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The picture shows the second generation Apple Pencil 2. The price in Taiwan is 4,390 yuan. (Picture taken from Apple’s official website)
When HTC launched the HTC U11 smartphone in 2017, it brought users the “squeeze” sensing technology and Edge Sense function of the borders on both sides of the fuselage. According to the length of the squeezing gesture of holding the fuselage, users can start taking pictures or Switching between front and rear cameras, and providing specific applications that can be customized for corresponding execution, this innovative squeeze control function was named Edge Sense, which sparked a heated discussion at the time.
It is reported that control gesture functions similar to HTC U11’s squeeze action are expected to be seen on Apple’s upcoming new products. However, Apple fans will not be able to experience the squeeze gesture on the iPhone, but on the third-generation Apple Pencil 3 touch screen. Stylus.
Foreign media iMore reported that Apple is expected to launch a new generation of Apple Pencil 3 stylus in early May at the same time as the new iPad Pro and iPad Air series tablets. In the iPadOS 17.5.1 beta version released to developers a few days ago, a deep dive into the code revealed a motion gesture feature called “Squuzze” (tentatively translated as squeeze), which is expected to be available for the first time on the new generation of Apple Pencil 3. Introduced into the stylus, the gesture control function uses the squeeze sensing action. When you hold the sides of the pen body with your hands and make a squeeze action, the corresponding function will be triggered or the corresponding drawing tool will be opened. In addition, there is more than one squeezing action, and specific applications or tools can even be triggered based on long squeezing and double squeezing gestures.
Foreign media analysis pointed out that the price of Apple Pencil 2 when it was launched in 2018 was US$129, taking into account the high inflation prices in recent years, and the possible upgrade highlights of the new generation Apple Pencil 3, including new features such as squeeze gestures, magnetic pen tip replacement and support for searching. With the addition of the new model, it is estimated that the selling price will increase slightly to about US$150 (approximately NT$4,833).
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