![]() Incipio Octane for Apple Watch. Ever since the first cases appeared for early iPods, there’s been a debate over the extent to which plastic wrap cheapens the look of Apple devices. Whatever the reason, knowing that you may be inadvertently running the battery down all day makes the Pencil less fun to carry around everywhere, and I’m hoping Apple can address it with a software update.Ģ. On a positive note, this tends to mean the Pencil is always ready for instant use, but for us, it’s meant a lot of unnecessary wear on the stylus’s battery, an issue we haven’t experienced with other iPad styluses. The culprit here appears to be Apple’s decision to omit a power button from Apple Pencil, seemingly keeping it turned on almost persistently, and/or using some overly sensitive trigger - perhaps an orientation sensor, rather than pressure on the tip - to wake it from sleep. It’s very common for me to see a 23-25% decline overnight when the Pencil hasn’t been used at all, such that a Pencil fully recharged but disconnected from a charger at night will start the next morning at 75% or 77%. But both Zac and I have also noticed very significant power drops even when the Pencil’s not actively in use. ![]() Apple billed it as “12 hours,” and if you’re using it for 12 hours straight, that might be accurate. While the Pencil’s charging pros and cons have been thoroughly discussed already, its real-world battery life has proved somewhat more difficult to quantify. Apple Pencil. My colleague Zac Hall covered the Apple Pencil in a full review last month, and because we both love it, we’ve actively continued to use and talk about it for the last few weeks. ![]() This week’s topics: real-world testing notes on the Apple Pencil’s battery, a quick look at Incipio’s new Octane watch band and case-style housing kit for Apple Watch, a way to score free Google Play and Spotify Premium credit, and thoughts on two apps - Algoriddim’s new djay Pro + Warner Bros.’ Scribblenauts Unlimited…ġ. These are all items that aren’t big enough for full articles, but are worth sharing with you anyway. ![]() Welcome to something new I’m trying out for 9to5Mac - a quick roundup of 5 interesting little things I’ve tested and discovered over the past week. ![]()
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