• SokathHisEyesOpen
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    12 years ago

    The Apple Pencil has a cable attached to it? Why? The Microsoft Surface Pen just charges by being attached magnetically to the side of the Surface.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 years ago

      None of those devices I listed have a cable attached to it, just a male lightning end as part of the device itself.

      The Apple pencil, that came out 8 years ago, charges with a male lightning port at the end (where an eraser might go on a normal pencil). There’s no cable, you’d just insert that end to a lightning supported iPad or iPhone to recharge.

      The magnetic charger enabled second generation came out in 2018, but Apple still fully supports the first generation model.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        12 years ago

        Ah gotcha. Thanks for clarifying because I was imagining a goofy cable hanging off the end of the thing, flying all over the place while you’re writing.