New iPad Only Supports First-Gen Apple Pencil, Requires Adapter to Charge

[Isamilis]

Question is why didn’t Apple modify Apple Pencil 1 to have usb C port? So, only people who has already bought Apple Pencil 1 and plan to use on iPad 10 will need the adapter (which should be rare).

 

[BeatCrazy]

Serious question: can’t you use the female to female Lighting cap that comes with the 1st gen pencil plus a USB to Lightning cable, to pair and charge?

 

[Pentium]

Serious question: can’t you use the female to female Lighting cap that comes with the 1st gen pencil plus a USB to Lightning cable, to pair and charge?

Yes you can.

 

[BeatCrazy]

Yes you can.

Makes sense.

What doesn't make sense is all the YouTubers (and regular people?) that already had an 1st gen Apple Pencil, who bought the 10th gen, complaining they couldn't pair/use it until they got the back-ordered $9 adapter.

Unless they just plain lost that female-to-female adapter that came with their pencil??

 

[Pentium]

Makes sense.

What doesn't make sense is all the YouTubers (and regular people?) that already had an 1st gen Apple Pencil, who bought the 10th gen, complaining they couldn't pair/use it until they got the back-ordered $9 adapter.

Unless they just plain lost that female-to-female adapter that came with their pencil??

I owned the first gen pencil on release and I broke 3 of those adapters lol, they are super fragile.

If you buy the Apple Pencil now new, it is no problem as it will come with both adapters. But if you own one, you can't pair it without the adapter, unless you have another cable from a newer iPhone (USB-C to Lightning) as the iPad comes with USB-C to USB-C Cable.

It is just unnecessary situation.

 

[BeatCrazy]

I owned the first gen pencil on release and I broke 3 of those adapters lol, they are super fragile.

If you buy the Apple Pencil now new, it is no problem as it will come with both adapters. But if you own one, you can't pair it without the adapter, unless you have another cable from a newer iPhone (USB-C to Lightning) as the iPad comes with USB-C to USB-C Cable.

It is just unnecessary situation.

I agree it's rather clunky. I was more surprised at the amount of people squealing because I figured everyone has a Lightning to USB-C cable (comes with iPhones for past 3 years?) and the female-to-female adapter still comes with every 1st gen pencil. I've never had one break, but I have family members that have lost it.

YouTubers were acting like "welp, I guess I can't even use this thing at all", which I thought was a cop-out.

 

[Pentium]

I agree it's rather clunky. I was more surprised at the amount of people squealing because I figured everyone has a Lightning to USB-C cable (comes with iPhones for past 3 years?) and the female-to-female adapter still comes with every 1st gen pencil. I've never had one break, but I have family members that have lost it.

YouTubers were acting like "welp, I guess I can't even use this thing at all", which I thought was a cop-out.

Yup, they are making it more dramatic like usual, as out of the box iPad can not be used with a pre-owned Apple Pencil unless u have either the adapter or the cable - which majority of the buyers probably will have one or two laying around.

 

[original_position]

The new, 10th-generation iPad only supports the first-generation Apple Pencil, meaning that it requires an adapter to charge separately via a wired connection since the device has moved to USB-C.

The new iPad has no magnetic wireless charger on the side to connect to the second-generation Apple Pencil. Only the first-generation Apple Pencil is supported by the device, which normally needs to be plugged into a Lightning port to charge. The iPad now has a USB-C port, meaning that the Apple Pencil can no longer be charged directly via the iPad.

Entry-level iPad users who want to use the Apple Pencil will need to charge the accessory using a USB-C cable and a separate adapter. The smallprint on Apple's 10th-generation iPad press release states:

The first-generation Apple Pencil came with a female to female Lightning adapter allowing it to be charged separately, but now Apple is offering a new variant of the accessory called the "USB-C to Apple Pencil Adapter" that enables Apple Pencil users to charge. The adapter is available separately at a price of $9 for existing Apple Pencil users, while new Apple Pencil units include the adapter in the box.

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I'm really frustrated, this is not confusing enough. Maybe if we added an extra concept of degree, say, so that we could say "Apple Pencil, 1st generation, second degree" works with "ipad pro third and lower degree" or something like that to make it easy for people to understand.