For reasons best known to Apple, the new 10th-gen iPad has been assigned to work with the 1st- rather than the 2nd-gen Apple Pencil, even though it doesn’t have the Lightning port necessary to charge and pair with the former accessory. To circumvent this problem, Apple simultaneously released a new $9 dongle that has female connectors for both Lightning and USB-C, and lets you use the original Pencil with the new iPad. .

Some have complained that this solution is lazy and greedy, given that Apple has had years to plan for the transition to USB-C on the iPad range.
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