When the original iPhone was released in January 2007, Apple founder Steve Jobs once said that fingers are the most natural input method, and that the stylus popular in smartphones at that time was not good enough. Unexpectedly, the latest revelation refers to the iPhone 14 series released in September. There would have been a matching stylus launched simultaneously, but Apple stopped the entire plan at the last minute.
Sudden stop before posting
According to the news from the Chinese technology blog @Mr力, Apple originally planned to launch a stylus called Maker at the September conference, and the estimated price is about 49 US dollars (equivalent to HK$383). Maker uses capacitive touch technology, which has no pressure-sensitive function and does not require batteries. Instead, it uses a built-in chip to obtain power from the screen. Originally, Maker would be the first official stylus to support the iPhone, but Apple decided to abandon it before the release.
More than one million stocks are scrapped
If the technology blogger’s revelations are true, Apple had produced over a million Makers at the time, but all of them were scrapped after deciding to cut the project. After the relevant content was forwarded by another technology blog @DuanRui on Twitter, it is unknown whether it was due to pressure from Apple or other reasons.
source:9to5mac