NEW Apple Pencil -- Ultimate Guide & Comparison!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enapple pencil now has USBC let's review it and compare it to the other two models in this Ultimate Guide welcome everybody Welcome to Apple Insider it is Andrew here and Apple's released a new version of the apple pencil but this time adopting a new lower price tag and bringing along board USBC but it sits alongside two other versions of the apple pencil so what are the differences between all three models and which one should you pick is the new Apple pencil worth it at its lower price point I try to figure it out in this deep dive video this thing so intrigues me let's just get into this so here it is this is the new version of the apple pencil which obviously the packaging here does not look really any dissimilar from previous versions of apple pencil so we go ahead and grab the side and it slides right out just like that designed by Apple in California this is kind of our getting started guide on top then we have the pencil itself so there it is first look at the new USBC version of apple pencil has a little paper wrap around it which just easily slides off and here we have the pencil itself which yeah it looks just like an apple pencil though it is a little bit shorter than the second generation apple pencil this part here is what makes the new Apple pencil so unique it's a hidden USB C Port just slide this open and there we can see the USB type c Port hidden within this is used both to pair the apple pencil for the first time and to charge it in between uses you can tell how much work went into designing just this simplest little thing I mean this thing is like spring-loaded and magnetized so first it stays on there it's not an individual cap that will come off uh if it is an individ cap you end up with my original apple pencil here that I've I've since lost this is our lightning version of the original apple pencil that plugged into the bottom of the iPad obviously Apple has went away with that design with this new USBC version so it's not a removable cap it just slides open and beyond that it's like a really nice little feel so it's actually like if you see you just kind of like tap it and it jumps right there into place if I pull a little bit it Springs right down but once you hit like a certain like 25% Thresh hold there it pops open so there's like magnets inside that push it open and it keeps it open there when you're using it when you're done the little bit of pressure and it just snaps right into place it's such a lovely feeling mechanism they clearly spend a lot of time designing how that looks and feels size-wise the new Apple pencil is the shortest of the lot so here we have the second generation apple pencil kind of compared to it you can see uh the new one is a bit smaller there and if we look at the original apple pencil I can't give you a full length because again missing the cap but it is clearly the longest of the three if that cap would be covering that lightning connector there at the end so the new one is quite smaller but it's a nice really nice size doesn't feel too small by any mean just feels very natural and I love the matte finish that they brought over from the second generation apple pencil it's just missing a few key features so let's go ahead and talk about what's here and what's not here so what iPads does the new USBC apple pencil support the new USBC apple pencil is pretty device agnostic like it'll work with all the current iPad models and several of the last generation models um but it'll have different features depending on which model you're using it with so for example this is the M2 version of the iPad Pros so of course it's going to import things like magnetically holding itself to the side so you've got that going on there for easy storage and travel which is very nice and handy but it also supports the really low latency of 9 milliseconds on the 120 HZ promotion display and you have the hover effect as you move over icons they'll automatically like brighten up or expand so letting you know like what you're going to touch before you actually press on it probably my favorite iPad in the lineup iPad Mini perfect companion sticks right there on the side wonderful nice used USBC apple pencil with iPad Mini so yeah it'll work with the entire lineup just different features some you know connects to the side some has the hover support all those things depending on the model you've got with the new Apple pencil Apple made some different design choices in terms of features but I think most of the ones that matter are all here so starting out Apple has kept the same tip this is the same really precise fine tip that Apple has on the other Apple pencils I think that really matters cuz it's extremely precise when you are using it unlike many thirdparty styluses that are larger or capacitive and just squishy like they're they're not the same as using this apple bakes all this technology into the pencil and into the iPads just for super precise tracking of where you're writing and tapping on the screen additionally if you have an iPad that supports the 120 HZ refresh rate you can get really low latency down to only 9 milliseconds which is pretty crazy so latency here is absolutely topnotch and that holds true for even this new really cheap version of the apple pencil the new Apple pencil supports tilt control which means it knows the difference between up little bit down and completely down so you can do things like shade if you are sketching and as you are