@Thrax said:
AlexDeGruven is correct. The digitizer layer in the Note series is pressure sensitive. But I'm suspicious that people make use of that pressure sensitivity as the use cases are oddly specific for a phone. In the event my supposition is correct, then any ol' capacitive stylus will do.
I don't make good use of the pressure sensitivity as much as I do the precision. The S-Pen has much narrower tip than any capacitive stylus I've seen. Plus, it slides into the phone, so it's always there.
... until you manage to lose it anyway whilst brewing beer and have to buy another one. I just checked eBay and noticed the knockoffs are much cheaper and more plentiful than when I had to replace mine last year.
edit: another difference is the writing feel. No stylus really feels good on a phone, but the hard plastic tip feels worlds better than the rubber tips on cheap styluses. I have a woven metal fabric-tipped stylus I use with my Kindle Fire that also feels pretty good, although it's better for painting, gaming, or idle poking than for writing (tip width again).
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@Thrax@AlexDeGruven - What @Gargoyle said. I've yet to see a capacitive stylus with a firm narrow tip (inb4 Linc comment). If one exists, I'd buy it in a heartbeat for use on my tablet and possibly my phone. The capacitive styluses that I've seen so far don't seem any better than just using my finger (goddamnit, this whole conversation is nothing but giggity). If you guys have some suggestion for a more precise capacitive stylus, I'm all ears. I haven't been able to find one though.
You won't get one. Capacitive screens depend on a particular tip width (ugh) to register a touch properly. More precise pointing devices would actually reduce precision in the end.
If you want really precise stylus-ing, you need to move up to the wacom-powered pens.
@AlexDeGruven said:
You won't get one. Capacitive screens depend on a particular tip width (just the tip) to register a (man)touch properly. More precise pointing devices would actually reduce precision in the end (inYOURendo).
If you want really precise stylus-ing, you need to move up to the wacom-powered pens (for her pleasure).
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(1) I always thought it was weird that Apple forces you to sync your iOS devices with iTunes when they had a perfectly good application for syncing contacts and calendars.
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I don't make good use of the pressure sensitivity as much as I do the precision. The S-Pen has much narrower tip than any capacitive stylus I've seen. Plus, it slides into the phone, so it's always there.
... until you manage to lose it anyway whilst brewing beer and have to buy another one. I just checked eBay and noticed the knockoffs are much cheaper and more plentiful than when I had to replace mine last year.
edit: another difference is the writing feel. No stylus really feels good on a phone, but the hard plastic tip feels worlds better than the rubber tips on cheap styluses. I have a woven metal fabric-tipped stylus I use with my Kindle Fire that also feels pretty good, although it's better for painting, gaming, or idle poking than for writing (tip width again).
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LG G Flex
Preach.
@Thrax @AlexDeGruven - What @Gargoyle said. I've yet to see a capacitive stylus with a firm narrow tip (inb4 Linc comment). If one exists, I'd buy it in a heartbeat for use on my tablet and possibly my phone. The capacitive styluses that I've seen so far don't seem any better than just using my finger (goddamnit, this whole conversation is nothing but giggity). If you guys have some suggestion for a more precise capacitive stylus, I'm all ears. I haven't been able to find one though.
You won't get one. Capacitive screens depend on a particular tip width (ugh) to register a touch properly. More precise pointing devices would actually reduce precision in the end.
If you want really precise stylus-ing, you need to move up to the wacom-powered pens.
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In reverse chronological order, and of varying levels of "smart":
(1) I always thought it was weird that Apple forces you to sync your iOS devices with iTunes when they had a perfectly good application for syncing contacts and calendars.