Wat? The reason you want the Pencil to have a male charger is so you can plug it into the iPad Pro and get a charge anywhere without the need to haul this adaptor along. It was a far smarter move than you're proposing.
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Apple Pencil to Ship With Adapter for Charging With Lightning Cable
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Wat? The reason you want the Pencil to have a male charger is so you can plug it into the iPad Pro and get a charge anywhere without the need to haul this adaptor along. It was a far smarter move than you're proposing.
Exactly, both Apple Pencil and Magic Mouse was poor decisions, with Magic Mouse they should it just added the lightning port in front..not on the bottom
Thats twice too many
I"m thinking about from a waste perspective and overall cost. twice in a year isn't really a lot. it's not going to bankrupt anyone, and really not going to change the functionality and how well it works.
It just... thats 2 batteries more a year into a landfill. two more batteries a year that have to be produced.
May as well buy a laptop. At least you get a keyboard, trackpad and a full blown OS.
Because all MacRumors members have one uniform opinion about the use of adapters and are also known to be hypocrites. Also what's a lack of inept planning? Maybe skillful planning. I promise I'll never accuse Microsoft and Samsung of doing that.
I agree. I think including a female Lightning port on the pencil and providing a male-to-male adapter for the unlikely times you might want to charge it by directly plugging it into the iPad would have made more sense.
You do understand that they just wanted to create a market for that easy to lose adapter. It is and always was about how to get more money from us.
But they specifically did define a time: 15 seconds. It actually makes you wonder, who says the pencil will ever necessarily be fully charged in a traditional adapter? 15 seconds per half hour doesn't seem like a lot to ask, then just leave it in your bag when you're done.
But it defeats the purpose of a quick charge when all you have is the iPad and the Pencil with you. Unless maybe it ships with the male to male adapter installed in the pencil, but removable for charging with a lightning cable when needed. They're a smart company, I'm sure they played with all sorts of options.
No big deal... I'll just keep a cable and adaptor always plugged into one of the pile of small iPhone chargers I have laying around and never use. (Always use the iPad adaptors or 3rd party multi chargers.)
Then use the direct plug-in for emergency top-offs.
No biggie.
Then use the direct plug-in for emergency top-offs.
No biggie.
The issue with that is then you have to carry the adaptor around in case you need it. Whereas this adapter just sits at home full time, which is where it might be used. The only useful adapter is the one you have with you, and I think Apple likes to minimize the things you have to carry around.
This is the best solution if you think about it, but why bother thinking first if you can just as well hate everything new. It's probably the best way to get people to agree with you...
I would rather be able to always charge my Pencil in my iPad or iPhone than having to bring a Lightning cable with me, or even the tiny adapter. Those things can just be left at home this way.
I would rather be able to always charge my Pencil in my iPad or iPhone than having to bring a Lightning cable with me, or even the tiny adapter. Those things can just be left at home this way.
5 minute charge for 30 minute battery use was the numbers they used.
However, I'm sure most people aren't going to be plugging in their pen every 30 minutes for 5 minutes just to get another 30 minutes. They are going to want to charge it to 100% between uses, so that when they do sit to use their devices, they will not have to worry about it dieing on them.
with the current implementation, this is not an easy thing to do, unless of course, you buy an additional charger just to charge the pencil or you charge it independently, meaning that you have potential of having your device in use, while being charging your pencil, giving an opportunity for the pencil to not be avialable when you want it
To imagine all these steps and 15 second only give you 30 minutes of use.
Ouch. I am already worn out imagining this.
Half the people complaining here will never buy one.
Hopefully rev2 we'll see a swing-out eraser end, revealing a female lightning slot under it, so no pieces to lose.
Or, just make use of the new three dot magnetic data/charge interface for accessories. ...the one strangely unveiled a moment before unveiling a $100 stylus that doesnt use it. lol
Or, just make use of the new three dot magnetic data/charge interface for accessories. ...the one strangely unveiled a moment before unveiling a $100 stylus that doesnt use it. lol
I think 16 charges in the course of a working day would have a UX impact. Many of my colleagues would throw a device in the trash for that.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the obvious: Wacom styluses don't need charging ever. Despite having more functionality. Yeah, patents blah blah, but the point is, no charging solution from Apple is going to beat Wacom's solution, and even the most avid fans of this cluster*** have to respect the fact it's a second class solution. I've been using battery-free styluses for 20 years, and the concept of charging them at all seems like a step back In time to the 80s.
On top of that, the flyswatter charging solution is the most idiotic thing I've seen from Apple by a long way, and possibly the most idiotic thing I've seen on any mobile device since Apple vs Samsung et al became a thing. And I cannot believe the same people who designed MagSafe designed this with a straight face. It's almost like the brief was to achieve the exact opposite of MagSafe, dragging devices from desks and breaking everything which could be broken in one satisfying impact.
I don't believe anyone's mentioned this yet, but why the sweet **** didn't Apple design the pencil to adhere magnetically to the side of the iPad and charge from those connectors there which power the keyboard? Pencil 2 perhaps?
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To be able to charge a dead pen on the go with no cable available is genius. Why is everybody down on this? At home you can stick it in any fairly current iOS device or use the adapter which was NOT a last minute decision.