writing it makes your signature or your handwriting look more natural and fluid because as you're moving your pencil kind of changes its orientation as you go in and out that'll change the thickness of your lines depending on the rating utensil that you are using in whatever app it is that you are using now the one thing that's not here that pertains to drawing is the pressure sensitivity and a lot of people are unhappy that Apple has removed this pressure control from the new cheaper apple pencil the pressure controls what allows you to press harder for a darker line and lighter for a lighter line and I think this makes sense but for your average user you're probably not going to notice it I think it's biggest for sketching for artists for anyone who kind of wants that degree of control in how dark or light their actual pencil marks are but if you're using this for handwriting for photo editing for just navigating anything like that you you're not going to mess the the Tilt control is far more important to handwriting than I think that pressure control is I think this is a fine feature Apple to remove and keep to the higher end version of the apple pencil lineup another feature that Apple omitted this time around is the double tap functionality on the second generation apple pencil you can double tap on the side to switch between your tools so example your writing double tap switch to an eraser double tap again go back to writing it's pretty nice I like it a lot on on my second generation apple pencil but it probably isn't a huge loss on this lower cost version but it's something to keep in mind one feature I was glad to see was hover support hover support works on both the apple pencil Second Generation and the new USBC apple pencil on supported iPads right now that includes the new M2 iPad Pros in the future it's likely going to come to other iPads as well but what this does allows you to move the apple pencil over the screen and see like a preview of where you're going to touch it can do things like highlight an icon before before you tap onto it it's almost like predictive and it feels really nice fluid and smooth there is support in thirdparty apps but I found it to be a little bit limited some apps like Affinity photo I really like it it gives you kind of like a little preview of what you're going to tap on it's great and I think it again is helpful for artist but yeah it's available on the USBC version of apple pencil what's tough is just how confusing the apple pencil lineup is at the moment I mean there's just weird overlap in terms of price point and features I mean if we're looking at Price Point alone so the apple pencil USBC is the cheapest at around 80 bucks then we have $100 for the lightning version of the apple pencil that is very old at this point and then we have the second generation apple pencil like $129 it's almost twice as much for the second generation apple pencil as the new USBC version but look at all the different features that are inexplicably linked to one version over another so if you want the double tap functionality just the second generation apple pencil if you want the hover effect it's the second generation and the cheapest USBC apple pencil if you want pressure sensitivity it's the two high-end models uh induction charging and just placing it to pair just the high-end uh second generation apple pencil there's just weird things that go across the board and I think what really makes sense is for apple just to ditch this lightning version of apple pencil and give you two options the USBC version with less features and the high-end version that has more features for the higher price point I think this is a much more sensible apple pencil lineup but why doesn't Apple do this well it's because of what I talked about before and which iPads are supported if Apple still continues to sell the lightning version of the iPad it's going to keep a lightning version of the apple pencil around I think once Apple finally ditches that lightning enabled ninth generation iPad the lightning apple pencil will go away as well leaving it two options on the market USBC and the second generation apple pencil switch version of Apple apple pencil should you buy well unless you specifically have a lightning enabled iPad like the ninth generation don't buy the original apple pencil in 2023 2024 don't do it this don't buy it it's awkward to charge you need an adapter for USBC don't do it it should be between the second generation apple pencil and the new USBC apple pencil almost everyone out there is going to be just fine with the USBC version yeah you have to plug into charge but it charges so fast it doesn't really matter and you have to plug it into parrot okay you you pair this one time and then you're done don't worry about that either the biggest features you lose out on is double tap and pressure sensitivity and I'm telling you for most users these are not going to be the important feature the latency the feel everything else about it is going to be more important than pressure sensitivity and latency and or pressure sensitivity and double tap if you are someone who really wants that pressure sensitivity that's why you jump up to the apple pencil second generation it's for anyone who needs pressure sensitivity wants the best features and that seamless experience go for this model otherwise USBC version is going to be where it's at what do you guys think let me know Down Below in the comments or on Twitter at Andrew U you can also let me know on threads at Andrew her at 941 otherwise