Like I said, goofy juice. This pencil will hold magnetically to newer ipads, but doesn't have pressure sensitivity. And won’t charge magnetically. This pencil seems to exist just to piss of artists.
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New Apple Pencil Announced With Hidden USB-C Port and More for $79
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I can see people frustrated because the forgot to bring along a cable to either pair or charge this pencil...
Review I saw said no USB-C only no magnetic charging or automatic pairing. Apple lowered the price and took a bunch of stuff away.
This obviously presages the introduction of an all USB-C lineup for the iPad. It may very well mean there will be new lower end iPads before the holidays.
They are downvoting because the question is answered in the article. (I didn’t.)
Seems decent if you're just using it to take notes and not really using it for drawing
I’m surprised they didn’t do it today but this is exactly what I think as well. Maybe they’re just getting rid of excess stock currently.
.... when your Stylist product grid is about to become more complicated than the main product grid.... and your compatibility chart is so complex they didn't even put it into a graphic....
With the announcement of the new Apple Pencil (USB-C), none of the iPads are marked ’New’. Just yesterday, the iPad Pro and base iPad still had the ’New’ marking. Could mean that new iPads are on the way, perhaps in time for the new Apple Pencil launch in November?
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You already have 10 of them. See the ends of each hand. Always charged. Very difficult to lose or misplace. Variety of tip sizes. Works with Mac too. All at the low, low price of FREE!
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My partner bought one (don't know if i'm allowed to link to it here?) and it has magnetic pair/charge, shows the battery percentage (paired with BT), it supports tilt but similarly does not have pressure sensitivity. Otherwise looks and works indistinguishably from a real Apple Pencil. Current price on Amazon is $18.99
I just don’t understand why though. They need to standardize on one Pencil. If anything this should have replaced the first generation leaving only two still. Now it’s even more confusing.
It's not even a full replacement for gen 1 though. Without pressure sensitivity I wouldn't replace my gen 1 pencil with this thing.
My money is still on Apple spec-bumping Air, mini and 10.9 for Q4 to boost sales (this new Apple Pencil semi-SE won't accomplish that alone, obviously).
Then iPads Pro M3 drop in early Q2 2023 and (total) iPad sales are back to great again.
This is likely to help build interest around the product line, capture that more price-sensitive market and create incentive to spend ‘only $20 more’ or ‘just $30 more’ for the “full-featured” models.
lol. this is such a cluster****.
this usb-c trend is terrible. who do we thank? we all know.
this usb-c trend is terrible. who do we thank? we all know.
I think that’s the likely outcome. Perhaps the 11th-gen base iPad becomes compatible with the Pencil 2, so Apple keeps the Pencil 1 around until the 10th gen is discontinued. Then it’s just the Pencil USB-C and the Pencil 2. That could be another year or two, since it wouldn’t surprise me if Apple keeps the 10th gen around as the “budget” model.
The whole iPad accessory situation is a bit of a mess (keyboards specific to one model, different Pencils for different modelsetc). This is a first step toward improving it, since this Pencil is compatible with all USB-C iPads and not just the Pro/Air.
