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Apple Ditched Plan for $50 Apple Pencil With iPhone Support at the Last Minute, Claims Sketchy Rumor
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I suppose this all illustrates that sketchy rumours can lead to writing articles from which we must draw our own conclusions and ascribe our own meanings.
If Apple’s recent form is any indicator then this would probably have come with a 30-pin charging connector. Lighting to 30-pin to USB-C Magic Dongle sold separately for $89.99 🤦♂️
Well, about 1 1/2 years ago there were rumors of a 3rd generation new Apple pencil.
Shiny it was supposed to be. And round (no device-clip-on charging?). Even pictures were released.
www.macrumors.com
But that pencil never appeared. Not until today.
Maybe this latest rumor was about that pencil? The fact that this rumored pencil does not need charging would fit the rumored round design.
The rumor certainly could at least explain the latest iPad pencil dongle disaster.
Why would Apple scrap that product last minute?
Maybe they found a massive flaw? Or a patent they would infringe on if released? Or some patent negotiations went sour last minute?
Shiny it was supposed to be. And round (no device-clip-on charging?). Even pictures were released.
Apple Again Rumored to Be Readying Third-Generation Apple Pencil
Apple is preparing to release a third-generation Apple Pencil, according to a leaker on the Chinese social networking platform Weibo, suggesting it...
www.macrumors.com
But that pencil never appeared. Not until today.
Maybe this latest rumor was about that pencil? The fact that this rumored pencil does not need charging would fit the rumored round design.
The rumor certainly could at least explain the latest iPad pencil dongle disaster.
Why would Apple scrap that product last minute?
Maybe they found a massive flaw? Or a patent they would infringe on if released? Or some patent negotiations went sour last minute?
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I'd 100% buy a $50 'Marker' for iPhone.
I doodle over photos several times each day - and it's difficult with fat fingers.
Whipping out my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2 every time someone needs a comical penis added is tiring.
I doodle over photos several times each day - and it's difficult with fat fingers.
Whipping out my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil 2 every time someone needs a comical penis added is tiring.
Would be cool if they sold them as an optional product, don't even market it just let people get it if they want one.
New Apple Pencil Allegedly Leaks With Glossy Finish and Redesigned Tip
Images supposedly depicting a third-generation Apple Pencil have been shared on Twitter by the leaker known as "Mr. White." The purported...
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This was possibly it as (if I remember correctly) it was a smaller pencil than the current one…
I owned a smart phone with a stylist before the iPhone was announced and Samsung thought the future was keyboards. It was the Palm Treo we had 4 of them across 2 years and the factory stylists were missing after the first few weeks. When the IPhone came out I was happy to not have to keep up with that thing.
Sure, there is zero code in iOS, zero hardware support for a screen-powered pen, and zero supply chain/manufacturing leaks even after 1 million pencils being manufactured, but I'm sure some Chinese leaker on Weibo is correct.
Also, Apple charges $30 for a USB cable so I'm sure that a $50 Pencil is realistic... LOL
Also, Apple charges $30 for a USB cable so I'm sure that a $50 Pencil is realistic... LOL
Yeah this story is bogus. Jobs already explained stylus on a phone size device is pointless (Joke intended).
Tablet or iPad mini is another thing.
A larger trackpad on the MBP with Pencil support wouldn’t be a bad idea. Not perfect but not bad.
People often take Jobs comment about a stylus out of context, but yeah it's a fake story,.
My sources indicate that the rumor has some truth to it. But it wasn't the Apple Pencil 2, but a smaller Pencil 2 form-factor. Think of something like the Apple Golf Pencil. 
This would be another nail in the entry level iPad's coffin; probably the iPad Air too.
I'd just get the biggest and best iPhone with the pencil, and use that together with the Macs, Watch, and AirPods, HomePods etc.
iPad Pros would be quite niche as I just don't see it being a laptop replacement.
I'd just get the biggest and best iPhone with the pencil, and use that together with the Macs, Watch, and AirPods, HomePods etc.
iPad Pros would be quite niche as I just don't see it being a laptop replacement.
More or less like regurgitating from other similar sources.Here’s additional information from Apple Insider’s article posted several hours ago.
Apple scrapped a $49 Apple Pencil for iPhone, claims rumor
A purported leak on Chinese social media site Weibo says Apple made a million of a new Apple Pencil, that could work with the iPhone — and scrapped all of them.appleinsider.com
There's a ton of 3rd party styli/pens, both with and without batteries, that you can use on the iPhone. Most of them are cheaper than $50 and definitely up to the occasional "draw a penis on a photo" task.
This. A mass produced hardware accessory would be referenced in the code everywhere. Even if it were later removed, it would have surfaced.
