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Apple’s new iPad only supports the old Apple Pencil – needs an adapter to do so

• londons_explore 4y ago
  So why does it support a gen1 pencil but not a gen2 pencil?
  • Mo3 4y ago
    > If you’re wondering why this issue hasn’t cropped up with previous iPads that have made the leap to USB-C, then that’s because the iPad Pro, iPad Air, and iPad Mini have all supported the second-generation Pencil, which charges wirelessly while magnetically attached to the side of the tablet. Not so for the cheapest iPad in Apple’s lineup.
    • __ryan__ 4y ago
      > why does it support a gen1 pencil but not a gen2 pencil?
• mikestew 4y ago
  That is so unAppley that I clicked on the article to find out how much I had misread the headline. Nope, read the headline correctly. Well, then, The Verge has gotten something horribly, horribly wrong. Because does this sound right to you? That a new iPad model only supports an old model of Pencil that you thought they didn't even manufacture anymore, and it needs an adapter to do so? I mean, c'mon, there's no way Apple would do something like that. Turns out...
  • copperx 4y ago
    Jobs isn't there to scream at designers and engineers anymore, so they get complacent.
• client4 4y ago
  I'd say Apples use of dongles are a joke at this point, but perhaps the data suggests the number of base model ipads using a (gen1) pencil are small enough to warrant the dongle crutch.
• Version467 4y ago
  That’s incredible. I’d love to know how they came to the conclusion that this was the way to go.