Stylus Apple Pencil was created specifically for the iPad tablet Pro is only compatible with 9.7 – and 12.9-inch versions of the gadgets. With the release of the next-generation iPhone, support for digital pen Apple can also appear as the “Apple” of smartphones, indicates patent application of the company.
In particular, in its new patent, Apple notes that many electronic devices can use a stylus as an input device. “For example, some cell phones, laptops and tablets are able to maintain control when using the stylus”, – the document says.
In the illustrations, the application, Apple shows the app interface is reminiscent of iMovie, and indicates possible ways to use Apple Pencil to edit your video. The company suggests that e-pen opens up opportunities to work with a smartphone. It can be used to create the sketches, to paint portraits in watercolor and prepare technical drawings. The stylus will also allow you to run programs, click on links to navigate through the OS interface and scroll through content on the screen.
In September of this year, Apple CEO Tim cook hinted at Apple support the Pencil in the iPhone. “I think Steve would like it very much, he said. – If you’ve ever seen that you can create with a stylus on your iPad or iPhone, you would understand how much he’s great”.
Thus cook pointed to the possibility of working with Apple Pencil on smartphones. Observers believe that to support pen new iPhone should be equipped with displays with low-latency and the ability to read the position of the pen 240 times per second.
Smartphone have to exactly recognize the moments when to control using Apple Pencil or the tip of your finger. These technologies are not implemented in the iPhone 7 or iPad Air 2.
