Who Wants a Stylus?

"Who wants a stylus?" Steve Jobs famously asked when

he unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, implying that the

answer was "no one." Now, 11 years later, analysts believe

that a new iPhone may work with a stylus anyway.

The prediction comes from analysts at investment firm

Rosenblatt Securities (via AppleInsider), who believe that

a premium 2018 6.5-inch OLED iPhone (referred to as the

iPhone X Plus) will support an "iPen" device.

iPhone support for a pen would firmly veer into Samsung

territory, where Apple'sbiggest rival pioneered the use of

a digital stylus in the Galaxy Note series. Note phones,

like the Galaxy Note 8, have included a stylus (called the

S Pen) ever since.

Apple's support for a digital pen could bolster Samsung's

bragging rights over innovation, and also popularize the

digital stylus at the time we expect  to see Samsung's

next stylus-wielding phone, presumed to be the Galaxy

Note 9.

The "iPen" would not be included in the box with the

iPhone X Plus, according to analysts. If true, that would

give Samsung's Galaxy Note phones an advantage.

Those phones have a hollowed-out holster to store the

included stylus.