Apple Pencil is faster on the draw than Microsoft’s rival stylus

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iPad Pro and Apple Pencil keep designers happy and eraser dust-free.
Apple claims its Pencil stylus has “virtually no lag.”
Photo: Apple

The iPad Pro has received lukewarm reviews, but one thing no reviewer’s failed to be amazed by is the Apple Pencil stylus — which Cupertino has advertised as a “highly responsive” input method with “virtually no lag.”

But exactly how responsive is the Pencil compared to rival products like the stylus for Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 4? Journalist and photographer Angel Jimenez de Luis decided to test out both with a head-to-head comparison, recorded in close-up at 120fps slow-motion.

Check it out below.

Angel Jimenez used the “Notes” app for the iPad Pro, and the “One Note” app for the Surface Pro 4. While there’s not necessarily a whole lot in it, when slowed down to 120 frames-per-second the iPad Pro has noticeably less lag time than Microsoft’s rival.

Given that it’s different software being used on both tablets, it’s not an entirely fair competition, but it certainly serves as a victory for the iPad Pro on this occasion — even if this perhaps isn’t the definitive benchmark test.

Via: GforGames

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