Pencil on the iPad Pro has some 'drag'

[GizmoDVD]

Hello -

I recently purchased a new 12.9 second gen model and opted not to put on a screen protector.

After using it for a short time with my finger and pencil I noticed some drag (using the pencil). Once I cleaned my screen it was good. I replaced my pencil tip since its the original one from the initial launch but it still happens.

clearly a screen protector IS the solution...but anyone else doing it without?

 

[DoubleFlyaway]

Hello -

I recently purchased a new 12.9 second gen model and opted not to put on a screen protector.

After using it for a short time with my finger and pencil I noticed some drag (using the pencil). Once I cleaned my screen it was good. I replaced my pencil tip since its the original one from the initial launch but it still happens.

clearly a screen protector IS the solution...but anyone else doing it without?

I don’t use one. I think usually people have the opposite complaint— that there isn’t enough drag, and some people get a screen protector with more drag, to simulate the feel of paper.

I write/draw on a whiteboard for online teaching, and the feel doesn’t bother me. Maybe it would be different if I were an artist, instead of diagramming logic problems.

 

[Newtons Apple]

Hate screen protectors.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Your iPad screen was dirty thus causing drag with the pencil. You cleaned the screen and the drag was gone. Why then do you feel that a screen protector is the answer? A dirty screen protector is going to produce drag just like a dirty screen.

Save your money and keep your iPad screen clean.

 

[Royksöpp]

I actually prefer how a screen protector feels against the Pencil. If the naked glass continues to bother you than give a screen protector a try!

 

[subjonas]

I can’t get enough drag for the pencil! Feels like drawing on ice. I find it more slippery as grease accumulates on the screen—opposite of you for some reason. I’d love to get a closer to paper feel, like a Cintiq (etched glass with hard felt pen tip). Matte screen protector on the iPP helps but not enough. Also a bummer it trades off some screen clarity.