Adonit Neo Pro Stylus Mimics Apple Pencil Features for $44.99

[MacRumors]

Stylus-maker Adonit has introduced the Neo Pro, the first iPad stylus that can be magnetically stored and wirelessly charged on the side of an iPad, just like the second-generation Apple Pencil.

Few existing third-party styluses are able to be magnetically attached to the side of an iPad, and the Adonit Neo Pro appears to be the first to also wirelessly charge on the side of an iPad like the Apple Pencil. Most powered third-party stylyses for the iPad have to be charged via a USB-C port.

The Neo Pro costs $44.99, considerably less than the $129 Apple Pencil. While it has similar functionality to the Apple Pencil with features like tilt sensitivity and palm rejection, it does not have pressure sensitivity.

When connected via Bluetooth, the Neo Pro can display its battery status in Apple's iPadOS battery widget. The stylus features a replaceable spiral tip, a click-to-turn-on button on the top, and up to nine hours of battery life.

The Adonit Neo Pro is compatible with the 11-inch iPad Pro, the third-generation 12.9-inch iPad Pro or newer, the fourth-generation iPad Air or newer, and the sixth-generation iPad mini. The stylus is now available to pre-order in Space Gray and Matte Silver.

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[thedreamking]

The price is right, but a lack of pressure sensitivity makes it pretty useless for creating art. It makes me wonder who the target demographic is 🤔

 

[jayducharme]

That's not a bad deal, though I'm sure the lack of pressure sensitivity will be an issue for some.

EDIT: thedreamking beat me to it!

 

[tweaknmod]

The price is right, but a lack of pressure sensitivity makes it pretty useless for creating art. It makes me wonder who the target demographic is 🤔

Likely people like me, who just want to be able to take notes, sketch ideas, and annotate PDFs.

If I didn’t already have an Apple Pencil, I’d grab one of these for sure.

 

[rick3000]

The Logitech Crayon is the same thing, a non-pressure sensitive Apple Pencil. Mine works great for note taking and annotation.

 

[1557750]

I’ll stick with Apple Pencil. The precision is just too nice to gamble with another brand.

If I had little ones that needed it for doodling, I’d go cheaper.

 

[ilikewhey]

The price is right, but a lack of pressure sensitivity makes it pretty useless for creating art. It makes me wonder who the target demographic is 🤔

me, i don't need pressure sensitivity to take notes

 

[thedreamking]

Likely people like me, who just want to be able to take notes, sketch ideas, and annotate PDFs.

If I didn’t already have an Apple Pencil, I’d grab one of these for sure.

Fair point!

 

[RickDEGH]

Make them backward compatible to old Minis and I’d buy some for my kids - as they use older devices. The older ones uses another pencil from Adonit anyway.

 

[maxfromdenmark]

The price is right, but a lack of pressure sensitivity makes it pretty useless for creating art. It makes me wonder who the target demographic is 🤔

Kids I guess and some young, beginning artists or someone who needs to take handwriting notes.

 

[Eric_WVGG]

I honestly think some antitrust pressure should be put against Apple over some of these accessories.

There are no security reasons for the APIs that control stylus pressure sensitivity to remain proprietary. Really nothing makes sense except making sure that it is impossible for other products to remain competitive.

This goes for AirPods as well… everyone knows that pairing bluetooth buds with the iPhone is a miserable experience compared to AirPods. If Apple doesn't want to sell the H1 chips to competitors, they should at least be opening up the protocols.

Monopoly laws are set up to make sure that a dominant force in one market cannot use that to leverage control in another market. It's fishy, because Apple doesn't have a monopoly on smartphones; but they do have a monopoly on iPhones. Regardless, this situation sucks for consumers.

 

[woolypants]

Few existing third-party styluses are able to be magnetically attached to the side of an iPad,

This part isn’t true. There are loads of budget active styluses can magnetically attach.

 

[Eric_WVGG]

Kids I guess and some young, beginning artists or someone who needs to take handwriting notes.

