I put this to the test, writing notes on the iPad with the Neo Duo and looking for problems. Which is why a third-party one works as well as Apple Pencil for writing and sketching. All the accessory has to do is meet a minimal set of hardware requirements. What you have to understand about iPad styli is that the tablet does all the work. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Adonit Neo Duo and Adonit Neo performance The buttons and USB-C ports on the Adonit Neo Duo and Adonit Neo are easily accessible. Both are very professional looking, and match the look of iPad brilliantly. Just press the button to turn the stylus on or off, with a blue LED showing the status.Īdonit Neo Duo is available in graphite black or matte silver, while the Duo is space grey or matte silver. It doesn’t have iPhone mode so you don’t have to bother with it. But perhaps that’s what the Adonit Neo was created for. I use iPad mode much more often than iPhone mode. It’s a simple system, though I wish the order was flipped. Another press and the stylus is off - or it will turn itself off after a few minutes. Another press and the LED turns blue to show the stylus is in iPad mode. With the Neo Duo, a small green LED lights up to indicate you’re in iPhone mode. Press the button on the far end on either Adonit product to activate it. Expect 7 or 8 hours of continuous use between charges, and you can use the stylus while charging in a pinch. Just occasionally plug the tablet charging cable into the stylus and you’re good to go. That flat iPad edge is used to charge Apple Pencil 2, but the Adonit accessories charge via a USB-C port. There’s no more convenient place to store your stylus than attached to your iPad. A bonus is that the flat edge makes the styli less likely to roll away on a tabletop. One side of the Adonit styli is flat, and they’ll cling to the edge of recent iPad Pro, iPad Air and iPad mini models designed to work with the Apple Pencil 2. The writing tip is easily removable, and two replacements come with each product. For comparison, they’re almost exactly the same size as an Apple Pencil 2. Holding one feels like holding a pen - natural and comfortable. Hardware and designīoth the Neo Duo and the Neo are 6.4 inches long, 1.1 inches in circumference, and 0.6 ounces in weight. I find the fine tip on the Neo Duo and Neo to be vastly easier to use for everything but the most basic tasks. There’s really no comparing these two with cheap capacitive styli - those squishy ones you find on the end of some pens. The same goes for the lower cost Adonit Neo. Plus, it doesn’t use Bluetooth and doesn’t need to be paired with the tablet. There’s even native palm rejection for easier drawing. The Adonit Neo Duo is just as usable for taking notes. The extra cost only adds some features that you can probably live without. The Apple Pencil is wonderful… but it’s also expensive.
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