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This iPad has the flat sides from the Air and Pro, but it's not compatible with the 2nd gen iPad pencil. Instead, they're releasing a USB-C adapter so you can charge it directly from the iPad (1st gen plugged directly into the iPad's lightning port).

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The Pencil is one of the more irritating product choices Apple has made. Plugging the first gen directly into a Lightning port end-first was a stupid idea from the get go. Version 2 got that right. But why did they need to make them incompatible otherwise? Other than to make a few extra bucks, of course. Forcing people to upgrade for no particular reason, and on top of that continuing to sell both versions for different devices. It's ridiculous.

truly baffling

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