The Apple Pencil 2 for the iPad Pro is useful, but its features don't even measure up to the maneuverability of the S Pen for devices like the Samsung Galaxy Note series. However, a patent for the new 2020 iPad Pro suggests that Apple may have big improvements in store for upcoming premium tablets. This patent, discovered by AppleInsider, shows a number of improvements to the Apple Pencil stylus on the iPad Pro, including haptic feedback (vibrates when you do certain things), as well as sensing how hard you grip the device, and how For an alternative notification mode, touch where the fingers are grasping to "nudge" the user. At the moment, the Apple Pencil 2 is very useful but it has a few flaws: One supposed feature is the gesture controls that allow you to change the function of the Apple Pencil simply by pressing the sides. In almost a year of testing on the tablet, we've had this work exactly zero times, and while it doesn't spoil the user experience, it's hard to see the stylus as any other something like a long plastic finger. If the functionality of this patent is found in the stylus in the new iPad Pro, perhaps the Apple Pencil 3, we could see a real reinvention of the way we use the tool. Perhaps the higher-end tablet could even have better stylus integration than we'd expect from the Samsung Galaxy Note 20.
Why compare a tablet to a smartphone?
We know it seems a bit strange to compare a high-end Apple tablet to a high-end Samsung smartphone, but hear us out here. Of all the tech products you can buy right now, the iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Note phones are the two that rely the most on pens for identity (as well as the Nintendo DS, but come on, c'is 39... ). So the way the pen is intrinsic to the phone experience is an important reflection of the phone's usefulness. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2020 had a range of really useful features that you used the S Pen for, such as Screen Off Memo, which lets you write notes even when the phone isn't on, and a variety of gesture controls to let you take photos easily. remote by activating the pen. These features have really revolutionized the way we have used the smartphone. However, as mentioned above, the Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro doesn't have any of these awesome features, and as such, the tablets (which are incredibly expensive) don't feel quite as tall. -tech than (relatively) small smartphones. Like we said, the way you use the stylus is an extension of the product's usefulness, and at the moment, we'd say iPads lag behind Galaxy Note devices. If the content of this patent is found in the Apple Pencil 10 for the new iPad Pros, we could see Apple regain its lead as the maker of the best productivity product. That said, patents don't always end in finished products, so for now, let's wait until the new iPad Pro units are released (apparently late March) before assuming the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 units have any real pen competition.