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Q: can I use a pressure sensitive stylus with an iphone 6 plus?

The iPhone 6 plus seems like a great digital sketchpad for using a stylus.

It sounds like the iPhone 6 plus supports Bluetooth 4 (LE), which is required by a pressure sensitive stylus like the Pencil by www.fiftythree.com.

Yet, all the software apps seem to be only written for the iPad.

Is this a hardware limit, or perhaps have the app makers just not gotten around to writing for it?

thank you!

iPhone, iOS 8

Posted on Oct 13, 2014 6:39 PM

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Q: can I use a pressure sensitive stylus with an iphone 6 plus?

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by pogster,

pogster Oct 13, 2014 6:46 PM in response to Stumblers
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Oct 13, 2014 6:46 PM in response to Stumblers

You should probably contact the app developers for compatibility.
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by Ralph Landry1,

Ralph Landry1 Oct 13, 2014 6:51 PM in response to Stumblers
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Oct 13, 2014 6:51 PM in response to Stumblers

The iOS device screens have never been pressure sensitive...the are capacitive sensitive screens, that is, the sense a change in capacitance due to the finger or special stylus. Pressure devices do not affect the screen.
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Stumblers Oct 13, 2014 6:56 PM in response to Stumblers
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Oct 13, 2014 6:56 PM in response to Stumblers

Thanks guys!

Yes, the screens are not pressure sensitive - the styluses are. They transmit the pressure to the iPad. I was just wondering if there is a hardware or OS limitation for the iPhone versus the iPad that is limiting the app makers. Bluetooth differences, if any, are not shown on the apple.com compare models pages.
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by Ralph Landry1,

Ralph Landry1 Oct 13, 2014 7:01 PM in response to Stumblers
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Oct 13, 2014 7:01 PM in response to Stumblers

See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3647 for the Bluetooth supported by iOS...the profiles are very limited.
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