablet its main accessory is a high-precision stylus capable of detecting up to 2048 levels depression. This pencil is optional and is sold separately at a price of 280 euros.

Panasonic Toughpad 4K UT-MB5, price and availability

The main novelty of IFA 2013 regarding this tablet is that Panasonic has finally announced its availability and price. The current version will hit stores in November at a price of 4,500 euros And we had already warned that this is not a device for everyone.

There is a second version in preparation (UT-MA6) that promises better performance for applications such as 3D simulation or CAD design, butwill not hit the market until the first quarter of 2014.