No, you can't use the old Apple Pencil on the new iPad Pros

31 October 2018
If you have an older iPad with the original Pencil and want to upgrade, you'll need to add $130/€135 to your budget.

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Anonymous, 31 Oct 2018They also tried charging 1000 usd for a macbook repair that... moreI never said I was okay with it. I was just saying that iOS and the iPhones get more criticism then they deserve. Probably because the company behind them knows that their fans will pay for anything

    That's incredible, even by Apple standards. I get that there are compatibility issues (no lightning port and so on) but still, if a user is willing to deal with that hassle, you should let him do that.

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      • Anonymous
      • tNw
      • 31 Oct 2018

      Walter C. Dornez, 31 Oct 2018Agreed. As much as I dislike iSheep, Fandroids are much wor... moreThey also tried charging 1000 usd for a macbook repair that cost someone to repair for free.

      You seriously are ok with these stuff?

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        • Anonymous
        • tNw
        • 31 Oct 2018

        This is how you become a trillion dollar company.

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          • Anonymous
          • nb6
          • 31 Oct 2018

          Walter C. Dornez, 31 Oct 2018Agreed. As much as I dislike iSheep, Fandroids are much wor... moreEverything is easy to use. It all depends on the user adapt abilities.
          Apple users are not the smartest people so everything must be very easy to use for them and apple knows that. Taking money away from not smart people is a lot easier too.

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            • iSUCK
            • PB1
            • 31 Oct 2018

            Apple is the biggest scammer period.

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              • Znarf
              • PB1
              • 31 Oct 2018

              F*ck apple, forcing you to upgrade every year... I will never buy another product from them even if i have money to spare.. WTF apple!!!

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                • AnonD-686319
                • xkR
                • 31 Oct 2018

                dfsafs, 31 Oct 2018Note 8's Pen doesn't work with Note Note 5. Did anyone comp... moreYou're totally right here but the issue is using the old Pencil on the new phone which to my knowledge works flawlessly.

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                  • 31 Oct 2018

                  D, 31 Oct 2018The older iPads don't have the magnetic dock to charge the ... moreI wasn't talking about the old iPads using the new pencil but the other way around, It's the use of the old Pencil on the new iPads.

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                    • Tee
                    • fkk
                    • 31 Oct 2018

                    Keep milking those iFans.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vgM
                      • 31 Oct 2018

                      Not surprised at all, take it or leave it. Many people still buying why?

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                        • jumanjiii
                        • 2Au
                        • 31 Oct 2018

                        Guys it doesn't really matter if its expensive. it's apple. we should buy it. no other reason.

                          Lol. Classic apple sucking gullible customers dry.

                            You're suppose to buy the new devices!
                            Why would you want to use old Apple techs?

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                              • MDV
                              • 31 Oct 2018

                              dfsafs, 31 Oct 2018Note 8's Pen doesn't work with Note Note 5. Did anyone comp... moreThe pens come with them for FREE

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                                • 0cH
                                • 31 Oct 2018

                                Here's how you solve this issue in the simplest way possible. don't buy it! Simple as that. Don't support this rip off of a company.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • sxs
                                  • 31 Oct 2018

                                  I'm not surprised at all. $130 for a new stylus with a fancy name called an 'Apple Pencil 2', that will become obsolete and unusable next year with the new iPad line and a new 'Apple Pencil 3' costing even higher at $200. Macbook laptops that have soldered components making RAM upgrade/increase and hard drive storage upgrade/increase impossible. iPhones that don't have micro sd expansion not because micro sd cards are too slow to be used for recording 4K videos and storing other media files, but because their absence will force you to buy the next most expensive storage option
                                  because a wrong choice could render the iphone or Macbook inutile in a year's time or so when the internal storage is full. No headphone jack not because wired earbuds and wired headphones are no longer widely used or widely sold (they still are very widely used and widely sold), but because they're an opportunity for Apple to force you to buy the MORE EXPENSIVE bluetooth headphones and bluetooth earbuds they are selling. As a bonus, Apple can sell you a wireless charger to charge them too or else you'll void warranty for using non-Apple accessories. Worse, they are only as good as their battery's limited life cycle (around 300 charge-discharge cycles), forcing you to buy a new one regularly, every year or two when the bluetooth devices' batteries wear out. That's the Apple Way, and interestingly, Apple fanatics will bite the bullet and keep their eyes closed, and many actually defend the insane prices and insane inflexibility and insane non-upgradability of overpriced Apple products as the best approach because Apple said so. Clearly, a rip-off being done by Apple over and over again that iSheep will happily accept in exchange for being identified as one of the privileged few belonging to the upper class/high society. No wonder Apple is a trillion dollar company.

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                                    • 31 Oct 2018

                                    Robb, 31 Oct 2018This is the reason Apple is trillion dollar company. Eithe... moreNote 8's Pen doesn't work with Note Note 5. Did anyone complained about it?

                                      Doesn't really matter to the most! iPads are useful for browsing and doing little bit on light documentation and sheets....beyond that it will be really cumbersome to interact even for moderate productivity activities. It can be as fast as Ferrari but no use for real productivity tasks. People claiming here that they make millions using iPad Pro is purely bogus most likely paid trolls of the fruit company...I have no interest in iPad Pros though it looks wonderful!

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                                        AnonD-686319, 31 Oct 2018Typical Apple, they could've allowed the previous pencil to... moreThe older iPads don't have the magnetic dock to charge the pencil. Its not an easy fix. Its a hardware modification.