A stylus adapted for interacting with a digitizer sensor, the stylus comprising: a housing that extends along a longitudinal direction and includes an opening on one end; a conductive tip that extends along the longitudinal direction and through the opening; an electrode integrated as part of or patterned on an inner surface of the housing, wherein the electrode is a circumferential electrode surrounding the conductive tip; a sensor configured to detect displacement of the conductive tip with respect to the housing in cross-axial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the sensor includes compressible material configured to compress with the displacement of the conductive tip in the cross-axial direction, wherein the compressible material is a ring shaped element including an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is sized to fit around the conductive tip and the outer diameter is sized to contact the circumferential electrode, and wherein the compressible material is configured to vary its conductive properties in response to compression; and a circuit in electrical communication with the conductive tip and the circumferential electrode, wherein the circuit is configured to: transmit a first signal via the conductive tip that is configured to be picked up by the digitizer sensor, detect a second signal on the circumferential electrode, wherein the second signal referring to the first signal transmitted via the conductive tip is picked up on the circumferential electrode, and wherein the compression of the compressible material due to the cross-axial displacement of the conductive tip is configured to alter the amplitude and/or the phase of the second signal, and compare at least one of amplitude and phase of the transmitted first signal and the detected second signal, to detect bend or tilt of the conductive tip with respect to the housing of the stylus based on the comparison. a housing that extends along a longitudinal direction and includes an opening on one end; a conductive tip that extends along the longitudinal direction and through the opening; an electrode integrated as part of or patterned on an inner surface of the housing, wherein the electrode is a circumferential electrode surrounding the conductive tip; a sensor configured to detect displacement of the conductive tip with respect to the housing in cross-axial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the sensor includes compressible material configured to compress with the displacement of the conductive tip in the cross-axial direction, wherein the compressible material is a ring shaped element including an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is sized to fit around the conductive tip and the outer diameter is sized to contact the circumferential electrode, and wherein the compressible material is configured to vary its conductive properties in response to compression; and a circuit in electrical communication with the conductive tip and the circumferential electrode, wherein the circuit is configured to: transmit a first signal via the conductive tip that is configured to be picked up by the digitizer sensor, detect a second signal on the circumferential electrode, wherein the second signal referring to the first signal transmitted via the conductive tip is picked up on the circumferential electrode, and wherein the compression of the compressible material due to the cross-axial displacement of the conductive tip is configured to alter the amplitude and/or the phase of the second signal, and compare at least one of amplitude and phase of the transmitted first signal and the detected second signal, to detect bend or tilt of the conductive tip with respect to the housing of the stylus based on the comparison. transmit a first signal via the conductive tip that is configured to be picked up by the digitizer sensor, detect a second signal on the circumferential electrode, wherein the second signal referring to the first signal transmitted via the conductive tip is picked up on the circumferential electrode, and wherein the compression of the compressible material due to the cross-axial displacement of the conductive tip is configured to alter the amplitude and/or the phase of the second signal, and compare at least one of amplitude and phase of the transmitted first signal and the detected second signal, to detect bend or tilt of the conductive tip with respect to the housing of the stylus based on the comparison.