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I am considering buying an Apple Pencil but from research I have found it wouldn’t work with my generation of IPad model I wanted to confirm if this was true. My iPad generation is the 2017 5th generation.

iPad, iOS 12

Posted on Jan 26, 2020 10:19 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2020 1:06 PM

No it will NOT work.


Sorry.


You will need to seek out a third party, smart Bluetooth stylus compatible with your iPad model.

Currently, the one third party Bluetooth stylus, that I recommend to everyone with non-Apple Pencil compatible iPads, is currently out of stock everywhere.


So, for better stylus precision ( but NO pressure sensing or palm rejection ), you could simply get by with a commonplace, purchase anywhere “clear disc tipped” stylus and to be able to lay your hand palm on the iPad's screen while you draw or write, purchase and use a special, non-body electrical conducting, lycra-based material drawing glove that works by isolating your hand/palm and allow you to lay your hand/palm on the screen as you draw in these non-compatible Adonit stylus apps.

Something like this found on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Anti-fouling-Drawing-Tablet-Graphic-Right-Ha nd-Left-Hand/dp/B017R8M2JY/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1543548123&sr=8-1-spons&k eywords=lycra+drawing+gloves&psc=1


Many more makers of these types of gloves found on Amazon and in different hand sizes, as well!


Currently, this is your only available option.

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Jan 26, 2020 1:06 PM in response to I_have_no_idea_

No it will NOT work.


Sorry.


You will need to seek out a third party, smart Bluetooth stylus compatible with your iPad model.

Currently, the one third party Bluetooth stylus, that I recommend to everyone with non-Apple Pencil compatible iPads, is currently out of stock everywhere.


So, for better stylus precision ( but NO pressure sensing or palm rejection ), you could simply get by with a commonplace, purchase anywhere “clear disc tipped” stylus and to be able to lay your hand palm on the iPad's screen while you draw or write, purchase and use a special, non-body electrical conducting, lycra-based material drawing glove that works by isolating your hand/palm and allow you to lay your hand/palm on the screen as you draw in these non-compatible Adonit stylus apps.

Something like this found on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Anti-fouling-Drawing-Tablet-Graphic-Right-Ha nd-Left-Hand/dp/B017R8M2JY/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1543548123&sr=8-1-spons&k eywords=lycra+drawing+gloves&psc=1


Many more makers of these types of gloves found on Amazon and in different hand sizes, as well!


Currently, this is your only available option.

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