New Apple Pencil Rumored to Launch This Month

[MacRumors]

A refreshed Apple Pencil model will be announced this month, according to a rumor shared on Chinese social media.

The rumor comes from Weibo user "Instant Digital," who notes that after over five years without an update, Apple finally plans to refresh the second-generation Apple Pencil this month. This corroborates Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman's recent claim that new Apple Pencils are on the way "in the next several weeks."

There is a limited amount of information about what an updated ‌Apple Pencil might feature‌, but there have been rumors about magnetically interchangeable tips, color sampling capabilities, and a shorter design with a glossy finish.

Apple's next-generation iPad Pro models with OLED displays are widely rumored to launch this month, so it would make sense for a new Apple Pencil to arrive alongside them. The company is also expected to introduce a redesigned Magic Keyboard accessory, so it seems that both of the iPad's accessories may be refreshed simultaneously.

Instant Digital has a mixed track record in terms of revealing accurate information about Apple's plans, but its claims are worth paying attention to. The source was first to report the iPhone 14's Yellow spring refresh, Spatial Video capture on the iPhone 15 Pro, and the Apple Watch Series 9's minor hardware update, as well as being the only source of the only rumor claiming that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus would feature frosted back glass. However, they also made claims about several iOS 17 features and the release of a new iPad Air in October 2023 that did not pan out.

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[oofio2461]

Didn't last time you said this week? now it's just this month? Where are you getting the rumors from at this point?

 

[Bawstun]

Wait, really? It’s been 5 years since a refresh? Yikes, lol.

 

[Le0M]

Glossy finish?
Bleah 🤮

 

[amarcus]

Will be interesting to see if this new pencil is limited to just the new iPad Pros or if it will be available to older models.

 

[Line_Noise]

What would be really interesting is Vision Pro support.

 

[dz5b609]

Glossy finish?
Bleah 🤮

It has a glossy finish already.

 

[Royksöpp]

Will be interesting to see if this new pencil is limited to just the new iPad Pros or if it will be available to older models.

It will most definitely be limited to the new models.

 

[tYNS]

Wow, I am so excited.. Is this the product that is going to revolutionize the industry? Only time will tell.

 

[jonnyb098]

It has a glossy finish already.

Not the second gen. It’s a matte finish

 

[derekamoss]

Will be interesting to see if this new pencil is limited to just the new iPad Pros or if it will be available to older models.

It's Apple, you already know the answer.

 

[jgreg728]

Had no intention of replacing the otherwise perfect gen 2 pencil in the first place, but going back to glossy is just gross. Matte is what it should be.

 

[Marco Klobas]

What would be really interesting is Vision Pro support.

As a retouch pen for cracks?

 

[xmarcuswildx]

I guess we still have to wait a few weeks for the iPad launch press release. This anticipation is killing me I just want updated mini 7.

 

[zorinlynx]

Would be nice if they could make them more reliable. We deal with so many dead Apple Pencils at work that it's depressing. Not just the money but also the resulting e-waste.

Sometimes they're even dead right out of the box if they've been sitting a while, and there's no way to revive them.

 

[satchmo]

I hope they make it ‘grippier’.

Current Apple Pencils (especially #2), is so slippery in hand that I need to buy a third party grip.

 

[MrGimper]

Wonder what artificially-enforced “limitation” this will have for older iPads.

 

[vicviper789]

I just want a touch screen MacBook air

 

[ralph_sws]

just 2 days ago, you said it will be available this week. hmm

 

[scrapesleon]

I don’t how many times your gonna reiterate this

 

[swiftapplefan]

Will be interesting to see if this new pencil is limited to just the new iPad Pros or if it will be available to older models.

Please no, no more fragmentation

 

[DocMultimedia]

New colors?

 

[robvalentine]

It will happen, I finally splashed out on one last month lol

 

[Allen_Wentz]

This is actually an interesting rumor. Not just because a new Pencil3, meh. But rather to see what tech and form factor Apple puts in a new pencil. If it was smaller and iPhone Pro Max length it would be very interesting. iPhone badly needs to support a pencil, and making an iPhone-size pencil would fire me up for iPhone 16 Pro Max possibilities: "one more thing..."

Some wag usually chimes in with a quote of Steve dissing on styli, but that is just silly, a different era; iPhone 15 Pro is not your grandfather's PDA. 2024 iPhones are entirely different devices, with users like me marking up 45 MP RAW captures on an iPhone in almost real time. Calloused XL hands do not make very good smartphone input devices.

As others have mentioned, potential usage with AVP is also very interesting.

 

[ort888]

The Apple Pencil 3 will work with the top half of the 12.9" iPad Pro, while the Apple Pencil 2.5 works with the bottom half and the green, black and blue iPad Airs. Yellow, pink and starburst colored iPads will need the Apple Pencil 2, unless you have the models with 256 Gigs of storage, in which case you need the Apple Pencil 4. The Apple Pencil 4 is also what you will need for the iPad mini 5 and the smaller iPad Pro Model.

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