{"id":40825,"date":"2023-10-18T14:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40825"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T17:22:20","slug":"apple-pencil-usb-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/18\/apple-pencil-usb-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Pencil (USB-C)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2023\/10\/apple-introduces-new-apple-pencil-bringing-more-value-and-choice-to-the-lineup\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=37915347\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2023\/10\/apple-introduces-new-apple-pencil-bringing-more-value-and-choice-to-the-lineup\/\">\n<p>Today, Apple is bringing more choice to iPad users with a new, more affordable Apple Pencil. With pixel-perfect accuracy, low latency, and tilt sensitivity, the new Apple Pencil is ideal for note taking, sketching, annotating, journaling, and more. Designed with a matte finish and a flat side that magnetically attaches to the side of iPad for storage, the new Apple Pencil pairs and charges with a USB-C cable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/10\/17\/new-apple-pencil-with-usb-c-announced\/\">Hartley Charlton<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/10\/17\/new-apple-pencil-with-usb-c-announced\/\"><p>The new  Apple Pencil  features low latency and tilt sensitivity like the other  Apple Pencil  models, but misses out on pressure sensitivity, wireless pairing and charging, double tap to change tools, and free engraving. However, unlike the first-generation  Apple Pencil, it does support  Apple Pencil  hover on the latest iPad Pro models.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The new  Apple Pencil  is priced at $79 and launches in early November. The first- and second-generation  Apple Pencil  models continue to be available for $99 and $129, respectively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems pricey even for a budget model, but at least now there&rsquo;s no cap to lose.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/18\/ipad-10th-generation\/\">iPad (10th Generation)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"apple-pencil-usb-c-update-2023-10-24\">Update (2023-10-24): <a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2023\/10\/apple_pencil_usb-c\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2023\/10\/apple_pencil_usb-c\">\n<p>On the other hand, though, the fact that there are now <em>three<\/em> Apple Pencil models, all with different features and which are supported by different iPads, exemplifies just how over-complicated the iPad product lineup is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/10\/the-price-of-apples-old-products-strategy\/\">Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2023\/10\/the-price-of-apples-old-products-strategy\/\">\n<p>This is a product that, at least in part, addresses one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2022\/10\/2022-ipad-and-ipad-pro-review-mixed-feelings\/\">baffling features of the 10th-generation iPad<\/a>: support only for the first-generation Pencil via a rickety Lightning-to-USB dongle. This seems to be the Apple Pencil that should&rsquo;ve been shipped a year ago for that iPad. Why did it have to wait a year?<\/p>\n<p>After that, though, one might start interrogating the structure of the entire iPad product line, but don&rsquo;t poke a stick in there&mdash;you might get a face full of bees. It feels like the iPad product line isn&rsquo;t quite coherent, but the mess at the low end is the consequence of Apple&rsquo;s Tim Cook-era strategy to keep old products around to hit specific price points.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>But by keeping old products around, Apple is also free to release updated products more often. If Apple had determined that it couldn&rsquo;t sell the 10th-generation iPad at a price its education customers would pay, it could&rsquo;ve just&#8230; not released the product. Instead, we&rsquo;ve got a messy product line with two low-end iPads in it, but at least people who want to buy a more modern iPad can do so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schwarztech.net\/snippets\/simplifying-the-ipad-lineup\">Eric Schwarz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/schwarztech.net\/snippets\/simplifying-the-ipad-lineup\">\n<p>Although Apple doesn&rsquo;t share sales figures by model, I&rsquo;d guess that the best selling iPad is the 9th generation model, followed by the Pros. These changes would create a good\/better\/best lineup that doesn&rsquo;t lend itself to &ldquo;should I buy the regular iPad, the iPad Air, or the 11&#x2033; iPad Pro?&rdquo; and any accessories will work with any iPad (outside of keyboards that only fit based on screen size). The 12.9&#x2033; iPad has a very specific customer, as does the mini, so those can be the weird outliers. It may make sense to keep another &ldquo;step&rdquo; around in the middle, although it currently feels like there&rsquo;s a lot of overlap in the middle of the lineup.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"apple-pencil-usb-c-update-2023-11-22\">Update (2023-11-22): See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/atp.fm\/558\">Accidental Tech Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (Hacker News): Today, Apple is bringing more choice to iPad users with a new, more affordable Apple Pencil. With pixel-perfect accuracy, low latency, and tilt sensitivity, the new Apple Pencil is ideal for note taking, sketching, annotating, journaling, and more. 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