'Apple Pencil Pro' Referenced in Code on Apple's Website in Japan

[TMRJIJ]

This is a little confusing to be honest. I think they should drop the 1st gen Apple Pencil along with the 9th gen iPad to end the Lightning connector for good. Then lower the price of the 10th gen iPad and replace the 2nd gen Apple Pencil with this one.

This way you have just four iPad categories: the Pros, Prosumer (Air), and Basic (regular iPad and Mini)
There should be only two options for Apple Pencils: This upcoming one as the 3rd gen and the Apple Pencil USB-C model

 

[Nautilus007]

"how can we charge our customers more money"
"just add pro to the end of the name and gimp the lesser model"

 

[incidentallycheckout]

Need to simplify the iPad lineup (devices and accessories), not make it even more confusing. We here may know exactly what we want but the general consumer will not know what to pick.

 

[miiwtoo]

wtf, more Pro devices that arent Pro

only in

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

"how can we charge our customers more money"
"just add pro to the end of the name and gimp the lesser model"

They need to cover all those fines from the EU

 

[coffeemilktea]

Pro? Personally, I think I'll hold out for the inevitable Ultra, or maybe an Apple Pencil Hermès.

(seriously, how do you make an Apple pencil more "pro?" More buttons? Fancy leather FineWoven grip?)

 

[TigerNike23]

Apple Pencil Pro?

Apple’s product names have officially jumped the shark.

 

[TigerNike23]

They need to cover all those fines from the EU

This. I know it sounds facetious, but Tim Cook is the Bean-Counter-in-Chief.

Any dollar taken away has to be recouped somewhere else.

 

[GUNSTAR1]

Here comes the $199 pencil.....

 

[Harry Haller]

Dear cultists, there seems to be some confusion about wonderful Apple slapping the Pro label on increasingly expensive iThings that are obviously not professional. Well, Pro doesn’t stand for professional, it stands for profound. Apple is profound, iGizmos are profound, Tim Apple is profound and you to might aspire to being profound by buying all our stuff. I pray to Mammon this helps. 🙏🏻 Tim Apple

 

[citysnaps]

wtf, more Pro devices that arent Pro

only in

You may not know that "Pro" doesn't mean they're for use only by professionals.

"Pro" is merely a features and pricing tier. Just like it is on Apple laptops. Purchase what you need.

 

[reyesmac]

When pros use Apples consumer products, Apple usually creates a pro version to squeeze as many shekels as it can from those who have come to rely on it instead of releasing updated versions that give you more for the same price. If it allows you to trace items that are in the real world that would be cool, or if you could rub the pen on an item in the real world and it scans it that would be a pretty pro feature, if it can get the color from an item in the real world that would also be great. A few more button clicks is not it. So my guess is this thing is going to have more tech in it. Which would separate it from those that just need a pen to draw with. But since its apple they will only have one big feature in it and save the other ones for newer versions years from now.

 

[Apple Mac Daz]

You may not know that "Pro" doesn't mean they're for use only by professionals.

"Pro" is merely a features and pricing tier. Just like it is on Apple laptops. Purchase what you need.

Pro means basically added Apple tax

 

[Systra72]

$200 then for the new Pencil Pro. $399 Magic Keyboard Pro. And the brand new iPad Pro for just $1399.

I've heard $1800 for the Ipad, and $200 for the pro pencil does not sound that much. If they just make it gold plated they can get $500

 

[california_kid]

It would have been better if they did a Apple Wonka Pencil where you can pick from different flavors for all you pencil chewers out there.

 

[lanomds1]

Tim Apple really needs to retire, apple is becoming a joke if it keeps going that way

 

[skippermonkey]

It's funny really, ’cos a lot of Apple Pro products are actually a Con.

 

[contacos]

Remember when you only could be a „Pro“ in bed? Miss those days!

 

[citysnaps]

Pro means basically added Apple tax

It means more features.

Need more features? Simply pay for them. Easy.

Don't need more features? Purchase the basic Pencil. And save some money.

 

[d5aqoëp]

Brought to you by Tim Cook Pro. This new CEO is our best CEO yet. Draws double salary than previous person. We are sure you gonna love him!

 

[Jim Lahey]

next up: Magic Mouse Pro and Magic Keyboard Pro ...

Polishing Cloth Pro is 100% FTW.

 

[antnythr]

Lineup hell

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

No product escapes Cook's ruthless product segmentation:

• F-tier, as in "feature-free" USB-C Apple Pencil($79)
• Mid-tier($129), 2nd Gen. Still good but hasn't been updated in 5-6 years
• And now the senselessly expensive, high-end Apple Pencil "Pro"($199?) that really is the only option that gives you good value/$, the only option that's truly market-leading in 2024.

And, completely by "coincidence", if you want to use your $199 Pro Pencil at all you're also getting a brand new 2024 iPad Pro.

$999+ Apple Pencil Pro..

 

[tomtad]

Apples iPad line up should hopefully start to make a lot more sense soon. Here’s hoping they discontinue all the other Pencils and you just have (a) Pencil with USB C charging (b) Pencil Pro with wireless charging, pressure sensitivity, squeeze gestures etc.

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

So Apple already has three pencils in the wild, right? So this would make 4?

The 1st Gen. Pencil gets nixed tomorrow as to not remind you deeply low-value and feature-cut the $79 USB-C Pencil is, and that you got excellent, high-end pressure sensitivity in the 2015 Pencil but not in the 2023 $79 Pencil.

No, Apple isn't saving you $20 when you now have to pay $50 more ($129) to get back the excellent pressure sensitivity.

Furthermore, you can't even use the $129 Pencil on anything less than an iPad Air. So add another $149 to that $129 if you thought you were just getting an iPad 10th Gen. for $449.

iPad 9 also gets the cut tomorrow.

It checks out.