Will the 2018 iPhones Support a Samsung Galaxy Note-Like Stylus?

The next generation of iPhones might come with a stylus, according to a new report.

The next generation of iPhones might have a stylus.

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Apple's next generation of iPhones are rumoured to have two large-screen variants. According to the latest report by a Taiwanese publication Economic Daily News, both the large-screen phones will be compatible with the Apple Pencil.

The report, citing ‘industry insiders’ claims that the Apple Pencil will be limited only to these two OLED panel models. Apple’s rumoured entry-level 6.1-inch iPhone that will apparently have an LCD panel will not support the pencil.

The Pencil was first unveiled in 2015 with the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro and works with all iPad Pro models launched since then. Apple in March made the tool compatible with the sixth generation 9.7-inch iPad targeted at students.

If these rumours turn out to be true, it will be the first time Apple phones will use a stylus, contradictory to Steve Jobs' statement that 'nobody wants a stylus', while introducing the first iPhone in 2007.

Apple, however, likes to call the pencil more of a drawing tool than a stylus. Samsung loyalists might say that Apple has now started copying Samsung’s Note series.

Apple is expected to unveil three iPhone models at this year's keynote. Since the Apple pencil on the iPad is too big to use on a phone, we are expecting a new Pencil for the iPhones if these rumours are true.

(With inputs from Economic Daily News.)