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After a few days, this is what I can say about it:
1. Reading PDF: Great (but that was already the case on the Max Carta)
2. Annotating PDF: Pretty good, better than the Max Carta due to the Wacom stylus
3. Note-taking app: half-decent. Lecturenotes was doing better 7 years ago. No options to create your own templates within the app, only one layer, choice of pen and color extremely limited, doesn't seem to have highlighters or hardness settings. Toolbar is huge and has to be hidden / brought back all the time. Lecturenotes works great btw, wish I could set it up as the default note-taking app.
4. Google Play is not properly set up, takes 24h to activate, and after that crashes when trying to click on an app or to install. I have to install apps through the play store website
5. Pen: no button except top, annoying if you want to quickly switch to the eraser. Otherwise I like the thickness compared with Samsung pens
6. Dictionary: better, but only has Chinese, English or weird Russian ones (showing 0 entries). I know you can add more, but still poor language support.
7. 64 GB of memory is decent but somewhat limited, especially if you have big PDF to store.
8. Good WiFi connection, the Web browser does a decent job
9. Appreciate the Bluetooth to transfer files, though I sometimes miss the notification to accept the file...
10. Haven't had a palm rejection issue so far.
11. Lack of button is annoying because it requires taping on the top bar to access the switch app menu. Don't understand why they were removed from the original max design (along with the micro SD slot - otg is not the same, can't charge simultaneously).
Overall, decent device. If you can afford the Max 3, I'd buy it because Onyx's track record with supporting devices from previous generations is terrible. If you already have the Max 2, I wouldn't update unless you really have money to spare: there doesn't seem to be much improvement compared with videos/reviews (don't have a Max 2)...
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