stay tuned got a lot more videos coming your wayapple pencil now has USBC let's review it and compare it to the other two models in this Ultimate Guide welcome everybody Welcome to Apple Insider it is Andrew here and Apple's released a new version of the apple pencil but this time adopting a new lower price tag and bringing along board USBC but it sits alongside two other versions of the apple pencil so what are the differences between all three models and which one should you pick is the new Apple pencil worth it at its lower price point I try to figure it out in this deep dive video this thing so intrigues me let's just get into this so here it is this is the new version of the apple pencil which obviously the packaging here does not look really any dissimilar from previous versions of apple pencil so we go ahead and grab the side and it slides right out just like that designed by Apple in California this is kind of our getting started guide on top then we have the pencil itself so there it is first look at the new USBC version of apple pencil has a little paper wrap around it which just easily slides off and here we have the pencil itself which yeah it looks just like an apple pencil though it is a little bit shorter than the second generation apple pencil this part here is what makes the new Apple pencil so unique it's a hidden USB C Port just slide this open and there we can see the USB type c Port hidden within this is used both to pair the apple pencil for the first time and to charge it in between uses you can tell how much work went into designing just this simplest little thing I mean this thing is like spring-loaded and magnetized so first it stays on there it's not an individual cap that will come off uh if it is an individ cap you end up with my original apple pencil here that I've I've since lost this is our lightning version of the original apple pencil that plugged into the bottom of the iPad obviously Apple has went away with that design with this new USBC version so it's not a removable cap it just slides open and beyond that it's like a really nice little feel so it's actually like if you see you just kind of like tap it and it jumps right there into place if I pull a little bit it Springs right down but once you hit like a certain like 25% Thresh hold there it pops open so there's like magnets inside that push it open and it keeps it open there when you're using it when you're done the little bit of pressure and it just snaps right into place it's such a lovely feeling mechanism they clearly spend a lot of time designing how that looks and feels size-wise the new Apple pencil is the shortest of the lot so here we have the second generation apple pencil kind of compared to it you can see uh the new one is a bit smaller there and if we look at the original apple pencil I can't give you a full length because again missing the cap but it is clearly the longest of the three if that cap would be covering that lightning connector there at the end so the new one is quite smaller but it's a nice really nice size doesn't feel too small by any mean just feels very natural and I love the matte finish that they brought over from the second generation apple pencil it's just missing a few key features so let's go ahead and talk about what's here and what's not here so what iPads does the new USBC apple pencil support the new USBC apple pencil is pretty device agnostic like it'll work with all the current iPad models and several of the last generation models um but it'll have different features depending on which model you're using it with so for example this is the M2 version of the iPad Pros so of course it's going to import things like magnetically holding itself to the side so you've got that going on there for easy storage and travel which is very nice and handy but it also supports the really low latency of 9 milliseconds on the 120 HZ promotion display and you have the hover effect as you move over icons they'll automatically like brighten up or expand so letting you know like what you're going to touch before you actually press on it probably my favorite iPad in the lineup iPad Mini perfect companion sticks right there on the side wonderful nice used USBC apple pencil with iPad Mini so yeah it'll work with the entire lineup just different features some you know connects to the side some has the hover support all those things depending on the model you've got with the new Apple pencil Apple made some different design choices in terms of features but I think most of the ones that matter are all here so starting out Apple has kept the same tip this is the same really precise fine tip that Apple has on the other Apple pencils I think that really matters cuz it's extremely precise when you are using it unlike many thirdparty styluses that are larger or capacitive and just squishy like they're they're not the same as using this apple bakes all this technology into the pencil and into the iPads just for super precise tracking of where you're writing and tapping on the screen additionally if you have an iPad that supports the 120 HZ refresh rate you can get really low latency down to only 9 milliseconds which is pretty crazy so latency here is absolutely topnotch and that holds true for even this new really cheap version of the apple pencil the new Apple pencil supports tilt control which means it knows the difference between up little bit down and completely down so you can do things like shade if you are sketching and as you are writing it makes your signature or your handwriting look