Well, that would depend on this particular pencil, who knows.I’ve never used one of these pencils but the price is appealing.
How often do they need to charge with light use?
With VERY light use the main problem is the battery might self-discharge in a few weeks. If you are a student and use it in school all day, then "several days"How often do they need to charge with light use?
There are endless hundreds of people selling pencils like this at all different price points. Do a search on Aliexpress or Amazon. You will see dozens of them. Thsi one at $30 is at the higher end of the price range.Nice. Perfect for the kid. I’m surprised there aren’t more 3rd party pencil options.
Other than Apple Pencil hover, what exactly missing form this that the base Apple Pencil has?Correction: ESR launches a stylus that looks like an Apple Pencil but does almost nothing the Apple Pencil can do.
Not quite. What’s more likely happening is a number of smaller factories sourcing parts of different quality based on similar schematics. The reason you’re see such a big variability in pricing likely depends on what that particular manufacturer decided to skimped out on (or how unscrupulous the reseller is).There are endless hundreds of people selling pencils like this at all different price points. Do a search on Aliexpress or Amazon. You will see dozens of them. Thsi one at $30 is at the higher end of the price range.
What I've wondered is if these pencils all are made in the same factory and then rebranded or if a dozen engineers at a dozen companies independently came up with nearly the same design.
My guess is they use the same chip inside but about 3 or 4 places make them and many get rebranded
Xhina is like that it is a huge network or companies that informally cooperate, one maght make the electronics, one might make the plastic part and some other buy these and assemble them and then sell the assembled product to a wholesalers and so on until you see it on Aliexpress or Amazon.
Apple is different because they control the entire process from design to retail, China is exactly the opposite of this. It is the new Wild West. Companies are founded and go broke at a high rate, employee don't care because they just move next door and work for the new company.
You mean like the Apple Pencil USB-C?That doesn't charge wirelessly.
That doesn't charge wirelessly.
It wasn’t done on a whim. People clamored for a landscape camera on the iPad, Apple listened, and the new magnets was the resulting necessary hardware change. This was discussed to death on these forums.Plus, they won‘t be subject to Apple‘s whims on making their accessories with future iPad generations.
Prepare to write off your Magic Keyboards and Pencils once Apple yet again changes a few magnets.
It doesn't need to at that price point.That doesn't charge wirelessly.
It’s time for Apple to open things up so we can use better cheaper alternatives with all the capabilities Apple has to offer. I hate it they keep things locked for the only purpose to buy their expensive gear.It’s because Apple hasn't opened up the wireless protocol that turns the charging on and off to third parties (among other Pencil features).
Is it merely a matter of flipping a switch though?It’s time for Apple to open things up so we can use better cheaper alternatives with all the capabilities Apple has to offer. I hate it they keep things locked for the only purpose to buy their expensive gear.
Correction: ESR launches a stylus that looks like an Apple Pencil but does almost nothing the Apple Pencil can do.
No, I mean like the Apple Pencil Pro, you know — the current model?You mean like the Apple Pencil USB-C?
Great, products on a budget. Good luck with thatFor 1/3 the price of Apple Pencil. But I guess you'd probably like having it AI and a Nerfgun built-in while retaining the price.
Right, it's certifiable as part of the MFi program I mentioned in my post. But I wasn't really worried about that functionality (worst case should just be that it doesn't work, I suppose?) but rather the rest of the device itself. Some of the other "clones" I've seen seem to trick the iPad into thinking it's a real Apple Pencil (including their troubleshooting suggesting un-pairing your actual Apple Pencil, if any, first to avoid problems), and I'm guessing that's all reverse-engineered rather than licensed from Apple or otherwise created using official APIs or whatever hooks it may need into the OS.Find My can be licensed from Apple.