So Apple already has three pencils in the wild, right? So this would make 4?
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Welcome back to 1990s Apple before Steve Jobs' return.
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It would be just like Apple these days to introduce a new pencil that is only compatible with new hardware or if you want to use it with older hardware it will be clunky to do so. They really need to streamline and simplify the iPad lineup and it feels like they’re going to keep it as messy as ever.
It is absolutely not irrelevant. There might be a few who are willing to pay upwards of 200 for a frigging stylus, but they’re gonna drive away many more. At some point the features and tricks stop justifying the price.
There aren't enough hands in all the world to cover the facepalm 🤦♂️
Is that gonna be like the pencils we had in kindergarten that were twice the diameter of regular No. 2's?
No forum cred for you today with a positive post like that. Next time take a hard slam at TC. Bonus points for a crowd-loving "Apple doesn't innovate anymore."
I think I once heard a quote from Steve Jobs, saying all the company’s products should fit on one table. now I think you need royal 20-seat dining table to fit them all! 🙄
Safety and privacy are always amoungst Apples top priorities…
Thats why we made Apple Pencil Pro with rubber.
Thats why we made Apple Pencil Pro with rubber.
Stupid name with a stupid price I suspect. Apple giving me many reasons not to upgrade from my perfectly good 2018 iPad Pro.
It's like all of these entertainment and sports sites making one article for each joke that was told at the Tom Brady roast last night
called it. Just call me Mark Kuo:
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Apple Pencil 2 Falls to New Record Low Price of $79 on Amazon
Rumor is that they are about to release the new Pencil Pro™
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Apple Pencil
Apple Pencil Pro (has rubber)
Apple Pencil Executive (has rubber, pencil grip, advanced audio help system, fool proof charge system, and pop up instruction manual)
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Apple Pencil Pro (has rubber)
Apple Pencil Executive (has rubber, pencil grip, advanced audio help system, fool proof charge system, and pop up instruction manual)
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Nope. Even if you hated having model numbers (I didn't, it was actually REALLY helpful to be able to know what a computer was just by looking at the front panel), at least there were model numbers printed on the front panel.
With these stupid pencils, you can't tell them apart. You have no idea if a given pencil will work with a given iPad.
It's the opposite of "it just works" that used to be a thing with Apple.
It’s an option within the lineup of accessories. You can buy one of the cheaper pencils if you prefer.
You all forgot Extreme edition! 😁
Things don't have to be this way. I don't understand why you can't make one pencil that "recognizes" hardware feature sets of older iPads and just make do whatever is available on those older iPads. Sure people will be paying for senors and such that may never be used, but by building one pencil in a larger volume would have to help reduce inventory and warehouse costs. Apple might only make 37% profit on each one sold instead of the normal 40%. So what. It'll help the general customer who wants one but might be confused when looking at them all and not buy one at all.
Agreed. This is so sad in 2024. An M4 iPad running a 16 year old phone OS. 😣 Guess this is what happens when you have no real competition in this particular market.