The case is gorgeous but is of subpar quality. The spine covers the side USB-C port on the tablet, and it’s not possible to charge the tablet when the case is closed. There is, however, a huge design flaw with the case. My device shipped with a grey (outside) and orange (inside) book folio case. The device looks beautiful with orange highlights and a flush bezel. Update: Onyx commented on Reddit that a rubber protector was added to the pen to prevent damage during transit. It’s not the best experience out of the box, and Onyx should find a way to ship the pen so the nib doesn’t get damaged. I got in touch with the seller and they shipped a set of nibs right away and in a couple of days I had a working pen. I came across a post on Reddit discussing this problem and the likely culprit is that the pen is not secured in the box and the pen gets damaged during shipping. This caused issues during the calibration process for the stylus, and I could write on the device with the tip hanging 1 cm in the air. The first thing I noticed as I was unboxing was that the pen nib was bent and crushed (see update at end of this section). Here’s my experience of using the tablet for 6 weeks. The lack of a backlight and a recently introduced subscription model drove me to go for a Boox Note Air 2 instead. I’ve been eyeing the e-ink tablet market since Remarkable launched a few years ago. I take a lot of notes and it was becoming a real headache to organise and revise things I had studied.

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