I might buy one. I just lost my third Apple Pencil, and I only use them for doodles and diagrams once every month or two… I can't keep shelling out $125/each for these ridiculous things…

 

[maxfromdenmark]

I might buy one. I just lost my third Apple Pencil, and I only use them for doodles and diagrams once every month or two… I can't keep shelling out $125/each for these ridiculous things…

Sounds reasonably

 

[maxfromdenmark]

I honestly think some antitrust pressure should be put against Apple over some of these accessories.

There are no security reasons for the APIs that control stylus pressure sensitivity to remain proprietary. Really nothing makes sense except making sure that it is impossible for other products to remain competitive.

This goes for AirPods as well… everyone knows that pairing bluetooth buds with the iPhone is a miserable experience compared to AirPods. If Apple doesn't want to sell the H1 chips to competitors, they should at least be opening up the protocols.

Monopoly laws are set up to make sure that a dominant force in one market cannot use that to leverage control in another market. It's fishy, because Apple doesn't have a monopoly on smartphones; but they do have a monopoly on iPhones. Regardless, this situation sucks for consumers.

There is no other reason for this like pressing customers to buy an original pencil with pressure sensitivity for 125$

 

[Yr Blues]

I hope they have good lawyers. I'm for more competition.

 

[SoldOnApple]

Why doesn't Apple Pencil have hover, or a button? A button would help make up for no hover. Even cheap drawing tablets for Macs have hover.

 

[SoldOnApple]

There is no other reason for this like pressing customers to buy an original pencil with pressure sensitivity for 125$

I think pencils of this kind that have good pressure sensitivity and tilt detection all cost $125 or more. With Jot's limited economy of scale compared to Apple, I don't think Jot can really compete without charging more money. They can compete by offering a simpler pencil for less money. For many typical design applications of a stylus you don't actually want pressure sensitivity anyway.

 

[Eric_WVGG]

Why doesn't Apple Pencil have hover, or a button? A button would help make up for no hover. Even cheap drawing tablets for Macs have hover.

There is nothing in the iPad screen that detects where a pointer is beyond touch, that would be a massive undertaking. You're talking about an entirely new sensor.

 

[cicalinarrot]

Likely people like me, who just want to be able to take notes, sketch ideas, and annotate PDFs.

If I didn’t already have an Apple Pencil, I’d grab one of these for sure.

Agreed, especially considering that if you buy the cheap iPads, the Pencil costs a third of the device itself.
Also nice if you want a pen for your kids to draw, for vector graphics, as a more precise controller for any app...

 

[B4U]

At that price, if the feature is the same as the crayon, that would be a great buy for those of us only use it to take notes.
Especially I do not believe the crayon charges like that.

 

[boak]

I honestly think some antitrust pressure should be put against Apple over some of these accessories.

There are no security reasons for the APIs that control stylus pressure sensitivity to remain proprietary. Really nothing makes sense except making sure that it is impossible for other products to remain competitive.

This goes for AirPods as well… everyone knows that pairing bluetooth buds with the iPhone is a miserable experience compared to AirPods. If Apple doesn't want to sell the H1 chips to competitors, they should at least be opening up the protocols.

Monopoly laws are set up to make sure that a dominant force in one market cannot use that to leverage control in another market. It's fishy, because Apple doesn't have a monopoly on smartphones; but they do have a monopoly on iPhones. Regardless, this situation sucks for consumers.

Antitrust? 🤣

What market is it that you're referring to?

 

[DD88]

I was interested as i’m an artist , and do digital art as well but I think the Apple Pencil suits my need already and this seems an inferior choice

 

[rjohnstone]

There is nothing in the iPad screen that detects where a pointer is beyond touch, that would be a massive undertaking. You're talking about an entirely new sensor.

It would require a new sensor under the digitizer, but it's not a "massive undertaking".
The tech already exists on other devices *cough Samsung.
Pretty sure Apple just doesn't want to pay patent fees/royalties on the tech.

 

[lostPod]

Is it possible to turn off the pressure sensitivity on the apple pencil?