Hey y’all. I have an M2 11 inch iPad Air. I’ve had it for a month now and really love it. I did not buy an Apple Pencil with it because I haven’t needed one. That’s changed as of this month as I’ve got various trainings coming up for work and will be needing to take notes.

I don’t draw or sketch, the pencil would mainly be used for note taking. I do like the convenience of the wireless charging on the pro but the rest of the features don’t really matter to me. Those of you that decided between these 2 pencils is the USB C pencil enough for note taking or is the pro worth the extra cost?

I had an iPad Pro 2019 for the longest time, and while I really liked it the part that drove me nuts is the battery would constantly drain. It seemed like 40% of the time when I picked up the iPad the battery would be dead

I finally deduced it the wireless Apple Pencil was demolishing the battery life for whatever reason. I sold the entire iPad Pro package

I just got an iPad Pro M4, and am looking at getting an Apple Pencil. I am not an illustrator but like taking notes in split screen with the pencil.

Is the battery drain on the iPad with the Apple Pencil Pro charging still an issue? Is this solved with the Apple Pencil USBC? Do the extra features of the Pencil Pro like squeeze to bring up tools and hover make it worth it?

Thx

I have an iPad Pro, but I don’t have an artistic bone in my body.. I will never use the pencil for art

It will be used for not taking at work …so it will get some used but mostly checking boxes taking those things like that ..

It’s a $40 difference in price which is not a lot of money to me so money is not really an issue

For the most part pencil would live in my bag, and I will only attach it when I’m using it

I was just gonna get the Apple Pencil Pro because I want the best but I’m reading about how it drains the iPad battery like most people batteries is super super important to me so that scare me away a little bit

Well alter finding out my Apple Pencil 1.0 is useless now since I didn’t keep it charged all the time I decided to upgrade my iPad to the latest version and was looking into the Apple pencil pro.

However I’ve seen online that many people have an issue where the Apple Pencil drains their iPad since Apple recommends it be attached at all times.

I really like the features that the pro provides but I don’t want it to drain my iPad battery all the time or have to worry about micro managing when I charge it so it doesn’t die out like my 1.0 did.

Should I just get the USB-C one then?

Really don’t get why Apple didn’t add usb c charging to every pen tbh

Would like to get opinions here, would you consider getting a pencil pro for the SOLE purpose of its ability to charge magnetically, i.e., that at the end of the day you only need to worry about charging the ipad itself?

Will be getting an iPad this week and I'm still undecided which Apple Pencil to get.

I will mainly use it for: Note taking A lot of problem solving Light gaming

I’m leaning towards the Apple Pencil Pro because of the wireless charging, but I’m not into digital arts so I might not fully utilize the Pro. Is the extra 3k worth it if all I want is the wireless charging?

Will use it for reviewing for the boards too.