Apple Pencil Pro is now available at Mascom International, Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi CBD, priced at KSh 18,500 with immediate stock for walk-in purchases and countrywide delivery. Released in May 2024, Apple Pencil Pro  carries every capability from the previous Apple Pencil 2nd Generation pressure sensitivity, tilt detection, double-tap gesture, magnetic wireless charging and adds four new features that no other stylus in Kenya's market can match: a squeeze gesture for instant tool selection, a built-in gyroscope for barrel roll brush rotation, a custom haptic engine that delivers physical confirmation through the barrel, and Find My integration for locating a misplaced Pencil through the Find My app. Apple Pencil Pro  pairs and charges wirelessly by magnetically attaching to the side of compatible iPads, weighs 19.15 grams across a 166mm body, and achieves as low as 9 milliseconds of input delay on ProMotion-equipped iPad Pro models.

Apple Pencil Pro  was built for Kenya's creative professionals, design studios, architecture firms, digital artists, and serious note-takers who use their iPad as a primary work surface rather than a secondary screen. Graphic designers and illustrators working in Procreate gain barrel roll control over brush orientation  rotating a calligraphy pen or marker brush by physically twisting the Pencil, just as you would rotate a real pen between your fingers. Architects and engineers sketching structural details can squeeze the barrel to pull up tool palettes without lifting the tip from their drawing, maintaining unbroken creative focus during intensive design sessions. Medical illustrators, fashion designers, and fine art students at universities across Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu get a stylus that responds to every variable angle, pressure, rotation, and gesture in a single lightweight tool. At Mascom International, we consistently see Apple Pencil Pro  chosen by professionals who have outgrown the capabilities of earlier Pencil generations and need the most responsive input tool available for their M-series iPad.

Apple Pencil Pro  represents the most complete stylus Apple has produced, and no other digital stylus sold by electronics retailers in Kenya matches its combination of gesture control, haptic response, and tracking capability. Unlike third-party styluses that offer basic touch input and perhaps tilt detection, Apple Pencil Pro  communicates with the iPad through multiple sensor channels simultaneously pressure transducer, accelerometer, gyroscope, haptic engine, and Bluetooth Find My beacon delivering a level of interaction that transforms how professionals and artists work on their tablets. Users report that once they experience the squeeze-to-switch and barrel-roll features during sustained drawing sessions, returning to a Pencil without those gestures feels like a step backward. At Mascom International, we stock Apple Pencil Pro alongside the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation and Apple Pencil USB-C, and our team demonstrates all three models side by side so you can feel the difference before deciding.

Squeeze Gesture: Squeezing the barrel of the Apple Pencil Pro  triggers a customizable action. By default, it brings up a floating tool palette where you can switch between brushes, pens, erasers, line weights, and colors without lifting the Pencil from the screen or reaching for on-screen controls. You can customize the squeeze action in iPad Settings to show the color palette, switch between your current tool and the eraser, switch between your current and last-used tool, or show ink attributes. The sensitivity is adjustable, meaning users who prefer a lighter grip can lower the threshold while users who hold tighter can increase it to prevent accidental activation. In Procreate, the squeeze gesture can be assigned to additional functions like invoking the eyedropper, selecting layers, or triggering the QuickMenu.

Barrel Roll: A built-in gyroscope tracks the rotational orientation of the Pencil around its long axis. When you physically rotate the Pencil between your fingers, shaped brush tools calligraphy pens, flat markers, angled brushes rotate accordingly on screen. This means a calligraphy nib stays aligned with your hand angle exactly as a real calligraphy pen would on paper. Before barrel roll, achieving this required manually adjusting brush angle through on-screen controls. Now it happens in real time through physical hand movement. In Procreate, barrel roll can control shape orientation, color interaction, and brush size simultaneously, giving artists multiple dimensions of control from a single hand movement.

Haptic Feedback: A custom haptic engine inside Apple Pencil Pro  delivers a subtle physical tap through the barrel to confirm actions. You feel a light pulse when you squeeze to switch tools, double-tap to change modes, or hover over certain interactive elements. In Procreate, you also feel haptic confirmation when hitting brush size or opacity memory points on the sidebar, or when picking up layers for rearrangement. This tactile confirmation keeps your eyes on your work instead of checking whether a tool switch actually registered a small but meaningful workflow improvement during intensive creative sessions.

