Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-Apple Pencil, abaningi bekungabasebenzisi nochwepheshe abakhipha amagama kaSteve Jobs lapho ekhuluma ngosiba lwama-PDA amadala, ngenkathi kwethulwa i-iPhone yokuqala, isethulo esinezinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule umgubho weshumi . Ngokushesha kwa-Apple bayashesha ukusho ukuthi bekungafani, futhi akunjalo, kepha ukuqhathanisa kwakukhathaza futhi kudingekile ngesikhathi sokwethulwa. Sekuphele izinyanga ezimbalwa sikwazisa ngamahemuhemu angaba khona akhomba ukuvuselelwa kwe-iPad kulekota yokuqala yonyaka, ukuvuselelwa okungathi ngokwamahemuhemu wakamuva, kungasilethela isizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Pencil.
Futhi futhi njengenjwayelo, la mahemuhemu aqhamuka kwinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana yakwaWeibo, ethi i-Apple Pencil 2 ingafika kungekudala ngokuvuselelwa kwe-iPad. Lesi sizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Pencil, Izosinikeza ngehhuku kazibuthe ukuze sikwazi ukuyigcina kanye ne-iPad lapho singayisebenzisi, ngokusebenza okufanayo ku-Smart Cover se-iPad. Ukungakwazi ukugcina i-Apple Pencil eduze kwe-iPad noma ukuthi akusinikanga isiqeshana ukuze sikwazi ukuyigcina iphephile ephaketheni, kube ngesinye sezici ezigxekwa kakhulu zale divayisi.
I-Apple ibhalise esikhathini esedlule, amanye amalungelo obunikazi akhomba kule ndlela futhi akhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka lokho kungokoqobo. Njengamanje, noma imuphi umsebenzisi ofuna ukuphatha ngokuphepha Ipensela le-Apple kufanele sebenzisa imikhono kazibuthe evela eceleni ukugwema ukulahlekelwa yikho ohambweni lwakho, ngoba intengo yale divayisi ayishibhile ncamashi, ama-euro angama-109. Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, isizukulwane sesibili se-Apple Pencil naso ingahlanganisa isiqeshana, okuthe ngaphezu kokuyivumela ukuthi igcinwe ehembeni noma noma yikuphi lapho sihlela ukukwenza khona, kuyivimbe ekushibilikeni ngale kwetafula lapho siyishiya isikhashana endaweni eyisicaba.