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The redesigned iPad Air and new iPad Pro with Apple silicon are now available. Learn more >
The redesigned iPad Air and new iPad Pro with Apple silicon are now available. Learn more >
Is it really true that the new iPad Pros and iPad Airs are not compatible with Apple Pencil 2? If so that puts me off upgrading. Totally unfair and a very silly marketing mistake. I will stick with my old iPad Pro as I dont want to fork out £129 for another Pencil (Pro), nor do I want to be lumbered with an obsolete Apple Pencil 2 (until now their latest model). Shame on you Apple!
iPad Pro (6th generation)
uwcatprem wrote:
nor do I want to be lumbered with an obsolete Apple Pencil 2 (until now their latest model).
The Apple Pencil 2 is not the latest model preceding the Apple Pencil Pro. The Apple Pencil (USB-C) is the latest model preceding the Apple Pencil Pro and is indeed supported on the new iPad Pro.
The second generation Apple Pencil is not compatible with the just-announced new 2024 models of iPad Air and iPad Pro.
The front camera and FaceID sensor array have been relocated from the short-edge to the long-edge of the iPad - such that the camera and sensor array are now positioned top-centre of the screen when the iPad is positioned in Landscape orientation. As such, the camera/sensor array now occupy the internal cavity previously used for the second generation Pencil's inductive pairing/charging system.
To accommodate this change, the charging system for the Apple Pencil has been completely redesigned - moving the associated electronics to different cavity locations along the top edge of the iPad chassis. The new Apple Pencil Pro has been specifically designed to accommodate the new physical architecture.
As such, the second generation Pencil is incompatible with the new iPad's Air and Pro. Similarly, the new Apple Pencil Pro is also incompatible with earlier models of iPad.
just sell it for $50-$75 bucks and then only have to pay half for the new one.
New iPads and Apple Pencil 2
