A $29 holster for the iPad Pencil might be the most #apple product ever
June 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
It wasn’t announced on stage at WWDC yesterday, but Apple’s new Pencil Case might be the most quintessential Apple product to date. It’s a leather sheath for the company’s iPad stylus that comes in four colors. It costs $29, and is described by the company using the usual string of flattering adjectives. “Beautifully crafted,” says the product page, channeling Jony Ive. “A graceful statement […] cleanly and precisely designed.”
It is a pencil case that holds a single, $99 pencil. Very, very Apple.
In the spectrum of odd products the company has made, the Pencil case probably falls somewhere between the iPod Sock and last year’s $300 coffee table book. It embodies some of Apple’s better traits, like attention to detail and…
