Drawing tablet maker Huion is moving beyond its usual audience of illustrators with the Note E (X50), an 8.4-inch Android 15 slate built around a battery-free pressure-sensitive stylus. The pitch leans heavily on the writing surface itself, which uses AG nano-etching to give the 1920x1200 LCD a matte finish meant to mimic pen-on-paper friction while keeping a 60 Hz refresh rate, color reproduction at 99% sRGB, and 300 nits of brightness.
Under the hood sits a MediaTek Helio G99 with two Arm Cortex-A76 cores at 2.2 GHz, six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0 GHz, and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, paired with 6GB of LPDDR4 memory and 128GB of storage. Connectivity covers dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.2, and a single USB-C 2.0 port that also accepts USB-C headphones. A 4,500 mAh battery is rated for around 6.5 hours at 50% brightness and recharges in two hours over 9V/2A. The chassis measures 203 x 143 x 7.4 mm (8.0 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches) and weighs 348 grams (12.3 ounces), with a fingerprint reader doubling as the power button and a magnetic case that docks the stylus.
The star of the package is the bundled PW510 pen, which uses Huion's PenTech 3.0 to deliver 8,192 levels of pressure sensitivity, a 400 pps report rate, and tilt recognition without ever needing a charge. That stylus tech is the same lineage found in the company's Kamvas drawing tablets, now repurposed for handwritten notes rather than digital painting. DC dimming and what Huion calls a soft-light display round out the eye-comfort claims.
Software is where the device tries to differentiate from a generic mid-range Android tablet. The preloaded Huion Note app handles configurable brushes (fountain pen, ballpoint, highlighter), handwriting-to-text conversion, audio recording tied to notes, document annotation, content search, and cross-device sync. Landscape and portrait modes are both supported, and the app is also available for installation on other Android devices. Users who prefer open-source tooling have a ready alternative in Xournal++, which ships an Android port (version 1.1.11) with pressure-sensitive stylus support and PDF annotation under the GPL, distributed through the F-Droid open-source app catalog.
The Huion Note E sells for $369 (€340) and ships with a protective case, the PW510 pen, a USB cable, a nib clip, ten replacement nibs, and a quick-start guide. Full documentation lives on the official product page.
