#apple’s low-cost iPad ‘will likely’ support the Pencil, analyst says
March 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
We’ve been wondering what, if anything, Apple will do to make its forthcoming low-cost iPad stand out (aside from the price). And now we might have an answer: it could support the Pencil stylus. As of now, only iPad Pro models support it.
The rumor comes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who wrote in a note today obtained by MacRumors, that “the new low-price 9.7-inch iPad … will likely support Apple Pencil.” Kuo believes that Apple may want to do this as a way to “differentiate it more from low-price Android tablets.”
Kuo’s been one of the most reliable voices in Apple rumors when it comes to hardware, but it’s not clear how definitive he is in this case. He doesn’t, for…
