Toshiba’s DynaPad is thinner and lighter than the Surface Pro 4

Toshiba has just announced the Dynapad, a brand-new Windows 10 convertible that hopes to take on Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 when it launches in Q1 next year.

We already knew that there was a roll out of new Windows 10 devices coming in quick succession over a two week period.

The tablet has a 12 inch display and a detachable keyboard dock.

Its screen resolution is WUXGA+, so a little larger than Full HD (1920 x 1280), and it comes with an anti-reflection coating so is created to be clear in ambient lighting conditions.

Echoing the Microsoft Surface Pro 4, the pen can be clipped onto the side of the tablet when not in use. The key feature of the touchscreen is not its anti- fingerprint characteristic though.

The DynaPad also has Wacom’s digitiser tricks up its svelte sleeves, with the addition of a stylus with 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, which Toshiba believes can replicate the feeling of writing on actual paper. There’s a 1.44 GHz Atom processor and 4GB of memory. While it’s certainly not the only 2-in-1 with a pen on the market, Toshiba says its device will feel more natural than its competitors’, making for easier note-taking on the move.

The Toshiba dynaPad is just 6.9mm thin when not attached to an included full-size keyboard and is 569g, which the company claims is the lightest amongst its peers. With the keyboard folded in, that weight is increased to about 996 grams, and height to 14.9 millimeters. It is priced at ¥130,000 before taxes, which converts around $1080 in dollars.

The release is the latest in a long history of collaboration between Toshiba and Microsoft, and Toshiba recently became one of the first PC manufacturers to introduce Windows Hello face recognition on a consumer PC with the Satellite Radius 12.

The Toshiba DynaPad will be available in the U.S. and Europe early 2016, with pricing yet to be confirmed.