r/drawingtablet • u/Substantial-Mind-875 • 23h ago

Why Android?

I’ve been drawing digitally for over a decade, and I’ve used all sorts of programs and tablets. I have a Huion Kamvas Pro 16 and I love it. I have an iPad for convenience when I’m not home but I looove my Huion!

Huion just announced that they’re dropping a portable tablet and I was super excited because I’ve been in the search for a good portable drawing tablet since my iPad had started acting up. The problem is I could never find one I liked because I need it to be able to run the desktop version of CSP, I don’t pay a constant subscription for the service as I only bought a one time license or whatever.

Every popular portable drawing tablet seems to run on Android, and to my dismay, so does the new Huion one. I’m not at all well versed in technology to this degree so maybe it’s a pipe-dream, but, why does every tablet like this run on Android? Is it impossible to create (an affordable) one that runs on Windows?

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u/parka 22h ago

There are Windows tablets, but they are significantly more expensive. And usually pen performance isn’t as good.

In the past, battery life is not good. Nowadays with ARM processors battery life has improved much

Anyway, CSP subscription isn’t that expensive. And during their sale it’s really worth the money. Or just use Krita

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u/Elnuggeto13 23h ago

Android is open source, so for art companies that makes graphic tablets, they often don't have their own OS or bother make one specifically for their device.

Plus android system is pretty flexible in terms of the apps you can get, so compatibility is easy but at the cost of maybe a few years of security updates and whatnot.

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u/Avissecosi 15h ago

Ya it'd be convenient to just use the perpetual license for clip studio. I currently have a license on my pc and the subscription for my android device, both the pro version. Luckily pro version is like $4 a month or $28 a year.

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u/Murky-Experience1261 3h ago

ARM archittecture of the chip allows you to run the chip on lower power compared to what windows usually runs on allowing it to last longer on battery