Unobtrusively, Aple (AAPL) announced the release of its innovative Pencil, which is compatible with iPads and currently supports USB-C charging. The modification was made over a month after Apple withdrew support for its Lightning charger, which was a step in the right direction towards ubiquitous charging despite pressure from EU regulators.
The third-generation Apple Pencil is meant to
be used for note-taking, drawing, and annotating documents, just like earlier
incarnations. It also works with 12.9-inch iPad Pro (6th generation) and
11-inch iPad Pro (4th generation) models. The hover function lets users preview
and navigate between various tools and app features. The cost is $79, which is
$50 cheaper than the original and $20 less than the second-generation Apple
Pencil.
The charging system is the largest update to the most recent model. This is significant not just because the corporation has been reluctant to make the changeover for years, but also because it will soon make charging considerably simpler for its users.
The business revealed that all of its upcoming
devices and the new AirPods Pro will come with USB-C charging at its September
iPhone 15 presentation. Less than a year has passed since the European Union
voted to approve legislation requiring smartphones, tablets, digital cameras,
portable speakers, and other small devices to support USB-C charging by 2024.
Prior to this, Apple had only added USB-C charging to its MacBooks and iPads.
The innovative regulation intends to reduce
the number of cords and chargers that buyers need to deal with when buying a
new gadget and to let users mix and match devices and chargers, even if they
were made by different manufacturers. But in doing so, Apple will cede control
of its ecosystem for wired charging, and many customers won't be able to tell
good chargers from bad ones.
In spite of the fact that Macintosh doesn't
break out its Pencil marketing projections, David McQueen, a chief at ABI
Exploration, gauges around 42 million have been sold since it was sent off in
2015, considering 420 million iPads have been sold from that point forward
(expecting 10% or less of these purchasers have purchased a Mac Pencil).
