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252 points diwank | 1 comments | 15 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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kokada ◴[15 Oct 24 16:23 UTC] No.41850194[source]▶
Would be nice if Apple also introduced a new base iPad with at least support for a decent Apple Pencil. I want to buy my wife an iPad, but she wants to draw and the Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support presure levels, so it is either a base iPad with an old Apple Pencil 1st Gen (that still is lightining) or paying extra for the iPad Air and Apple Pencil 2nd Gen/Pro. The fact that Apple Pencil USB-C doesn't support presure levels at ALL is infuriating too.
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1123581321 ◴[15 Oct 24 16:30 UTC] No.41850291[source]▶
The Air is a significantly better drawing display.
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kokada ◴[15 Oct 24 17:05 UTC] No.41850646[source]▶
She basically wants to draw notes and do some doodling, so it is not like it would make much difference and the price delta is huge between the base iPad and the iPad Air.
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alpaca128 ◴[15 Oct 24 17:09 UTC] No.41850686[source]▶
The older generations are still available and cheaper, they just don't support the newest Pencil Pro.
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1. dangus ◴[15 Oct 24 18:41 UTC] No.41851722[source]▶
The Wikipedia article for the Apple Pencil has a compatiblity matrix that is very helpful in this regard, since it's so damn confusing.

I think if I was in the market for a drawing device on a budget I'd go with an iPad Air that supports the Apple Pencil 2nd generation. Something like the iPad Air 5th or 4th would do well.