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Apple Pencil

Apple's stylus line for iPad and select iPhone models, enabling pressure-sensitive drawing, writing, and markup input.

Known aliases

  • Apple Pencil Pro
  • Apple Pencil (USB-C)
  • Pencil
  • USB-C Apple Pencil

Current stories

productConfirmed2 publishers

iPhone Duo's Quick Look lays documents out as a two-page spread when held open like a book

Code explorer pdfu found a two-page Quick Look layout on the unfolded iPhone Duo ten days before pre-orders open on October 16. Teams that ship document apps now have to decide whether their own viewers need the same spread, working from one video of Apple's viewer.

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
productConfirmed2 publishers

Samsung's bundled S Pen puts the $1,399.99 Tab S12 Ultra $198 under a 13-inch iPad Pro with Pencil

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra starts at $1,399.99, about $201 above Apple's 11-inch iPad Pro and $99 below the 13-inch model. For buyers who write on the screen, accessory pricing and the 14.6-inch display separate the two more than the processors do.

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence60
productOne report1 publisher

iOS 27 renders RCS tapbacks as reactions instead of "Ryan loved an image" texts

Apple's Messages app now handles in-line replies and reactions in RCS threads the way it handles them in iMessage. 9to5mac reports both belong to RCS 2.7, a standard whose edit and unsend features have yet to appear.

Publishers:9to5mac.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption45
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence60
productConfirmed3 publishers

Apple's $1,999 folding iPhone puts two apps side by side with a drag

Apple's first folding iPhone starts at $1,999 and unlocks with a side-button Touch ID sensor instead of Face ID. Keynote demos showed a drag docking a second app beside the first. App teams inherit that part.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 32%
Operator
Operator 33%
Investor
Investor 35%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption12
Hype gap+18
Incentives60
Confidence58
productOne report1 publisher

Apple's $2,000 Duo copies the iPad mini's job at nearly three times the price

Gizmodo argues the Duo's 7.6-inch inner screen and the iOS 27 dock leave Apple's 8.3-inch tablet nowhere to go. For the person buying either one, the decision still turns on a $1,300 gap and a missing magnet.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption22
Hype gap+30
Incentives45
Confidence35
productOne report1 publisher

Apple's new CEO answers the AI question with a camera feature

As Apple's new CEO, John Ternus talked about AI as a source of new product capability and named Smart Take on the iPhone Duo as what it already does. Everything else he said about the roadmap stayed general.

Publishers:techradar.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption22
Hype gap+34
Incentives78
Confidence62
productConfirmed3 publishers

Apple reportedly scraps stubby Apple Pencil designed for the foldable iPhone

Gurman says Apple built and tested a shorter Pencil that clipped to the side of its foldable, then dropped it because that edge is where the hinge and your hand already are. That settles how to scope apps for it.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 43%
Operator
Operator 27%
Investor
Investor 30%

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+24
Incentives61
Confidence63