I'm really hoping that the apple pencil comes to the iPad Air 3, not holding my breath because it might not come at all, but I would love the smaller surface + apple pencil. One can "dream" i guess.
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Apple Pencil iPad Air 3
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Not sure this necessitated another thread, but I highly doubt that any "Air" iPad will offer Pencil support anytime soon.
I really think they should allow the apple pencil on the ipad air 3. It would be a great selling point and encourage people to finally upgrade their ipad devices. People seem to hold on to their ipads for a long period of time before upgrading. I think if they added apple pencil support to ipad air 3 that would really help make people want to upgrade. Even those who invested in the cheaper ipad air 2s over the holidays might consider upgrading yet again.
I do think if they just bump specs and leave apple pencil support out most will not bother upgrading to the air 3.
I do think if they just bump specs and leave apple pencil support out most will not bother upgrading to the air 3.
If they add pencil support I would definitely upgrade to the Air 3. If not, I would have to think about it and might not. Also, I'm hoping it comes out in the first half of this year.
I can see them doing this. Why else would one to upgrade unless you need the latest thing or your old iPad is having issues with something.
I don't see why not. The only difference between iPads should be the price, size & specs. It is what it is.
I think Apple is a little pre-occupied already trying to get Pencil's to the all the ipad pros.
But sure.
But sure.
If Apple want to keep the Pencil as a "Pro" exclusive, that's fine, but I hope that they make an "iPad mini Pro" and an "iPad Air Pro." I went with the Pro for the upgraded hardware and stylus support, but the mini is the perfect size for my use at work. I'd be fine paying more for a mini that supported the stylus, and that had a faster processor and more RAM. Nearly everyone in my workplace carries iPad minis, because they're the most portable and least cumbersome to use when you're on the move (healthcare setting). It's unfortunate that Apple treats the mini as the budget option; I'd imagine that it has the most potential to break into more professional environments. Everyone else who can afford to carry something larger seems to go with a standard laptop.
While they're at it, it'd be nice if they diversified their styluses. The Pencil is a nice option for artists, but I'm primarily writing notes and would have appreciated something more pen-like (more rugged, with a clip, not quite as large, not needing to be as fancy in terms of pressure and angle detection).
While they're at it, it'd be nice if they diversified their styluses. The Pencil is a nice option for artists, but I'm primarily writing notes and would have appreciated something more pen-like (more rugged, with a clip, not quite as large, not needing to be as fancy in terms of pressure and angle detection).
Are there any third-party styluses that use the active digitizer? One of the benefits of a "true" stylus is that palm rejection is pretty much perfect and it's more precise than a stylus that works by tricking the system into thinking that it's a finger. In theory any standard stylus should work, but I don't know if Apple locked it down in the Pro such that it needs to pair to activate the active digitizer in the Pro.
The iPad Air 2 is still awesome. I won't update unless the add 3D Touch and pencil support. I would also like Apple to ditch lightning and switch to USBC, but that isn't a must. It would be icing on the cake for them to add the rotation lock switch back... I'm not sure why they removed it... But it's a a actually kind of annoying.
my view: iPad Air 3, small speed bump to A9 Processor (clocked slightly faster than the iPhone 6S A9's), 2GB RAM, 32/128GB options, cellular option on 128GB model, Apple Pencil support, smart connector. Smart Connector and Apple Pencil being the main selling points, making the Air 3 effectively a "mini" Pro.