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That is so unAppley that I clicked on the article to find out how much I had misread the headline. Nope, read the headline correctly. Well, then, The Verge has gotten something horribly, horribly wrong. Because does this sound right to you? That a new iPad model only supports an old model of Pencil that you thought they didn't even manufacture anymore, <i>and</i> it needs an adapter to do so? I mean, c'mon, there's no way Apple would do something like that.<p>Turns out...

So why does it support a gen1 pencil but not a gen2 pencil?

I'd say Apples use of dongles are a joke at this point, but perhaps the data suggests the number of base model ipads using a (gen1) pencil are small enough to warrant the dongle crutch.

That’s incredible. I’d love to know how they came to the conclusion that this was the way to go.

So why does it support a gen1 pencil but not a gen2 pencil?

I'd say Apples use of dongles are a joke at this point, but perhaps the data suggests the number of base model ipads using a (gen1) pencil are small enough to warrant the dongle crutch.

That’s incredible. I’d love to know how they came to the conclusion that this was the way to go.

Apple’s new iPad only supports the old Apple Pencil – needs an adapter to do so

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Apple’s new iPad only supports the old Apple Pencil – needs an adapter to do so

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