If you were thinking about resting up today before tomorrow’s launch of Amazon’s Prime Day Big Deals mega-event, think again. Those ultra-rare Apple deals have already started dropping at Amazon, like this one cutting the price of the Gen 2 Apple Pencil by 30%, down to just $90.

Reviewers love the rapid wireless charging of the 2nd Gen Apple Pencil, and the way it magnetically attaches to the iPad to prevent being misplaced or lost. It looks, feels, and performs like a pencil on paper, but that’s just the start of its art and productivity abilities.

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 Make Your iPad a Canvas

The “pencil” name actually sells short the Apple Pencil — it’s more like a magic wand for drawing, sketching, or just doodling. A simple double-tap on your iPad transforms the Apple Pencil into a marker, highlighter, paintbrush, or eraser, and all perform with pixel-level accuracy for fine detail work. If you’re using it for work, you can mark up files on your iPad and then email or AirDrop them.

The Apple Pencil is compatible with all models of the 11-inch iPad Pro, the 12.9-inch Pro from the 3rd generation up, the 4th and 5th gen models of the iPad Air, and the 6th gen iPad Mini. When paired with the Pro, you can use the amazing Hover function that shows you exactly where the Pencil will touch before you put it down, saving you from the frustration of undos and redos.

Made for Each Other

The Apple Pencil is a must-have if you own an iPad. Apple’s signature tablet is a productivity superstar on its own, but it gets even better when paired with the Apple Pencil. The Pencil recharges simply by being attached magnetically to the side of the iPad, and it pairs just as easily so you’re not fumbling with Bluetooth setup.

The iPad responds to the Pencil with virtually no lag or latency, and the Pencil’s pressure sensitivity and tilt sensitivity appear on the iPad in the form of shading, highlighting, or other effects, and also as easily adjustable pencil-strokes from ultra light to heavy and bold.

The Apple Pencil 2nd Gen has earned an average rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars from a staggering 91,000-plus Amazon reviewers, who are usually not shy when a product displeases them. It normally sells for $129, but this pre-Prime Day Amazon deal has slashed that down to just $90 — a 30% markdown on this great art and productivity partner for your iPad.

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