Apple Pencil 2 Now Available From Apple's Refurbished Store for $109

[ani4ani]

This would be my 3rd pencil. since i lost the last 2 LOL

Looks like Apple found them and is selling them on their refurb store!

Honestly where do they come from in the quantities necessary to allow them to be sold as refurbs? I cannot imagine they sell in “iPad” or “iPhone” volumes in the first place, so they’re either pretty unreliable (warranty issues) or lots of buyers remorse?

 

[dz5b609]

You definitely do not know the market... ever heard of Wacom? Adobe Ink? Adonit?

Obviously you're the one who doesn't know the market if you think those pens are even remotely close to Apple's pencil. In price sure they're competitive, in performance not even close.

 

[shaunp]

Sorry did I read that right? A refurbished, pencil????? That has to be the most ludicrous thing I have heard so far this year. Don't believe me, try explaining it to your gran.

 

[danny842003]

This would be my 3rd pencil. since i lost the last 2 LOL

then a $20 discount is going to start adding up for you 😁
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Sorry did I read that right? A refurbished, pencil????? That has to be the most ludicrous thing I have heard so far this year. Don't believe me, try explaining it to your gran.

gran, there’s this electronic device that gets returned, should the be recycled or thrown in to landfill?
In my day we recycled milk bottles

Yeah I think she would get it.

 

[BF1M]

Mine looks horrible after many months of use. Part of it are chipping off in the same spots where the magnets hold it to the iPad. My iPad also has permeant white marks in the same area. I would he hesitant about buying one used.

 

[bryn0076]

I’m really not a fan of subscription services - but man, I’ve lost so many of these pencils I’d sign up tomorrow if they’d offer one.
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I’d imagine the casing will be new for almost every-one...

 

[Haust]

It bends too easily. Too bad they couldn't have a storage hole in the iPad.

 

[RightMACatU]

Huh!? Apple .ca has had those refurbished for quite some time.

 

[kurosov]

Really. How do you "refurbish" a pencil? Maybe replace the battery? Or maybe they're just perfectly functional returns that have been checked and repackaged?
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Yes, I think that's it.

a real refurb would be an involved process. They’d have to tear the outer shell apart and completely replace it.

my original pencil was faulty, didn’t have proper pressure support. Took it to the Apple store and they compared it to a demo model, saw how different it was and I was offered an outright replacement rather than repair for that reason. It was just a shame I had to wait a week for a replacement to be delivered because they had 0 in stock.

Either they’ve had enough failures to justify repairing and selling as refurb or these are just reboxed returns.

 

[Crowbot]

It'll just be pencils returned within the 14-day period that have re-gone through QA and re-boxed.
Technically not new, hence, refurbished.
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It's easy enough to lose.

Right. iFixit had to cut their's open for the "teardown". They must be working returns.

 

[Pakaku]

Magnetic attachment and inductive charging are features reserved for Pro models. So is FaceID and some other things.

Why is that “shameful”? You pay more, you get more.

I get the reasoning for the actual tech, but are you sure we should be paying more for a pro model just for a magnet?

 

[mudflap]

You definitely do not know the market... ever heard of Wacom? Adobe Ink? Adonit?

I've been a professional designer and retoucher for 25 years. I've used all of those products and owned some as well.

When you can find a stylus that offers all the features of the Apple Pencil and has the unbelievably low latency of 9ms let me know. I will eat my words. Promise.

 

[PickUrPoison]

I get the reasoning for the actual tech, but are you sure we should be paying more for a pro model just for a magnet?

A magnet? Are you sure that’s why you’re paying more?

 

[Pakaku]

A magnet? Are you sure that’s why you’re paying more?

I'm sure that's not why, and I stated that