more natural and fluid because as you're moving your pencil kind of changes its orientation as you go in and out that'll change the thickness of your lines depending on the rating utensil that you are using in whatever app it is that you are using now the one thing that's not here that pertains to drawing is the pressure sensitivity and a lot of people are unhappy that Apple has removed this pressure control from the new cheaper apple pencil the pressure controls what allows you to press harder for a darker line and lighter for a lighter line and I think this makes sense but for your average user you're probably not going to notice it I think it's biggest for sketching for artists for anyone who kind of wants that degree of control in how dark or light their actual pencil marks are but if you're using this for handwriting for photo editing for just navigating anything like that you you're not going to mess the the Tilt control is far more important to handwriting than I think that pressure control is I think this is a fine feature Apple to remove and keep to the higher end version of the apple pencil lineup another feature that Apple omitted this time around is the double tap functionality on the second generation apple pencil you can double tap on the side to switch between your tools so example your writing double tap switch to an eraser double tap again go back to writing it's pretty nice I like it a lot on on my second generation apple pencil but it probably isn't a huge loss on this lower cost version but it's something to keep in mind one feature I was glad to see was hover support hover support works on both the apple pencil Second Generation and the new USBC apple pencil on supported iPads right now that includes the new M2 iPad Pros in the future it's likely going to come to other iPads as well but what this does allows you to move the apple pencil over the screen and see like a preview of where you're going to touch it can do things like highlight an icon before before you tap onto it it's almost like predictive and it feels really nice fluid and smooth there is support in thirdparty apps but I found it to be a little bit limited some apps like Affinity photo I really like it it gives you kind of like a little preview of what you're going to tap on it's great and I think it again is helpful for artist but yeah it's available on the USBC version of apple pencil what's tough is just how confusing the apple pencil lineup is at the moment I mean there's just weird overlap in terms of price point and features I mean if we're looking at Price Point alone so the apple pencil USBC is the cheapest at around 80 bucks then we have $100 for the lightning version of the apple pencil that is very old at this point and then we have the second generation apple pencil like $129 it's almost twice as much for the second generation apple pencil as the new USBC version but look at all the different features that are inexplicably linked to one version over another so if you want the double tap functionality just the second generation apple pencil if you want the hover effect it's the second generation and the cheapest USBC apple pencil if you want pressure sensitivity it's the two high-end models uh induction charging and just placing it to pair just the high-end uh second generation apple pencil there's just weird things that go across the board and I think what really makes sense is for apple just to ditch this lightning version of apple pencil and give you two options the USBC version with less features and the high-end version that has more features for the higher price point I think this is a much more sensible apple pencil lineup but why doesn't Apple do this well it's because of what I talked about before and which iPads are supported if Apple still continues to sell the lightning version of the iPad it's going to keep a lightning version of the apple pencil around I think once Apple finally ditches that lightning enabled ninth generation iPad the lightning apple pencil will go away as well leaving it two options on the market USBC and the second generation apple pencil switch version of Apple apple pencil should you buy well unless you specifically have a lightning enabled iPad like the ninth generation don't buy the original apple pencil in 2023 2024 don't do it this don't buy it it's awkward to charge you need an adapter for USBC don't do it it should be between the second generation apple pencil and the new USBC apple pencil almost everyone out there is going to be just fine with the USBC version yeah you have to plug into charge but it charges so fast it doesn't really matter and you have to plug it into parrot okay you you pair this one time and then you're done don't worry about that either the biggest features you lose out on is double tap and pressure sensitivity and I'm telling you for most users these are not going to be the important feature the latency the feel everything else about it is going to be more important than pressure sensitivity and latency and or pressure sensitivity and double tap if you are someone who really wants that pressure sensitivity that's why you jump up to the apple pencil second generation it's for anyone who needs pressure sensitivity wants the best features and that seamless experience go for this model otherwise USBC version is going to be where it's at what do you guys think let me know Down Below in the comments or on Twitter at Andrew U you can also let me know on threads at Andrew her at 941 otherwise stay tuned got a lot more videos coming your way\n"