Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Y1 Performance 20-inch tablet coming this December
Announced in late July, the Toughpad FZ-Y1 is a 20-inch 4K rugged tablet designed for businesss and graphic designers. The "portable" includes dedicated a dedicated GPU and Windows 10 Pro for professional applications.
The Toughpad FZ-Y1 works as a tablet PC with a vPro-enabled Intel Core i7-5600U Broadwell CPU, AMD FirePro M5100 GPU, and 16 GB RAM. A 256 GB SSD is standard, but can be upgraded to 512 GB.
The massive 20-inch touchscreen offers UHD resolution (3840 x 2560 pixels), optional Bluetooth and IR-based pen, USB 3.0, Gigabit LAN, HDMI, mDP, and docking connector.
A higher-end model, called the FZ-Y1 Performance, will be available by the end of December for 5120 Euros. The high price comes with a 3-year warranty and includes on-call repairs within 96 hours in case of damage. The tablet is certified by leading software vendors such as Autodesk.
Our review on the smaller Toughpad FZ-B2 shows that build quality for the Toughpad series is one of the best for a professional tablet.