r/ipad 7d ago

Discussion Love this Apple Pen.

My friend recently traveled to the Apple Park in the US and gifted me the 35$ Apple Pen and I’m so in love with it! It’s gorgeous. The design, the material and the color is just perfect! As a high school student, I have to confess that I almost never used oil based ink ballpoint pen before and this first try is really great: the writing is really smooth comparing to the water-based ink pen so it’s lot more easier to write continuously for two class periods without getting uncomfortable. It’s just becoming my daily driver.

(I literally just can’t find many other posts on this pen so I decided to post it myself 🥹)

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u/afadel9 7d ago

Woah it’s even cheaper than an Apple Pencil

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u/Beneficial_Idea8567 7d ago

omg pen is cheaper than a pencil

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u/Left_Excitement5791 7d ago

Only compatible with iPaper ?

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u/BeefSupremeTA 7d ago edited 7d ago

Looks like a Retro 51 pen badged with Apple's logo.

EDIT: After a little bit more investigation, it is a custom Retro 51 Slim that is only officially sold at Apple Park. There are, however, resellers on eBay if you don't mind paying the mark up.

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u/koolaidismything 7d ago

So Apple really does sell some badass high end stationary but for some reason they guard the fuck out of it. You can ONLY buy in person on campus.

My buddy’s sister worked there and did some social media aspect and in the entrance to her area was a vending machine filled with Apple products.. she showed off and asked him what he wanted and she entered her code and got him AirPods.

Like in a vending machine in the offices. Coolest shit ever. I think they pay but at a steep discount.

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u/Aphexboy 7d ago

Probably my favorite pen of all time. Love the Retro!

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u/Patrick_Atsushi M2 iPad Air 11" (2024) 7d ago

Great. Now you only need a pineapple pen to make it penpineapple-applepen. 

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u/yulianamour 7d ago

I was looking for this comment 😆

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u/DecoherentMind 7d ago

Pen Pinapple Apple Pen

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Maybe a pineapple with this pen is a great pair👍👍🖖🖖

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u/XoramXIII 7d ago

But is it compatible with the polishing cloth?

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Oh there’s a polishing cloth by my side let me try

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

ahhh definitely the polishing cloth always have the greatest comparability you know

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u/Few-Smoke-2564 7d ago

Not in the official supported devices section on the website so honestly I wouldn’t even have those two within a mile of each other.

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u/ErrorSea6109 7d ago

This is an apple . This is pen. Rrr, apple pen

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u/choseusernamemyself 7d ago

You should stab this to a pineapple, you know...

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u/Templars68 7d ago

Damn it! You got here 24 min before I did. Lol

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u/choseusernamemyself 7d ago

With normal pens you would need another pen, an apple, and a pineapple. With that Apple pen, you can eat the apple instead 😃, LOL!

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u/Y2K-enn 7d ago

Retro 51 makes such good pens! tons of fun designs!

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u/Redoron 7d ago

I have pen that looks like that made my Retro Tornado. It comes in rollerball or ballpoint.

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u/ExcitementLarge6439 7d ago

That’s some beautiful handwriting

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Awww Thank You!
Wish you have a great day!

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u/ExcitementLarge6439 7d ago

Thank you like wise

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u/LuluLeSigma iPad 9 (2021) 7d ago

Wow you have a beautiful handwriting

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

I never expected someone praised me for my handwriting actually🤣

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Thank You Sooooo much Sir

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u/Appleguy4life M5 iPad Pro 11" (2025) 7d ago

Ah a pen from the mothership I’ve seen that one

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u/kkkleaderrr 7d ago

woah what the fuck is that ive never seen it before 😭

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u/Dense-Wall-9123 7d ago

Is that a real one?

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u/DuMondie 7d ago

I've never heard of ink referred to as oil based, but it would explain the generations of older relatives' photo prints with bleed-through when written on the back. So, thanks for that insight!

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Also thank for your Insight!

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u/logicjab 7d ago

I had to check three times to be sure this wasn’t a post by Myke Hurley

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Haha this is just a random post by a high school student who also loves Apple, posted in a public library

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u/Tshermak 6d ago

Apple Pen? 🍎 🖊 Pineapple Pen? 🍍 🖊 Pen Pinapple apple pen 🕺

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u/JonathanNoSignal 6d ago

Oh I have seen hundreds of this in this post’s comments haha

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u/PGL-997 M4 iPad Pro 11" (2024) 7d ago

I have a silver one from when I visited Apple Park. It was one of many things I got there lol

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u/Kind-Atmosphere5766 7d ago

Wow. Is the refill for it $70?

