Hehe... OOOOOOK Swordmaker. I know you are completely ignorant to all the cool technology that is being developed and in use unless Apple releases it. For the record, my Samsung Smart TV does most of the crap you listed out and I’ve had it in the house for 18 months. The voice activated Roku was just ONE device that Apple is trying to catch up on. I have others that Apple will eventually copy, too. (Oh, and, btw - I can get these devices for half the price Apple charges.)
But that Pencil looks sooooo cool, though! I just HAVE to have one, like NOW! And $100 - what a bargain! I should get SEVERAL so I can like... DRAW awesome... uh... pictures and stuff! *Fanboi drool*
Only problem is the Chinese and Asian fanbots are tapped out due to the Chinese markets imploding/ Americans and Europeans are reaching the saturation point so China and Asia were seen as wide open markets for Apple. But now they lack the disposable income. So they’ll buy Xiaomi tablets and smartfones which is killing Apple.
Steam comes out of Tim Cook’s ears whenever he gets the weekly China/Asia sales reports
And your Samsung SMART TV is listening to you 24/7 (C-Net — Samsung's warning: Our Smart TVs record your living room chatter. . . "Technically Incorrect: Samsung's small print says that its Smart TV's voice recognition system will not only capture your private conversations, but also pass them onto third parties." — February 8, 2015) — even when it's turned off and transmits the conversations you are saying to Samsung's servers. Ain't it great?
Please tell us what things your Samsung has that Apple is trying to catch up on. . . that actually WORK well and reliably. PLEASE. I actually am quite well familiar with state of the art beyond Apple, bolobaby.
Why would you want the Apple Pencil. . . you obviously won't have an Apple iPad Pro nor are you much of an artist, the target artist it is intended for. . . who WILL appreciate what it can do. No, Snarky idiot, not everyone needs or wants everything Apple makes. The Apple Pencil does MORE than some artists tools for the Mac or iPad that work with some art programs that are over $700 including the software to drive them but you are just too ignorant to know anything about that. The people who USE those tools will appreciate what the Apple Pencil can do for a mere $99. Obviously philistine idiots like you who cannot see beyond the ends of their Anti-Apple hate brigade biased nostril hairs cannot even begin to make that jump of intelligent logic.