Hate ? First-Gen Apple Pencil

The Apple Pencil used to be a pro-level exclusive. That’s no longer the case with Apple’s latest slate of iPads. The 2019 iPad mini, like the 9.7-inch entry-level iPad, supports the Apple Pencil.

But there’s an important distinction to be made here. The 2019 iPad mini only supports the first generation of the Apple Pencil, not the objectively superior second-generation. As The Verge’s Nilay Patel points out, the first-gen Apple Pencil was never a “triumph of design.”

You’ll probably end up losing the cap, and it doesn’t magnetically clip to the side of the iPad for storage and charging. Apple Pencil support is a welcome feature, the fact that it only supports the first generation stylus may dampen the excitement a bit.