Find My Integration: Apple Pencil Pro  includes a built-in Bluetooth beacon that registers with the Find My network. If you misplace the Pencil at home, in the office, in a bag, or at a coworking space you can open the Find My app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to see its last known location. This is Bluetooth-based location tracking similar to the Apple TV remote, not the full Ultra Wideband precision of an AirTag, but it is significantly better than the zero tracking available on all previous Apple Pencil models. For professionals who carry their Pencil between meeting rooms, co-working desks, and campus buildings across Nairobi, this feature prevents the annoyance and cost of replacing a misplaced KSh 18,500 accessory.

The squeeze gesture is the single biggest productivity change Apple Pencil Pro  introduces. To understand why, consider how tool switching worked before: you had to either double-tap the Pencil barrel (which only toggled between two tools) or lift the Pencil away from the screen to tap an on-screen palette, find the tool or color you wanted, select it, then return to your work. That sequence interrupts creative flow every time it happens, and during a complex drawing or annotation session, it happens dozens of times per hour.

With squeeze, you keep the Pencil tip on or near the canvas, squeeze the barrel, and a floating palette appears directly at your Pencil position showing your available tools. Select the tool you need and continue working immediately. The entire operation takes under a second. Users who have tracked their workflow efficiency report that the squeeze gesture saves roughly 10-15 seconds per minute during tool-heavy creative work time that adds up to meaningful hours over a week of professional use.

The squeeze gesture and double-tap gesture work independently on Apple Pencil Pro . You can assign different functions to each, effectively giving you two distinct gesture shortcuts during any work session. A common setup among artists is to assign squeeze to the tool palette and double-tap to toggle between the current brush and eraser, providing two levels of tool access without touching the screen.

Barrel roll uses a gyroscope built into Apple Pencil Pro  to detect the Pencil's rotational position around its long axis how much you have twisted or rotated the barrel in your hand. This data is sent to apps that support the feature, where it controls the orientation of shaped brush tools in real time.

In practical terms, if you select a flat calligraphy brush in Procreate and rotate Apple Pencil Pro  45 degrees clockwise in your hand, the brush stroke on screen rotates 45 degrees to match. Thick strokes become thin and thin become thick as the virtual brush edge follows your physical hand rotation. This mirrors exactly how a real flat-nibbed calligraphy pen behaves on paper, where rotating the pen in your fingers changes the angle of ink laid down.

Barrel roll extends beyond calligraphy. In Procreate's Brush Studio, you can configure barrel roll to control shape orientation, color and color interaction, or brush size applying rotation data to multiple output parameters simultaneously. The Liquify tool in Procreate also supports barrel roll for twirl left and twirl right adjustments, adding rotational manipulation to digital painting workflows.

For architects and designers who sketch with angled hatching, dashed lines at specific angles, or directional fill patterns, barrel roll provides physical, real-time control over mark orientation that previously required menu-based angle adjustments. The learning curve is minimal because the gesture mirrors how you naturally manipulate a physical drawing instrument.

The custom haptic engine inside Apple Pencil Pro  delivers a brief, gentle vibration similar in character to the Taptic Engine feedback in an iPhone or Apple Watch, but tuned specifically for a handheld stylus. The sensation is a light tap or pulse that you feel through the barrel against your fingers. It is not a buzzing or rumbling feeling. It is precise, momentary, and subtle enough that it confirms an action without breaking concentration.

You feel haptic feedback in several situations: when you squeeze the barrel and a tool palette appears, when you double-tap and the tool switches, when you hover over certain interactive elements in supported apps, and when shapes snap into alignment during drawing. In Procreate specifically, haptics fire when you hit size or opacity memory points on the sidebar sliders, when you pick up and move layers, and during certain drag-and-drop interactions.

