The OnePlus Pad 2’s vibrating stylus simulates writing on paper
The OnePlus Pad 2’s optional Stylo 2 stylus vibrates to simulate the feeling of pen on paper. | Image: OnePlus
With a larger 12.1-inch screen now powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, the new OnePlus Pad 2 brings several performance upgrades to the company’s original tablet. But the most interesting is an optional new stylus accessory that simulates the pen on paper experience using vibrations.
The new Stylo 2 stylus is now made with a leather-like material, offering improved grip, a jump from 4,096 to 16,000 levels of pressure sensitivity, swipe controls, and a linear motor inside that makes the tip vibrate to give you that feeling of a pen writing on paper.
There are other improvements as well. The OnePlus Pad 2’s larger screen, up from 11.6 inches on the original, also gets a resolution bump from 2800 x 2000 pixels to 3000 x 2120…
