News & Reviews:   Apple Pencil

Apple has kicked off its annual Back to School promotion in Malaysia, offering students, parents of university-goers, and educators a limited-time bonus. This includes a choice of free AirPods or an eligible accessory with every Mac or iPad purchase made through the Apple Education Store.

Today, Apple introduced a new Apple Pencil with USB-C for iPad users. It's priced at RM399, lower than the Apple Pencil 2nd Gen and 1st Gen at RM599 and RM479 respectively. However, the availability for the Malaysian market is not here yet. 

It's not often that you see promotions from Apple Malaysia and when they do, it's usually new discount prices whenever the next-gen products are released. In this article, a few Mac and iPad products are having a University Student Offer with a free AirPods or Apple Pencil bundle.

Today, Switch Malaysia launched its first Apple Premium Partner (APP) Store in Malaysia at Sunway Pyramid Mall. With a wide range of Apple products, from the iPhone to the Mac, the new retail concept aims to enhance customers' shopping experience at one of Malaysia's iconic malls. 

Apple Pencil has become a must-have accessory for the new iPads. If users want to unlock the full potential of the iPads, Apple Pencil is the key. However, not everyone can afford all these products together. Therefore, the company might be planning to make a budget version of the accessory, and we think it's better than nothing.

The next Apple iPad mini will reportedly feature a major design change to match with the current full-screen iPads. Earlier, we've already witnessed the iPad mini 6's aluminium production moulds, with colourful renders appearing later. Now, an accessory maker has also shown its version of the iPad mini 6 that has some interesting changes.

Over the past few years, the Touch Bar has been featured on some MacBook models to allow applications to utilize touch gestures to interact with their functions. However, Apple might take the next step to bring something different to future MacBooks. According to sources, the Touch Bar could be replaced by a slot for Apple Pencil in the coming years.

Previously, it was said that Apple is expected to launch a new iPad Pro sometime this month. But it looks like the tablet isn't the only thing to get an upgrade. Sources claim that there will also be a new Apple Pencil.

According to a source, Apple could be phasing out the iPad mini and replace it with a much larger iPhone. Other than featuring a large display, the device is also claimed to have stylus-support. For now, it is suggested to be a folding iPhone that everyone is waiting for.

There were a lot of big announcements from Apple's WWDC 2020 today and one of them is the iPadOS 14. So what's in store for the tablet users? Plenty, there are upcoming new features and designs such as the Multi-Touch display, Siri interactions, new design for FaceTime and network calls, and many more. Besides that, there are new Apple Pencil features too so let's take a look at them.