#Apple pencil 2nd generation dimensions pro

Patent 9,329,703, filed in 2011 and published on, describes an “intelligent stylus” where each nib has its own sensor, which pairs with a separate sensor in the body of the stylus. (You can buy replacement nibs for the Apple Pencil but they’re always the same default size and shape.)Īn Apple patent has been discovered, however, which suggests that future Apple Pencils may offer a similar feature. Interchangeable replacement nibs of various sizes and shapes.

#Apple pencil 2nd generation dimensions pro

(And are marketed at business users.) But the stylus for the Surface Pro 4, while weaker in many respects than the Apple Pencil, has one clear advantage: the option to buy Like most tech journalists, I suspect that the development and launch of the 12.9-inch iPad Pro was at least partly a response to the relative success of Microsoft’s Surface line of tablets, which also have large screens and latterly come with styluses. Wei Feng, the Chinese-language site already quoted in the release date section, writes: “The so-called Apple Pencil 2 will have what kind of characteristics? According to the supply chain, the answer is ‘compatible with a large number of applications’.” Interchangeable tips/nibs It’s possible this is the case with the Apple Pencil 2, but we haven’t got confirmation on that yet. It’s desperately vague at the moment, but word on the street suggests Apple is focusing on expanding the range of applications with optimised support for the Apple Pencil.