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Title: Is first-generation Apple Pencil compatible with the 2018 iPad Pro? Post by: HCK on November 01, 2018, 04:05:22 pm Is first-generation Apple Pencil compatible with the 2018 iPad Pro?
Best answer: Unfortunately, the first-generation Apple Pencil is not compatible with the new iPad Pro. Apple: Apple Pencil (First Generation) ($99) Apple: Apple Pencil (Second Generation) ($129) You'll be out of luck if you wanted to use the original Apple Pencil with the new iPad Pro We've entered a new iPad Pro era. Apple's latest professionally-oriented tablets are the first iOS product not to utilize a proprietary Apple connector. Instead of Lightning, which has been Apple's standard since 2012, the company has opted to use USB-C on the new iPad Pro models. The biggest hurdle this presents for the first-generation Apple Pencil is simple: the Pencil pairs to the iPad Pro by connecting to the Lightning port. As these new iPads have USB-C instead of Lightning, the original Apple Pencil can't pair with a new iPad Pro. The second-generation Apple Pencil is made for the new iPad Pro In contrast to the original Pencil, the second-generation stylus connects to your iPad Pro wirele... Source: Is first-generation Apple Pencil compatible with the 2018 iPad Pro? (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/e6u86cflU-8/first-generation-apple-pencil-compatible-2018-ipad-pro) |