The value of haptics is trust. Without physical confirmation, tool switches require visual verification glancing at the toolbar to confirm that the eraser actually activated or that the color picker appeared. With haptic confirmation, you feel the switch happen through the Pencil itself, which keeps your focus on the canvas rather than on interface elements. Over extended work sessions, this reduction in visual checking adds up to smoother, less interrupted creative flow.

Apple Pencil Pro  does not work with any iPad Pro 12.9-inch or 11-inch models from 2022 and earlier (those use the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation), nor with the base iPad 10th generation or older. The magnetic charging coil arrangement was redesigned for the 2024 iPad generation to accommodate the landscape-oriented front camera, and Apple Pencil Pro  uses this new magnet configuration.

Before purchasing, confirm your iPad model in Settings > General > About. At Mascom International, our team verifies compatibility on the spot and directs you to the correct Pencil model for your device. If you own an older iPad Pro or iPad Air, the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation is the appropriate match. If you own a base-model iPad with USB-C, the Apple Pencil USB-C is your option.

Apple Pencil Pro contains a Bluetooth beacon that communicates with the Find My network. When you open the Find My app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, the Apple Pencil Pro  appears as a trackable item showing its last known connection point typically the location where it was last paired with or magnetically attached to an iPad.

This is Bluetooth-range tracking, not the precision Ultra Wideband directional finding available on AirTags. You will see the Pencil's approximate location on a map if it was near any Apple device participating in the Find My network, but you will not get the precise directional arrow and distance readout that AirTags provide. In practice, this means Find My is most helpful for answering "did I leave my Pencil at the office or at home?" rather than "which couch cushion is it under?"

For professionals who move between multiple workspaces during the day office desks, meeting rooms, co-working spaces, client locations across Nairobi this tracking capability provides meaningful peace of mind. An Apple Pencil Pro at KSh 18,500 is not an accessory you want to replace due to simple misplacement, and the Find My feature addresses this directly.

Yes to all three. Apple Pencil Pro  carries the full set of input capabilities from the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation:

Tilt Detection: Tilting the Pencil at an angle broadens the stroke, mimicking the shading effect of a traditional graphite pencil laid on its side. Tilt works alongside pressure and barrel roll simultaneously, providing three dimensions of physical input in a single stroke.

Double-Tap Gesture: The touch-sensitive flat surface on the barrel responds to a double-tap for quick tool switching. On Apple Pencil Pro  double-tap functions independently from the squeeze gesture, giving you two separate gesture-based shortcuts available without lifting the Pencil from the screen.

All three inputs work simultaneously with barrel roll and haptic feedback, meaning a single stroke can be shaped by pressure, angle, rotation, and the tool selected via squeeze more simultaneous input dimensions than any other consumer stylus on the market.

The deciding factor is your iPad model. If you own a 2024 or later iPad Pro, iPad Air, or iPad mini, Apple Pencil Pro  is the only magnetic Pencil compatible with your device  the 2nd Generation will not pair. If you own a 2018-2022 iPad Pro or iPad Air, the 2nd Generation is the only magnetic Pencil that works. Compatibility, not feature preference, typically determines which Pencil you buy.

At Mascom International, our team confirms your iPad generation and pairs the correct Pencil to your device before you leave the shop. Both models are in stock Apple Pencil Pro  at KSh 18,500 and Apple Pencil 2nd Generation at KSh 15,000.

Apple Pencil Pro  is in stock now at Mascom International, Old Mutual Building, First Floor Room 4, Kimathi Street, Nairobi CBD. Visit our shop to test the squeeze gesture, feel the haptic feedback, try barrel roll in Procreate on a compatible iPad, and compare Apple Pencil Pro side by side with the Apple Pencil 2nd Generation and Apple Pencil USB-C. Our team verifies your iPad compatibility, pairs the correct Pencil to your device, and provides hands-on setup guidance for gesture customization and app configuration tailored to your workflow. For customers outside Nairobi, Mascom International delivers across all 47 Kenyan counties with payment collected on arrival call +254 708 852 521 to place your order, email info@mascomintl.com with compatibility or feature questions, or browse the full Apple accessories range at www.mascomintl.com. Apple Pencil tips, compatible iPad models, protective cases, and screen protectors are all in stock for customers building a complete creative or productivity setup around their iPad.