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Review on πŸ–Š Homagical Active Stylus Pen: Precise Fine Point Digital Stylus Compatible with Apple iPad and Touch Screen Devices by Peter Zouhair

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The pen is more accurate than your phone.

Let's start by saying that I like the design and the idea. It's minimalist, no clips or curves, no bulk, it's like holding a regular round art pen in your hands, which is great. You're comparing varnish to something like a piano, I don't know much about that, but it doesn't feel cheap, it feels like part of a pen, not just a coat of paint. It's textured and gives you a very secure grip, even if your fingers are sweaty it won't slip. No markings or details to detract from its simple elegance. I'm proud of that and brag about it even though I've never used it. My only cosmetic complaint is that the black pen no longer comes with a black case, you still get a white one. This isn't the company's fault though, they just posted a black kit in the reviews and I lost hope. Speaking of sleeves, I think it's faux leather or faux leather, with a very, very soft, fluffy fabric on the inside, and the entire handle fits in without hanging out. I can't think of a more luxurious bed that is safe to rest on when not in use. Design wise the tip is very well polished, smooth, glides well and I don't have a protective film but I didn't see any scratch marks at all. Gorilla Glass 5 it seems. From a scientific point of view, the metal copper is softer than glass, and Gorilla Glass is even harder than ordinary glass. That means metal literally can't scratch a phone screen, but a cheap screen protector can be soft enough to be scratched more easily. Simply put, don't worry about damaging your phone as long as you don't hit the screen hard, although you might see smudges on a cheap screen protector. The tip also has a spring mechanism to absorb contact pressure, so you may hear a click when you press it, but the tip touches the phone gently even when you're playing a game or working fast. A soft grip that works without power is part of the cap and connects to the charging port cover with a magnet strong enough for the pen to feel solid. Personally I think it couldn't have been better, it doesn't feel cheap, brittle like it's just going to fall off or something. The charging port works well and the light changes from red (charging) to green (fully charged). Press the button and it turns blue and I noticed that when I was drawing, the middle line turned off for me, so the timer function doesn't seem to know if you're still actively using the pen or not. However, I don't see this as a problem as it's just a 'click' and you get back to work, not an impediment. Speaking of work, I think I should focus on productivity. The stylus is inserted about 1mm before it touches the glass with the LG G8 ThinQ. It was barely noticeable and is well appreciated as it helps you draw and write with confidence knowing it won't stop and start randomly when you touch the screen. Pressing works fine and anything fast works well, like writing or fast scratching. The problem I'm having is that when you're moving slowly, the input acts like a weak magnetic grid is lazily pulling your line away from where you're drawing and looks like ripples when you draw diagonally or turn circles into squares. I am attaching a screenshot of my painstaking drawing efforts. The ones on the right were with a metal tip, above I tried to draw simple spirals. I used a soft pad on the bottom left. The top left line was a metal-tipped band, and further down it went more slowly, as if you were holding the brush with a firm hand. A line on the left was slow with a notepad. The jiggling is driving me nuts, but the company has been very frank in saying that the pen isn't currently drawing, so I can't say I was scammed or anything. After some research and testing I found the reason why the pen is not drawing. goes directly against intuition. The pen is actually too precise for the device. A friend tried me on his iPhone and the effect was less noticeable. (By the way, he showed me that the harder he presses, the thicker the lines get, so presumably some devices can feel the pressure.) The problem is that capacitive touchscreens use a series of sensors along the x and y axes, to determine the point of touch, the more sensors or "touch resolution", such as B. Screen resolution, the more accurately the device can read the input. Because this stylus is very precise, the contact area is actually smaller than the distance between the sensors, which means the touch device has to guess where it's touching. This breaks the touch input or moves it from one line to another. On my LG G8 ThinQ, the y-axis is smooth, but the x-axis appears to have 15 sensors forming lines that draw my input to the nearest. Anyway I think the point is that the stylus is perfect, it's the device you're using it on that may or may not feel it accurate. Drawing quick sketches, playing games, navigating the phone, using Gboard on Android to convert emails to text instead of typing, it was all really great and I recommend it to everyone without exception. If you want to draw fine details, your device needs to be able to accept input at that level, just like you would need a high-resolution camera to capture detailed images. Fair review I would say this pen is just perfect, I would challenge anyone to take a biased view and genuinely say there is something wrong with it.

Pros
  • Computers and accessories
Cons
  • Useless features