Huion Kamvas Slate 11 and 13 Android tablets offer designers a portable creation tool

Most professional digital creatives have a powerful computer they use for their craft, whether it’s a desktop at home or a laptop they can bring anywhere. While all those beefy specs deliver the performance they need for creating art, designs, and 3D models, they can also weigh them down, literally and figuratively. Sometimes, you might want to just move around, lie back on your couch, or even enjoy a cool refreshing outdoors. You want the freedom of movement without cutting yourself off from your creative endeavors.

Tablets these days have become those convenient portable devices that offer mobility with a bit of productivity. With a talented stylus, they can even be a powerful digital canvas for artists and designers, allowing them to stay creative even while disconnected from their computers. That’s the kind of creative freedom that Huion’s new pair of Kamvas Slate tablets are promising, and now they come in two sizes to fit every need and budget.

Designer: Huion

Just like XP-Pen and Wacom, Huion is a brand that’s known to digital creators for its line of drawing tablets, both with screens and without. With the exception of Wacom, which seems to have taken a step back in this product category, drawing tablet makers are now dabbling in providing that same technology in a standalone device that doesn’t need a connected computer to use. Of course, outside of Apple’s kingdom, that practically means Android tablets like the new Huion Kamvas Slate 11 and 13.

These two tablets offer a larger screen option over Huion’s first attempt, the Kamvas Slate 10. The 13-inch model, in particular, has even more screen real estate with a 4:3 aspect ratio. Both tablets do have the same nano etching tech buzzword that not only reduces glare but also gives a more paper-like feel when using the included H-Pencil. That stylus boasts 4,096 levels of pressure and a quick access button, just like on Huion’s drawing tablets.

While it was unthinkable to have decent cameras on tablets years ago, now it has become almost fashionable. Although nowhere near as capable as on smartphones, the 13MP shooter on the Huion Kamvas Slate 11 and 13 are probably more than enough to snap up inspiration as you come across them. There’s an 8MP camera on the front for video calls, but don’t expect flattering quality.

Both tablets also run on a MediaTek G99 processor, which isn’t exactly a champ when it comes to performance. With 8GB of RAM and 128GB of built-in storage that’s thankfully expandable up to 1TB, tablets just have enough power for a few layers of sketches. Given the $299 and $409 price tags for the Huion Kamvas Slate 11 and Kamvas Slate 13, respectively, that’s not exactly outside expectations for mid-range Android tablets.