Some Apple Stores to Stop Selling First-Generation Apple Pencil Until USB-C Adapter Stock Improves

[MacRumors]

Select Apple Stores in the United States have suspended the sale of the first-generation Apple Pencil until stock improves for the USB-C to Lightning Adapter, which is needed to charge the pencil with the new entry-level iPad, MacRumors has learned.

The 10th-generation iPad is only compatible with the first-generation Apple Pencil, which is equipped with a USB-C port. To charge the pencil with the iPad, customers must use a USB-C to Lightning Adapter that was at one point last week facing up to a one-month delay.

Apple will offer the USB-C to Lightning Adapter in the box with the first-generation Apple Pencil, but shipments for those boxes have yet to arrive at Apple Stores. Stores have been instructed not to sell older first-generation Apple Pencil models until the new shipments arrive.

The move will ensure customers of the new iPad are not left without a way to charge their Apple Pencil. The new iPad was made available for purchase at Apple Stores this week. According to Apple's online store, the USB-C to Lightning Adapter is estimated to ship in one to two weeks.



Article Link: Some Apple Stores to Stop Selling First-Generation Apple Pencil Until USB-C Adapter Stock Improves

 

[SanderEvers]

Not allowing the iPad to use the 2nd Gen Pencil is a major oversight from Apple.

 

[Carlson-online]

This is hilarious.

This whole thing is such a stupid situation! The only upside is this is now an adapter in existance, so I can finally plug my lightning accessories into my macbook!

 

[Kottu]

Apple found a new way to sell out old stock of Pencil 1 and new dongle. Otherwise why Pencil 2 is not compatible with new iPad?

 

[E-MO-TION]

Embarrassing how hard they wanted to nerf this iPad. An environmental disaster.

 

[gpat]

This will be remembered as the laughing stock of recent Apple launches.

Also we should note that Apple came up with a way to make the Pencil 2 less practical than the Pencil 1.

Look at that. You need a CABLE to charge your pencil. Neither the 1 nor the 2 looked that clumsy.

We're talking about Magic Mouse charging levels of clumsy.

 

[QuiteSharp]

Let me get this straight: so if I want to buy a 9:th generation iPad I cannot buy an Apple Pencil gen 1 even though those two are compatible? Or do I beg the sales clerk to go get me one anyway?

 

[tomtad]

As ridiculous as this is, the Apple Pencil can still be charged from a plug with a lightening cable so charging isn’t the issue if you have one. Only problem is you can’t pair it with the iPad.

 

[JapanApple]

in about a day amazon will be full of these badly made adapters. More than amazon has now lol

 

[madanvivek]

This is hilarious.

This whole thing is such a stupid situation! The only upside is this is now an adapter in existance, so I can finally plug my lightning accessories into my macbook!

Which accessory other that the 1st gen Pencil has male end of lighning port?

 

[Carlson-online]

Which accessory other that the 1st gen Pencil has female end of lighning port?

Lightning headphones

 

[Godspeed8230]

Rumor has it, Apple has just registered a new trademark: "There's an Adapter for That"

 

[madanvivek]

Lightning headphones

sry I meant to say male end of lightning cable? I can't thing of any other accessory than the pencil !

 

[Carlson-online]

sry I meant to say male end of lightning cable? I can't thing of any other accessory than the pencil !

As do I! Lightning headphones have a male cable.

 

[Unami]

This is so stupid.

Btw., I have a lightning cable gender -changer to sell for €50.

 

[madanvivek]

As do I! Lightning headphones have a male cable.

Holy ****! yea I totally forgot about them since Airpods sry

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

As ridiculous as this is, the Apple Pencil can still be charged from a plug with a lightening cable so charging isn’t the issue if you have one. Only problem is you can’t pair it with the iPad.

So you’re telling me the ONLY problem is you can’t use it…seems like a big deal.

 

[curnalpanic]

Well, if they sold the pencils without adapters, then when the adapters arrive, they would have no pencils to go with the, would they?

Assuming of course anyone actually buys these things.

 

[madanvivek]

This new iPad appears to have been created exclusively with school business in mind. They don't want to anger the schools by forcing them to purchase the second-generation pencil.

 

[tomtad]

So you’re telling me the ONLY problem is you can’t use it…seems like a big deal.

Oh certainly. It’s just the report makes out that charging is the issue when really it’s the inability to pair.

 

[GubbyMan]

As ridiculous as this is, the Apple Pencil can still be charged from a plug with a lightening cable so charging isn’t the issue if you have one. Only problem is you can’t pair it with the iPad.

But it comes with a Lightning female to female adapter. So you can connect it to a Lightning to USB-C cable and connect it to the iPad’s USB-C port. Should pass through data just as fine.

 

[gpat]

This new iPad appears to have been created exclusively with school business in mind. They don't want to anger the schools by forcing them to purchase the second-generation pencil.

Schools need headphone jacks. They will just shrug off the 10G and keep buying 9Gs or Chromebooks.

 

[Jim Lahey]

A lot of these stories recently wouldn’t appear too far out of place on The Babylon Bee. Apple are becoming ridiculous. Real, real fast.

 

[madanvivek]

I really don't understand why the designers decided to stick with the antiquated 1st generation pencil. An intelligent choice would have been to support the second generation pencil and upgrade the existing cameras to the centre stage. The price increase would have been justified at that point, and the iPad would have been a fantastic entry-level model.

 

[profets]

This new iPad appears to have been created exclusively with school business in mind. They don't want to anger the schools by forcing them to purchase the second-generation pencil.

This is what I was thinking - a lot of existing 1st gen pencils and they wanted to keep compatibility in schools and such.

But the more I think about it, given they still sell the 9th gen, they should have just moved forward with 2nd gen pencil on the 10.