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I find it pretty funny to see how easily people are "confused" by something that isn't the slightest bit confusing. 

For anything iPad 10 and above, the default tool is the Apple Pencil (USB-C). 

For those who need pressure sensitivity, there is the Pencil 2, which also comes with double-tap tool switching and wireless charging. 


Apple Pencil 1 is a legacy product that exists because of iPad 9 and will work with iPad 10, because the USB-C Pencil wasn't ready when the iPad 10 was released. 

9secondkox2 said:

newisneverenough said:

If it’s basically just a generic stylus… I don’t see the point. It sounds like a horrible product. I also have to say thank god I have a gen 2! I use the Magnetic Charging all the time-so useful and efficient. And to reduce the artistic flexibility is also just bizarre. This seems like a totally misguided cheapening of a product. if I want a cheap stylus they’re available everywhere already. 

Truth. Funny how a couple folks got mad at you stating the facts. 

This product literally does not need to exist. 

Apple made a case for the pencil with very specific use-cases because they had to overcome Jobs saying “if you’re using a stylus, you’re doing it wrong.” And apple succeeded. The pencil earned its right to exist with its creative precision and ability. 

This… is “doing it wrong” as Jobs said. It’s just a stylus that doesn’t need to exist. Feel bad for the people who buy this without paying attention to the details that it basically can’t do any creative work other than drawing the same lines over and over. I see a lot of returns in the near future. 

This is confusing the market. Come on, Apple…

I absolutely DEPEND on the Pencil for my work — it is literally what makes the iPad useful to me (writing music sheets). 

9secondkox2 said:

notwichred said:

So hang on.  It’s WORSE than Apple Pencil 2 in every way?  Am I missing something?

Yep. 

Without pressure sensitivity, it’s a total fail for anyone doing creative design work. 

Unbelievable. Perhaps it will be updated via software? If it can’t be, this thing is DOA. Who the heck approved this thing to launch with such a foundational feature missing? 

Absolutely nobody who is using an iPad and Pencil for anything other than "creative design work" has the slightest need for pressure sensitivity. 

9secondkox2 said:

So stupid. There is no antitrust when you have options. Apple provides them in settings. 

Google isn’t the only option. Enabled by default is fine. 

As Microsoft found out both in the United States vs. Microsoft antitrust case and the European case, "enabled by default" can absolutely constitute an antitrust issue, because the vast majority of users never ever touch their defaults. 

It's weird how twenty years later, people are still perpetuating weird myths that have long been dispelled by actual (very expensive) court cases. 

iloveapplegear said:

What a stupid decision . Off course al apple competitors are going to say yet.

So if you’re going to decide how to deal with a potential threat to free markets, you shouldn’t hear what the other players in the market have to say about it?