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New Apple Pencil Announced With Hidden USB-C Port and More for $79
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Okay, but someone with an iPad with a USBC iPad will just charge their pencil with the magnetic attachment. I'm glad my Apple Pencil doesn't even HAVE a plug in charging option.
No, the low end 10th gen iPad <nothing> doesn’t have magnetic charging. This pencil seems targeted at buyers of that iPad. The assumption seems to be that they are buying the cheapest iPad so they would buy the cheapest pencil.
Buyers of more expensive iPads might get this new pencil but are more likely to spend the money on a Pencil 2 that can charge magnetically.
Question? I had always assumed that there were technology differences between the gen 1,and gen 2 pens that meant they could only be used on certain ipads. Now the new USB pen has disproven this as there is one iPad that is compatible with both gen 1 and the USB pen. So its obviously not technology differences. This makes it look like its just Apple being Apple and driving up the cost of ownership by limiting which pens can be used on which ipads.
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That struck me too.
It seems unlikely that Apple would include both technologies and charge less.
I just went for a magnetic charging stylus on Amazon and it's far cheaper - no pressure sensitivity, but that's not important to me, whereas the €60+ saving (vs the USB pencil) is.
My concern is that while the iPad is excellent for drawing, it is not a specialized drawing device.
This is important because in theory, Apple could discontinue the iPad for drawing at all, and since some pens are restricted to particular models, and Apple has a history of discontinuing devices if they don't sell as much as they expect.
This is important because when you compare this to specialized drawing companies (e.g, Cintiq), not only is their hardware more widely available and easy to find, their pens also stay on the market for several years – AND, if you instead go for a Windows tablet (as opposed to a specialized drawing tablet), then ALL the Windows Ink pens are compatible.
So, at the very least with specialized solutions, I will have durable devices that are supported for a LONG time (e.g, 20-year-old+ Wacom drawing tablets that STILL work), and/or that have alternate pens that can be purchased, and/or which are compatible with ALL Windows devices.
If you like to draw and use your iPad regularly, there's a high chance your stylus will be dead in 5-10 years, and Apple may have discontinued it by then. Or your iPad may have died, forcing you to buy another and throw away a working stylus.
Even if you ARE willing to afford the Apple tax without complaints, what's guaranteeing you'll be able to use Procreate in 5-10 years? Will it still exist by then? With PC solutions, I usually can grab an old version of Photoshop or a compatible program and use it forever – if only to open old drawings for archival purposes.
This is important because in theory, Apple could discontinue the iPad for drawing at all, and since some pens are restricted to particular models, and Apple has a history of discontinuing devices if they don't sell as much as they expect.
This is important because when you compare this to specialized drawing companies (e.g, Cintiq), not only is their hardware more widely available and easy to find, their pens also stay on the market for several years – AND, if you instead go for a Windows tablet (as opposed to a specialized drawing tablet), then ALL the Windows Ink pens are compatible.
So, at the very least with specialized solutions, I will have durable devices that are supported for a LONG time (e.g, 20-year-old+ Wacom drawing tablets that STILL work), and/or that have alternate pens that can be purchased, and/or which are compatible with ALL Windows devices.
If you like to draw and use your iPad regularly, there's a high chance your stylus will be dead in 5-10 years, and Apple may have discontinued it by then. Or your iPad may have died, forcing you to buy another and throw away a working stylus.
Even if you ARE willing to afford the Apple tax without complaints, what's guaranteeing you'll be able to use Procreate in 5-10 years? Will it still exist by then? With PC solutions, I usually can grab an old version of Photoshop or a compatible program and use it forever – if only to open old drawings for archival purposes.