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New iPad Only Supports First-Gen Apple Pencil, Requires Adapter to Charge
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I'm pretty sure the new Apple VR goggles will introduce a new set of dongles.
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You can also hook them up to a 4K monitor with the following:
You can also hook them up to a 4K monitor with the following:
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Every new unit of this 8 year old previous-generation model being bought now comes with the adapter, yes.
All those already sold units out in the wild? $10 for the adapter.
Existing models still can be sold when that rule kicks in, only new hardware needs to be adapted.
It sounds like a cost-cutting move. But I agree that it would have been better to add Apple Pencil 2 support. The Apple Pencil 1 design was questionable to begin with.
My theory is that Tim finally ran out of the bulk purchase of lightning ports he purchased years ago and is forced to USB C ports now.
As a user of a first gen Pencil on a first gen iPad Pro: This is an ASTONISHINGLY stupid decision.
I frequently need to charge up the pencil. I do not want to carry around (and lose) an ESSENTIAL adapter to do so! Crazy!
I frequently need to charge up the pencil. I do not want to carry around (and lose) an ESSENTIAL adapter to do so! Crazy!
My guess is that the base iPad users aren't big buyers of the Apple Pencil, and hence Apple was fine with a workaround to maintain the ability for those who want it. If it were a bigger selling point, they'd have found a way to make the Pencil 2 work with the landscape camera taking up the space where the magnetic charger is on the Pro and Air.
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Think this just means that the 3rd gen design is going to be different, probably even just going to USB-C too instead of being stuck on the iPad.
Someone can now build a USB-C dock that just looks like a pencil holder for your desk.
Someone can now build a USB-C dock that just looks like a pencil holder for your desk.
My guess is that they will move the magnets to accommodate the landscape camera. No way is the Apple Pencil 3 going to have plug-in charging.
I hope all of the reviews, including MR, not only call this out which I expect they will, but also withhold their recommendations. Maybe that would get the message across to Tim that he went too far this time. Big price increase, no 2nd Gen Apple Pencil, more difficulty in using the 1st Gen Apple Pencil compared to the 9th Gen iPad, but it comes in colors…what a joke. Maybe Apple could do a iPad 3 here and fix this in the spring with a better 11th Gen iPad with an A15 and 2nd Gen Apple Pencil support at $349-379.
Nice looking iPad — I actually prefer the thicker bezel. But not being compatible with the 2nd generation Pencil is strange. I suppose the person that owned the base iPad might upgrade to this model, and they would already have the Pencil that works with it.
