Apple's iPhone X, and widely expected 6.5-inch model dubbed iPhone X Plus, will both be compatible with Apple Pencil, according to Taiwanese 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 LCD will not work with the tool. Apple Pencil launched 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 compatibility to iPad, lower-cost, 9.7-inch model targeted at students and the classroom.. Apple's Steve Jobs quipped that nobody wants stylus with smartphone, and Apple has played the in insisting that Apple Pencil is tool. stylus on device is nothing new, only handful of modern smartphones have one, including Samsung Galaxy Note with S Pen, , annotate documents, and more.. Designed to mimic the feel and sensation of using pen or pencil, Apple Pencil has built-in sensors to determine orientation and angle, and to detect range of forces for pressure-sensitive drawing and writing. On iPad Pro, Apple Pencil is sampled at 240Hz for minimal latency.. Apple is expected to unveil trio of new iPhones at its September at Steve Jobs Theater, and Apple Pencil support would be headline feature if true. I'll call it now, 2020 Apple will have Galaxy Note copy, and they will site the popularity of their users using the pencil on their iPhones.
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