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New iPad Only Supports First-Gen Apple Pencil, Requires Adapter to Charge
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Ahhh...there we have it. That Apple-like thing. Update the port to USB-C. For whatever reason (more money) make it only compatible with the first gen pencil and then charge for a dongle. The reason...well because we moved the front-facing camera to the side, we're not able to have the magnetic dock for the 2nd gen pencil.
I think it’s a missed opportunity here to bring back Firewire for charging the pencil AND the iPad at the SAME time…like magic.
However you would need to pay for a monthly subscription fee to turn on FW charging that you can easily purchase using Apple Pay™.
However you would need to pay for a monthly subscription fee to turn on FW charging that you can easily purchase using Apple Pay™.
Someone explain this to me like I'm five. Why does this even make sense for Apple? I know I know, people are saying it makes money, but it also costs money to produce three different things (Apple Pencil 1, Apple Pencil 2, adaptor). And, I don't think any of them are selling like hotcakes. Just seems like it'd be more profitable to make a single, generally usable accessory.
Right, I agree...it is dumb. The post I was replying to was saying that you couldn't charge from the iPad anymore and needed a power outlet, which is false.
Would have been better if it was a USB-C male to Lightning female adapter, but maybe they didn't want to cause confusion from people thinking they could use that to convert their existing lightning cables to USB-C cables. That'd probably work for charging, but not data transfer. I guess you could still do it this way too, but then that means you already have a USB-C cable and have no need for an adapter.
Well at least we know why there wasn’t an event to announce all of this. Just embarrassing.
Costs more to put the wireless charging tech into the iPad for the 2nd gen Pencil, maybe they didn't like the margins they would get if they had to put that tech in the 10th gen. They also put a camera in the 10 where the wireless charging pad is on the Air and Pro.
They already made a Lightning adapter for the Pencil gen 1, so it's similar to what they already have, but now the adapter is required for pairing or charging.
As to why use the 1st gen Pencil, some people think they overproduced the 1st gen Pencil so they are trying to use up old stock.
For iPhone 14, Apple put in a plastic filler in place of a SIM tray. The electronics are still on the logic board.
Apple's environmental waste are nothing but talk.
I dont think this is a correct pic. It looks exactly the same as the lightning to lightning adapter on apples site in accessories. Its called USB-C to Apple Pencil Adaptor.
Golly that looks more absurd than I remembered.Because this
wasn't stupid enough already, they add an adapter.
It would have made more sense to make the 10th gen iPad compatible with the Apple Pencil 2 and keep the camera in the usual portrait orientation, then when they worked out how to have pencil charging and the camera on the same side of an iPad, introduce that with an updated 2023 iPad Pro and iPad.
i feel like nobody in this thread has actually realized what is going on. Let me help out but it feels like people just like to troll.
- Every apple pencil comes with the adapter for free. they're not nickle and diming people who are purchasing it today
- The adapter isn't meant to be used with the ipad. it's more like a wall port. If you look it's female on both ends.
hope that helps.
- Every apple pencil comes with the adapter for free. they're not nickle and diming people who are purchasing it today
- The adapter isn't meant to be used with the ipad. it's more like a wall port. If you look it's female on both ends.
hope that helps.
It is meant to be used with the iPad. To pair it you need to use it and a USB-C to USB-C cable to the iPad. Otherwise you won't be able to connect at all. Which is super clunky and a weird way to do it, but such is life with the cheap iPad.
Maybe in every day use it's not meant to be used with the iPad since you don't need to pair it more than once.
right. it's not something you need to do everyday.
don't get me wrong. i think this design blows. but i think it's weird people are complaining about things that aren't even true like nickle and diming their customers.
The EU decision means that Apple will likely stop selling the 9th generation iPad in 2024. So the 10th generation will be the "budget" model by then.
