Apple Pencil

Apple designers and engineers do not read nor participate in these Apple technical support communities.

These are user to user Apple product support communities.

We are all users here, just like you!

Apple supplies these forums for users to work out their product issues with other users, but these community forums ARE monitored/moderated by Apple Staff assigned to these community forums, but I do not think any info is ever passed on to who/mever the cognizant parties are who would need to know if there are any mounting issues with a product or software.

The only way to get Apple to listen to you is to use their feedback portion of their website.

iPad Feedback

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Cognizant Apple employees read ALL feedback generated from all of the various feedback pages and transfers the data to the responsible Apple teams and personnel , but NO Apple employees will ever respond with any type of direct, individual replies from the feedback you post.

If you are looking for a good Bluetooth smart stylus that works well and works with your 2017 iPad 5, I use and honestly recommend the Adonit Pixel Stylus. The Adonit Pixel Stylus (NOT the Pixel Pro) works with many iDevices as far back as the iPad 4, 1st gen iPad Mini and iPhone 5.

http://www.adonit.net/jot/pixel/

Good Luck to You!

No one here in these Apple product support communities is from Apple.

“WE” cannot do anything!

A hardware update means new iPad models.

Apple cannot hardware update current, existing products.

We do not know when and if Apple will introduce new iPad models and what new features these will have and speculation is against the Terms of Use of these support communities.

I presented a very good stylus alternative for non-iPad Pro users, above.

If you have an iPad 4 or 1st gen iPad Mini or later, this stylus will work great for great many compatible apps.

rhys168 wrote:

could you add a update to allow more people use a Apple Pencil instead of just ipad pros.

It is not a matter of software. The iPad Pro screen has modified hardware specifically to work with the Apple Pencil. Other iPads do not have that modified display hardware. A software update cannot possible make up for fundamental differences in device hardware.

No, you cannot but an iPad Pro display on any other iPad model.

I hope too