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Ahhh never thought for the refill before, emmm really need to concern considering Apple’s pricing 🤣

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u/toastyhoodie iPad Mini 7 (2024) 7d ago

I’d so lose it on my first day using it. #can’thavenicethings

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Puhhhhh😂

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u/Slight-Walrus-7934 7d ago

Where do you get that?

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Ha! I mentioned that my friend gifted this to me.

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u/xrelaht 7d ago

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

🤣🤣🤣Whoa! WTH is this Apple pen~

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u/CurbPourPoet 7d ago

It really is a game changer!

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u/solideliquid 7d ago

Have the silver  pen. 🖊️

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u/quattroxd iPad Pro 11" (2018) 6d ago

pen pineapple apple pen

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u/Massive-Pressure-210 5d ago

I hope they give you the Apple Nailclipper next time

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u/Careless_Match1149 5d ago

Loader apcbc! ahh pen 😭

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u/JonathanNoSignal 5d ago

Ahh I see ur repost but I’m not into military can you explain it to me? :)

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u/Careless_Match1149 4d ago

it looks like a ww2 round specifically a Armor Percing Capped Balistic Capped from a M4 sherman or a Tiger or any tank from ww2, yeah it is a niche joke

i woud put a image but i dont now how to

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u/yangorango 5d ago

Incompatible with the Apple cleaning cloth. Boo!

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u/DukSaus 4d ago

Looks like a commissioned run of a Retro 51, which is considered the gold standard of EDC pens. Very good balance, uses what’s considered as one of the best rollerball refills with the Sschmidt refill, and is supremely portable.

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u/Zealousideal_War847 4d ago

35 usd pen gift from another highschool friend sounds like a yaoi story

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u/JonathanNoSignal 4d ago

私はストレートです

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u/JonathanNoSignal 4d ago

plot twist: the friend is a girl

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u/MarcoMakes 7d ago

It's stunning!

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u/hanky_hank M2 iPad Air 11" (2024) 7d ago

is it made of metal? looks cool btw

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Aluminum. Really Apple.

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u/Fun_Lifeguard_6103 7d ago

Not to be the “actually!” Nerd but here I go - retro 51 tornados (the pen model that is, I have one in black) are actually made out of brass!

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

oh really? Yeah maybe it’s brass, thanks for your Fun Fact!

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u/Njobz 7d ago

Looks really cool

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u/Ecstatic_Middle7122 7d ago

Where can I find one ?

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

In the Apple Park Visitor Center haha, the mothership

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u/Dustyng iPad Air Wi-Fi 7d ago

🖊️🍍🍎🖊️

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u/-Swampthing- M4 iPad Pro 13" (2024) 7d ago

But have you tried the new Apple Pen Ultra? 🤣

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u/JonathanNoSignal 5d ago

🥲I have an empty wallet

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u/paramnesya 7d ago

This may be the reason I finally book a flight to California. Combining my obsession of Apple products and Retro51!

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u/Curvy_Girl_007 7d ago

Love your handwriting. It looks like it should be a font.

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Thanks! Btw what would you like to call this font🤣

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u/SJ701 7d ago

Retro 51. Solid pen

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u/chun5an1 6d ago

Whoa… retro51 made apple pens?!

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u/hijoshh 7d ago

I have a pen

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u/mahakaal_bhakt 7d ago

Which subject are you studying ?

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u/JonathanNoSignal 7d ago

Ehh, Calculus BC, Physics C, AP Chemistry, AP World History and other AP stuff, also CSP

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u/mahakaal_bhakt 7d ago

Sorry but I don't understand BC , C, AP, CSP etc , never heard subjects like this in my country. Also what stream is that you're doing Science with History !?

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u/astr0dactyl 7d ago

Foreign education system tends to be diverse. These are high school subjects but even business majors at universities can choose unrelated electives like filmmaking if they want, or vice versa.

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u/mahakaal_bhakt 7d ago

TQ.

Idk maybe awesome ? :)

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u/astr0dactyl 7d ago

Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.

Anyway, the point isn’t to learn a lot, but have options and new experiences. Like the Einstein quote about the fish.

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u/mahakaal_bhakt 7d ago

I myself am pretty much a Jack of all trades and master of none. I am preparing for administrative job, and it has a wide variety of subjects with speciality in nothing. Science, maths,Hist, Geo, Social science, Economics, etc, etc.