Extremely disappointed it doesn't support the apple pen 1st gen. The apple pen 1st gen is still being sold, and I just bought one 2 months ago to work with my "old" 2017 ipad pro. Why force us to spend another $130 for a 2nd gen pencil when the first gen is essentially just as good.
The First Gen is not just as good. It has longer latency, no tap sensor, worse ergonomics and critically: no mount magnet or wireless charging. The lightning connector for charging would plug...where?
Type C iPads support Pencil 2, Lightning iPads get Pencil 1
So now the design of the pencil, designed to be plugged straight into the iPad now has users dragging around an adapter, an additional cable (not included with either product) and the pencil that does not store on the device. Pretty clearly this is not how Apple builds things.
You generally don't need an additional cable because you can use the same cable you use to charge the iPad.
Keep the adapter on that cable when you are not using it to charge something else. Or keep it on the pencil itself all the time instead of the rounded cover.
The Statement I was making is that the new iPad does not use that cable, it uses USB-C, meaning that a person who buys the iPad Air 2020 and then sees that they can use the cheaper Pencil 1 with it might be weirded out by the idea that you need a battery bank or power brick or a specific Type C to Lightning cable that comes with none of these devices. It just doesn't work out from a marketing/use standpoint and makes for a worse product in the long run. Plus they can sell more Pencil 2s.
Personally, I don't get why they don't just adapt all iPads to support wirelessly charging the Pencil 2 and get rid of the Pencil 1, it's really quite poor compared to the second gen.
