Report: Apple planned to launch an iPhone-compatible Pencil this year

According to a sketchy new rumor, Apple intended to launch a new Apple Pencil this year, but pulled out of the project at the very last minute. Development was so advanced when Apple killed it off that mass production had already begun, the source claims, and more than a million units had to be scrapped. .

The rumor was posted to Twitter Thursday by DuanRui, a relatively well-known Apple leaker.

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