Please - rewrite this article to reflect the Pencil situation. This is not the 3rd generation in the Apple Pencil line.
The previous product is marketed by Apple as Apple Pencil (2nd generation). So for all intents and purposes this is really the third generation product, whether or not Apple uses those words. They do not. This product is marketed as Apple Pencil (USB-C).
Joe Consumer will refer to it as the 3rd generation Apple Pencil anyhow.
While I agree with your sentiment that male customers are more likely to be confused by the Pencil naming I think your conclusion is incorrect. I think no matter what Apple Pencil people have they will call it Apple Pencil and forgo the generation when talking about it. I’m guessing most iPad users that buy a Pencil will pay more attention to the price than the name and the consumers that have specific needs will like pressure sensitivity might remember the name but will still joust call it an Apple Pencil.
Practically everyone I know has an iPhone and none of them mention the number or if it is Pro, Pro Max … they just call it their iPhone. Same with Apple Watch and Air Pods.
Please - rewrite this article to reflect the Pencil situation. This is not the 3rd generation in the Apple Pencil line.
The previous product is marketed by Apple as Apple Pencil (2nd generation). So for all intents and purposes this is really the third generation product, whether or not Apple uses those words. They do not. This product is marketed as Apple Pencil (USB-C).
Joe Consumer will refer to it as the 3rd generation Apple Pencil anyhow.
While I agree with your sentiment that male customers are more likely to be confused by the Pencil naming I think your conclusion is incorrect. I think no matter what Apple Pencil people have they will call it Apple Pencil and forgo the generation when talking about it. I’m guessing most iPad users that buy a Pencil will pay more attention to the price than the name and the consumers that have specific needs will like pressure sensitivity might remember the name but will still joust call it an Apple Pencil.
Practically everyone I know has an iPhone and none of them mention the number or if it is Pro, Pro Max … they just call it their iPhone. Same with Apple Watch and Air Pods.
Please - rewrite this article to reflect the Pencil situation. This is not the 3rd generation in the Apple Pencil line.
The previous product is marketed by Apple as Apple Pencil (2nd generation). So for all intents and purposes this is really the third generation product, whether or not Apple uses those words. They do not. This product is marketed as Apple Pencil (USB-C).
Joe Consumer will refer to it as the 3rd generation Apple Pencil anyhow.
While I agree with your sentiment that male customers are more likely to be confused by the Pencil naming I think your conclusion is incorrect. I think no matter what Apple Pencil people have they will call it Apple Pencil and forgo the generation when talking about it. I’m guessing most iPad users that buy a Pencil will pay more attention to the price than the name and the consumers that have specific needs will like pressure sensitivity might remember the name but will still joust call it an Apple Pencil.
Practically everyone I know has an iPhone and none of them mention the number or if it is Pro, Pro Max … they just call it their iPhone. Same with Apple Watch and Air Pods.
One interesting data point … I tried an Apple Pencil knock-off from EVACH (B0BYVQVN6P) on Amazon for $21 USD. It seems to support nearly everything the AP2 supports including magnetic docking and wireless charging on supported iPads, in addition to USB-C charging. Even comes with extra nibs. I’ve yet to figure out what’s “wrong” about this stylus to justify its very low cost. Perhaps it will only last a few months or a year, but I’ve been using it with my iPad mini 6 and my M2 iPad Pro 11” without incident. I’d say it’s more of a higher functioning stylus versus a “pencil” as defined by Apple. It probably doesn’t support as wide a range of iPads as Apple’s product, but it’s far better than any capacitive rubber tipped stylus I’ve ever used. There are other similar knock-offs to be found as well.
If nothing else, for a little over $20 you get to experience many of the same features that an Apple Pencil 2 or 3 supports on iPadOS. If you’re not yet convinced about whether you’ll actually benefit from owning an Apple Pencil, some of these inexpensive kinda-sorta-quite similar Apple Pencil stylus clones might keep you from spending over $100 USD on something that just ends up sitting on your iPad like a magnetically attached hat, at least until you accidentally knock it off and risk breaking it.
One interesting data point … I tried an Apple Pencil knock-off from EVACH (B0BYVQVN6P) on Amazon for $21 USD. It seems to support nearly everything the AP2 supports including magnetic docking and wireless charging on supported iPads, in addition to USB-C charging. Even comes with extra nibs. I’ve yet to figure out what’s “wrong” about this stylus to justify its very low cost. Perhaps it will only last a few months or a year, but I’ve been using it with my iPad mini 6 and my M2 iPad Pro 11” without incident. I’d say it’s more of a higher functioning stylus versus a “pencil” as defined by Apple. It probably doesn’t support as wide a range of iPads as Apple’s product, but it’s far better than any capacitive rubber tipped stylus I’ve ever used. There are other similar knock-offs to be found as well.
If nothing else, for a little over $20 you get to experience many of the same features that an Apple Pencil 2 or 3 supports on iPadOS. If you’re not yet convinced about whether you’ll actually benefit from owning an Apple Pencil, some of these inexpensive kinda-sorta-quite similar Apple Pencil stylus clones might keep you from spending over $100 USD on something that just ends up sitting on your iPad like a magnetically attached hat, at least until you accidentally knock it off and risk breaking it.
That's what I was thinking - it just doesn't seem to make sense to buy Apple's Pnecil 3 if knock offs work the same for less than a third of price and we're talking about as much as $50 savings.
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If nothing else, for a little over $20 you get to experience many of the same features that an Apple Pencil 2 or 3 supports on iPadOS. If you’re not yet convinced about whether you’ll actually benefit from owning an Apple Pencil, some of these inexpensive kinda-sorta-quite similar Apple Pencil stylus clones might keep you from spending over $100 USD on something that just ends up sitting on your iPad like a magnetically attached hat, at least until you accidentally knock it off and risk breaking it.