Outstanding has simply launched its next-generation paper pill with the Paper Professional.
Hailed by the model as “the final word paper pill”, the Paper Professional guarantees to construct upon the success of the Outstanding 2 for a tool that gives “the perfect writing and studying expertise ever on a paper pill.”
What are the important thing variations between the Outstanding Paper Professional and the Outstanding 2? We’ve in contrast the specs of the 2 paper tablets beneath so you’ll be able to determine whether or not it’s price upgrading to the most recent mannequin.
| Outstanding Paper Professional | Outstanding 2 | |
| UK RRP | N/A | £389 |
| USA RRP | $579 | $399 |
| Producer | Outstanding | Outstanding |
| Display screen Measurement | 11.8-inches | 10.3-inches |
| Measurement (Dimensions) | 196.6 x 274.1 x 5.1 mm | 188 x 246 x 4.7 mm |
| Weight | 525g | 403.5g |
| Launch Date | 2024 | 2020 |
| Ports | USB-C | USB-C |
Worth
The just lately launched Outstanding Paper Professional is obtainable to order now and, in case you purchase instantly from the Outstanding web site, will come bundled with a selection of Marker. The bundle with the usual Marker will price $579 whereas the Marker Plus set, which boasts elevated sensitivity and a built-in eraser, will set you again $629. On the time of writing, we don’t have the UK pricing accessible.
Equally, the Outstanding 2 comes geared up with a selection between the Marker or Marker Plus stylus and has a beginning RRP of £389/$379.
The Paper Professional is the primary Outstanding pill to function a color show, permitting customers to write down and skim in color. In contrast to different paper tablets that simply put a filter on prime of a black and white show to supply colors, the Paper Professional makes use of Outstanding’s personal Canvas Color show stack expertise as a substitute.
Canvas Color allows the Paper Professional’s show to assist 9 completely different colors, which will be blended and layered collectively when writing and sketching. The show additionally helps hundreds of colors when studying too, evoking the sensation of a printed newspaper web page.
In contrast to LCD or LED screens, the Canvas Color doesn’t use vibrant, flickering lights to supply colors and as a substitute has a low-glare show that displays pure mild, leading to a extra snug studying expertise.
If you need a extra moveable system then the Outstanding 2 could also be a better-suited possibility for you, because it’s simply 4.7mm thick whereas the Paper Professional is 5.1mm. Not solely that however the Outstanding 2 can also be lighter at 403.5g whereas the Outstanding Paper Professional is a hefty 525g.
The Outstanding Paper Professional could also be heavier but it surely does boast considerably extra storage than its predecessor. With 64GB of inside storage alongside 2GB of RAM, you’ll be able to confidently retailer extra e-books, magazines and digital journals in your system and have them open up quicker.
However, the Outstanding 2 is fitted with 8GB of inside storage alongside simply 1GB of RAM.
Sporting an 11.8-inch show, the Paper Professional presents 30% extra writing area than the Outstanding 2, which has a extra compact 10.3-inch display screen.
At first look you might discover the thicker bezels of the Outstanding 2, nevertheless, it’s price mentioning that we didn’t discover them distracting throughout our use. In reality, we famous that the inclusion of the bezels made holding the pill really feel extra snug.
One in every of our greatest qualms with the Outstanding 2 was its lack of backlight or studying mild, as this made utilizing the system in darkish rooms troublesome.
Fortuitously Outstanding has amended this problem with the Paper Professional because it sports activities an adjustable studying mild which guarantees to softly illuminate the show in dim lighting circumstances, making it doable to learn with out straining your eyes.
Early verdict
Because of its giant show that may now produce color, extra storage and the inclusion of a studying mild, the Outstanding Paper Professional undoubtedly fixes the problems that had been current within the Outstanding 2. Nonetheless, these enhancements come at a hefty price.
If you need Outstanding’s latest and most premium paper pill providing then the Paper Professional may be a great possibility. Nonetheless, in case you’re merely in search of a paper pill that appears and feels such as you’re interacting with paper then the Outstanding 2 is less expensive but a stable possibility.