Apple Pencil (2023) was launched by the corporate on Tuesday as an reasonably priced various to the corporate’s second-generation Apple Pencil mannequin. The brand new stylus has a matte end and encompasses a flat edge that can be utilized to magnetically connect the pencil to the aspect of the Tenth-generation iPad that was launched final yr, in addition to different iPad fashions with a USB Sort-C port, such because the iPad Professional, iPad Air, and the iPad mini. It doesn’t assist wi-fi charging and some superior options discovered on the dearer Apple Pencil (2nd technology).
Apple Pencil (2023) worth in India, availability
Apple Pencil (2023) worth in India is about at Rs. 7,990 and the corporate says that clients will have the ability to buy the brand new mannequin in early November. College students should buy the brand new Apple Pencil (2023) at Rs. 6,990.
The brand new Apple Pencil is cheaper than each the Apple Pencil (1st technology), which is priced at Rs. 9,500 in India, and the Apple Pencil (2nd technology) which prices Rs. 11,900.
A sliding mechanism reveals the USB Sort-C port for charging
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In the meantime, customers with an iPad (2022) — or one other mannequin with a USB Sort-C port — will not must buy a USB Sort-C to Apple Pencil adapter that’s required with a purpose to use the first-generation Apple Pencil with iPad fashions that assist the fashionable USB connector.
Apple Pencil (2023) specs, options
The newly launched Apple Pencil encompasses a USB Sort-C port that’s hidden behind a sliding mechanism situated on the prime of the stylus. Whereas it does have a flat edge that can be utilized to magnetically join it to the aspect of recent iPad fashions that even have flat sides, you can not cost it wirelessly just like the Apple Pencil (2nd technology) and you will nonetheless must pair the Apple Pencil utilizing a cable.
Not like the Apple Pencil (1st technology), the brand new stylus presents assist for the Apple Pencil hover mode that’s current on the dearer second-generation Apple Pencil, however not its predecessor. Nonetheless, the Apple Pencil (2023) doesn’t assist the stress sensitivity characteristic that’s accessible on each the first- and second-generation Apple Pencil fashions.
The brand new Apple Pencil in contrast with the corporate’s different stylus fashions
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With its cheaper price tag, the Apple Pencil (2023) misses out on among the performance accessible on the second-generation Apple Pencil. This consists of assist for stress sensitivity and the flexibility to double faucet to vary instruments. Equally, you will not have the ability to get a free engraving on the Apple Pencil (2023), in contrast to the Apple Pencil (2nd technology) mannequin.
The Apple Pencil (2023) is suitable with the iPad Air (2020) and newer fashions, the iPad mini (2021), the 11-inch and 12-inch iPad Professional (2018) and newer fashions, and the iPad (2022). The stylus helps Bluetooth and wired connectivity over the included USB Sort-C port and measures 155×7.5mm and weighs 20.5g, in response to Apple.
