Well... this is baffling. No wireless charging, no pressure sensitivity, so if you want to use it for art (my personal use case) it's actually not even feature competitive with gen 1. Was there supposed to be a new, cheaper, note-taking focused iPad to accompany this?
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New Apple Pencil Announced With Hidden USB-C Port and More for $79
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So it appears to be more like Apple Pencil 1.5 with no magnetic charging (it just magnetically clips to the side) or add. features than the Pencil 2.
The Apple Pencil 2 goes on sale every so often ~$99 which is a better deal.
you are right it is a replacement of Gen 1 at a lower cost to the more feature one
In the past, Apple has done a 'one press release per hour' approach to launching new products. So there's still a chance? Although a press release for new iPads with Apple Pencil update all in one go would have made the most sense.
EDIT - 'one press release per day' approach is something they've done in the past.
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I doubt it since there is no good way to attach it to an iPhone and most people don't want to carry around a pencil in tehir pocket; and making a smaller one that attaches to teh phone would require special cases and be harder to write with. Jobs had it right when he said the finger is teh perfect pointing device.
Yeah. I always thought that was a pretty janky design, for Apple. This looks much better, assuming most USB-C cables will actually fit in that gap?
Since the Apple Pencil is always blown out for Black Friday, I'm sensing a $59 red tag on this one. And this was it for the updates? I feel so used. 😂
Always amazes me when Apple comes up with a whole new thing just to make sure, they don’t actually have to drop the price on their existing ones, no matter how old the product already is. R&D really worth it?
I was thinking the same thing.
I own an Apple Pencil 2 but also a cheaper alternative from Amazon that I purchased for £24. The cheaper pen is identical in use and feel - even charges magnetically.
The only thing it’s missing is pressure sensitivity and double tap.
I really hope we haven’t entered a phase of Apple‘s new releases consisting of “We added USB-C!” and not much else.
True. But why would they press release the Pencil now when there are iPads coming in a week.
It's not though, because it doesn't have pressure sensitivity. Which makes it practically useless for art. And they'll keep selling the Gen 1.
A baffling product.
Awesome for 10.9 owners
people complaining don’t seem to understand this was not meant to be better than Apple Pencil 2. its really for the 10.9 iPad where the new pencil can dock magnetically and charge via the iPads and pencils usbc port
people complaining don’t seem to understand this was not meant to be better than Apple Pencil 2. its really for the 10.9 iPad where the new pencil can dock magnetically and charge via the iPads and pencils usbc port
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No, it has one more feature than the 1st gen Apple Pencil (adds 2, loses 1). Not including pressure sensitivity might be a no-go for many people but it wouldn't matter to someone like me. I mostly use my Apple Pencil 2 for note taking and some occasional sketching where pressure sensitivity really isn't needed. I've used pressure sensitivity some times but it's not a deal breaker to me as a non-artist.
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Bah. I was excited to going back to using an Apple Pencil (primarily for the weight). My gen 1 Pencil is old, but it continues to suffer from battery drain when not in use unless I unpair it.
My Mini 5 and 9th gen iPads don't have USB-C ports so I'll continue to use my knock-off Pencils that are magnetic, use USB-C, and DON'T have to be paired. These knock-offs work great (especially at $6 USD from TEMU, $20 from Amazon) but aren't quite as heavy as the Apple Pencil.
Thanks Apple for saving me $80.
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This is CLEARLY not an upgrade over Gen1.
When Apple releases an upgrade of a product, they remove that product being replaced.