Apple Scraps Smaller iPhone Duo Pencil, Delays USB-C Support to Late 2026
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Updated · 9to5Mac · Sep 20
Apple Scraps Smaller iPhone Duo Pencil, Delays USB-C Support to Late 2026
3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Sep 20
Summary
Apple dropped a planned smaller Apple Pencil for the iPhone Duo after technical problems emerged before mass production, switching instead to the existing USB-C Apple Pencil.
USB-C Pencil support still will not ship with the iPhone Duo at launch because Apple must add software compatibility and complete internal testing for a device not originally built around that accessory.
Apple said support should arrive by the end of the year, but Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported the rollout is likely to land fairly late in 2026.
The failed design was meant to attach on the Duo's hinge side, and it remains unclear whether the issue was with the stylus itself or the phone's ability to magnetically charge it.