Do you feel like the design of the 2nd generation Pencil for the 3rd generation iPad is _better_?
Personally I don't like moving from Lightning to a more-proprietary non-standard magnetic interface. I think the first generation Pencil has a much better design in this regard, since now we have it working with the standard iPad and iPad Air.
But, I think the design of the first generation Pencil is pretty good, so I'm curious of your thoughts since you find it to be a bad design.
>Do you feel like the design of the 2nd generation Pencil for the 3rd generation iPad is _better_?
Yeah, very much so. Both the charging and also the better grip.
>Personally I don't like moving from Lightning to a more-proprietary non-standard magnetic interface.
That's a non issue with the Apple Pencil, because it's already a proprietary product itself, inherently tied to the iPad. It's not like it's a cross-product/cross-platform device, and needs a standard charging interface. You'll need an iPad to use it in the first place, so might as well charge it with one.
No arguments here on the grip, that's clearly a win.
It _is_ cross product insofar as it's on the iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. This is pretty useful for me and my partner since we can simply share a single Pencil since neither of us rely too much on it. But that's just an exception case, I'm sure.
Lightning is proprietary, but very common. I've got a half dozen Lightning cables lying around. If I want to pair the Pencil to a new device, I simply plug it into the Lightning interface and it's ready to go.
I was trying to think of a better phrase than what I used "more-proprietary", since both are at 100% proprietary that doesn't come across how I intend.
Basically I strongly dislike these weird interfaces that we're putting on the iPad -- the one for the keyboard wasn't great, and the addition of the one for the Pencil also doesn't feel great. But, if that's the direction that best serves the function provided then I suppose it's fine. My hope then is that we get those to move down to the lower-end devices (as we've seen with the Air getting the keyboard cover).
Personally I don't like moving from Lightning to a more-proprietary non-standard magnetic interface. I think the first generation Pencil has a much better design in this regard, since now we have it working with the standard iPad and iPad Air.
But, I think the design of the first generation Pencil is pretty good, so I'm curious of your thoughts since you find it to be a bad design.