The Note Air 2 and Note Air 2 Plus are virtually identical, save for the fact the Plus ships in green, not blue, and sports a higher-capacity battery – 3700mAh versus 3000mAh. The Note Air 2 Plus’s E-Ink display has a 1404 x 1872 resolution and 227 DPI, which makes it easier on the eyes than an OLED panel. Naturally, the screen refresh in other apps can feel really sluggish, but the Boox software makes it possible to configure just about everything, on a per-app basis as well as globally for the entire system.

You also can connect earphones or external speakers either via Bluetooth or via the USB Type C connector.

So if you’re a self-proclaimed geek and want a gadget that really lets you flex, the Note Air 2 Plus is it. The game is afoot with e-ink tablets tumbling onto the scene these last couple of years, and the latest to land at Tech Advisor for review is the Boox Note Air 2 Plus from Onyx. The battery charged up in a little under a couple of hours, so don’t expect particularly nippy charging, but given how long this thing lasts, that wasn’t an issue for me. Powerful digital notepads enable you to take structured and efficient notes in meetings and at work.

After all, you'll likely be looking at static content on it – E-Books, PDFs and text files, which are generally smaller than 5MB. You can watch videos on the Note Air 2 Plus but I wouldn’t recommend it at all as the quality won’t be the best. The low latency ensured that the Note Air 2 Plus was able to track all my hand movements accurately no matter how scruffy my handwriting was.I tried using pin code security but in practice this breaks the flow of using the device on and off while doing other things (e. We ran into some inconsistencies with its note-taking experience and wish it was waterproof, but those issues don't prevent the Note Air 2 from being worthy of our Editors’ Choice award. The added benefit of Android has the same effect on the utility of this tablet as Red Bull on people's forelimbs. Onyx also gives you plenty of screen refresh modes to choose from, so you can customise each app to display just the way you want it to. More than just clever, it’s also stylish, with a slim profile, metal construction, and fun pops of colour to give its classical design some flair.