Why not? people here are calling the Newtons stylus a rip off of an EtchaSketch of all things.
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Another Report Says Second-Generation iPhone X and iPhone X Plus Will Support Apple Pencil
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The clue to why you see so many is in your answer.
The Note line for Samsung is niche product.
In 2017 Samsung sold a combined 33 million Note 8 and Galaxy S8
iPhone maintains reign as top tech best-selling product in 2017
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Some smart phones needed the stylus and were not capable of being used by fingers making them useless whenever a stylus disappeared.
Apple's second-generation iPhone X, and a widely expected 6.5-inch model dubbed the iPhone X Plus, will both be compatible with the Apple Pencil, according to Taiwanese publication Economic Daily News.
The report, citing "industry insiders," claims that Apple Pencil support will be limited to those OLED models, meaning that Apple's upcoming lower-cost 6.1-inch iPhone with an LCD will not work with the drawing tool. Taiwanese research firm TrendForce shared the same prediction earlier this week.
Apple Pencil launched in November 2015 alongside the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro, and it works with all other iPad Pro models released since. Last March, Apple expanded the tool's compatibility to the new sixth-generation iPad, a lower-cost, 9.7-inch model targeted at students and the classroom.
If these rumors prove to be true, this would be the first time Apple releases its own stylus for the iPhone in the device's 11-year history.
When introducing the original iPhone in 2007, Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs quipped that "nobody wants a stylus" with a smartphone, but Apple has played the semantics game in insisting that the Apple Pencil is a drawing tool. It's also been over a decade since Jobs made that comment--things change.
It's unclear if Apple will release a smaller Pencil for the iPhone, as the current version could be rather unwieldy for use with an iPhone. Apple has yet to update the Pencil's design since it first launched three years ago.
A stylus on a mobile device is nothing new, but only a handful of modern smartphones have one, including the Samsung Galaxy Note with the S Pen, which can be used to draw on the screen, handwrite notes, annotate documents, and more.
Designed to mimic the feel and sensation of using a pen or a pencil, the Apple Pencil has built-in sensors to determine orientation and angle, and to detect a range of forces for pressure-sensitive drawing and writing. On the iPad Pro, the Apple Pencil is sampled at 240Hz for minimal latency.
Apple is expected to unveil a trio of new iPhones at its usual September event at Steve Jobs Theater, and Apple Pencil support would surely be a headline feature if true. A new Apple Pencil altogether is certainly a possibility too.
Article Link: Another Report Says Second-Generation iPhone X and iPhone X Plus Will Support Apple Pencil
I agree especially since a missing stylus would make it impossible to use such a phone even in an emergency.
With the caveat, “Of course I can’t guarantee that the stylus won’t make a return if I’m no longer here”
To elaborate on Mac Fly's post: Steve was referring, specfically, to Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Yes, it had a tiny start menu in the lower left hand corner. The only thing you could do with a finger was stick it in your ear. It was Windows 95 on a tiny, low res screen. And it was terrible. I had 2, along with fantasies of phones falling into shredders and compactors.
On the other hand, the styli on the Newton and on the Palm Pilot were amazing. I could write on my palm pilot faster than on my desktop keyboard, and the Newton was pure elegance.
A stylus to dial a number is simply ridiculous (Wanda Wiggins anybody? look her up if you're a toddler), just like a finger is to edit graphics. That's the difference.
Do I like the Note? No. But I can see a usage case for a stylus on a phone. Maybe even two.
And to all those that judge an entire platform by one, singular, marginal, almost irrelevant "feature" amongst thousands, well: you're retards.
On the other hand, the styli on the Newton and on the Palm Pilot were amazing. I could write on my palm pilot faster than on my desktop keyboard, and the Newton was pure elegance.
A stylus to dial a number is simply ridiculous (Wanda Wiggins anybody? look her up if you're a toddler), just like a finger is to edit graphics. That's the difference.
Do I like the Note? No. But I can see a usage case for a stylus on a phone. Maybe even two.
And to all those that judge an entire platform by one, singular, marginal, almost irrelevant "feature" amongst thousands, well: you're retards.
I don’t think Steve wanted the stylus even as an optional input method. If he did, he would’ve made it optional from the start.
Rather they work on improving Siri, Apple Maps, iTunes, and Apple Music. But here we are.
You're reaching and making assumptions, none of which you can prove.
Are you factoring in the technology of the time as opposed to what's available today?
The Apple pencil is not a dumb piece of plastic.
Even the Note 9 stylus has more functionality.
And a lot of other companies. Or is it your position only Apple does this?
This would be great, I have procreate pocket on the phone and on my Ipad (drawing, painting app)
this would give me a great portable sketchbook when out and about, I have one for this but the apple pencil
is by far the best tool for drawing.
this would give me a great portable sketchbook when out and about, I have one for this but the apple pencil
is by far the best tool for drawing.
I disagree. I think Jobs wanted nothing to do with a stylus and that this argument is a revisionist history of Apple fanboys.
I used to buy them in bulk for my WinCE phones, it sucked when the stylus fell out and you couldn't do anything except make a phone call from someone in your address book.
Samsung has made the API for the S-Pen functions open, so that app developers can integrate the functions of the S-Pen when they develop apps. How about Apple?
Umm, the S pen has button and gestures built in. What would an API for the Apple pen be?
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Seeing as the they were already getting/staging production since last month, I'm pretty sure the design was set before the commercial. lol. You haters.
I dunno.... I’m guessing very, very few..
I’d love to see some REAL data on percentage of Note users that actually use it.
I actually come from a cellular sales background (5+ years; both of the big 2) & I’ve genuinely never seen one used “in the wild”- only when someone is showing off their new Samsung.
Which is why, if rumors are to be believed, Apple is adding it to the iPhone.
I agree. I got an Apple Pencil for my iPad Pro. It sits in my bag. Never use it. I suppose if you do graphic design for a living it is nice to have, but for everyone else it is a gimmick. On a phone it is plan silly. Steve Jobs is right.
Pencil support already migrated down to the $329 iPad; I have no doubt the new mini, which should be released shortly (but possibly not until next spring) will as well. I think it stays at $399 with the higher quality laminated display and probably a higher refresh rate, i.e. ProMotion.Pencil compatible iPad Mini please.
Phones: want a smaller model. Not interested in using an Apple Pencil on a phone screen. For those that do, hope you do not have to pay even more for that feature.
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The comment was phrased in terms of Apple for a particular reason.
If you are familiar the poster that was quoted you should have a clearer picture of why.
If you are not familiar with that poster just ignore and move on.