Now to be fair, Apple thought about pricing here, because a Magic Keyboard + iPad Folio is… $199.īut the Logitech Folio with detachable Keyboard, is $150. I know that’s rich coming from the guy who says the best backpack is $400, but when even I look at something and think it is over priced, well you might stop and think about that. Which, what the fuck? You’re making a keyboard which only works with one size of the iPad Pro, and you can’t give some dedicated keys on it?Īnd you get none of that for the pleasure of $199. The typing experience is fine, but not as good as an evenly priced mechanical keyboard.Īnd, as Viticci also noted, there’s no dedicated iPad keys. Here you are paying out the nose for size and portability. The keyboard folio cover costs $199 which is more money than you would spend on a really good mechanical keyboard. Even Microsoft understands this with the keyboard covers they offer for the Surface line.
The key to the greatness of the Smart Keyboard Cover was that you could snap it on and off at will, based on how you were about to use the device. The iPad becomes fatter by using this keyboard, and if it is even slightly harder to remove and put back on, then it becomes significantly less awesome. I also had the impression that getting the iPad in and out of the folio case was a more involved process than the old Smart Keyboard, though that might just be the result of it being a new accessory that I’m not familiar with yet. In his initial impressions, Federico Viticci wrote: One of the big advantages with the old keyboard cover, is that it was dead simple to easily shed the cover without much thought, and just as easy to reattach it meaning the thickness was not at issue when you weren’t typing because you took the cover off. Which brings me to the next point… Taking it on and off The new Folio cover looks to stay with that pattern (though adds protection for the rear of the iPad). The Smart Keyboard Cover added a lot of thickness as it is damn near just as thick as the iPad Pro itself. The biggest complaint about these keyboards is that they are really thick. Before I dive into those, the only iPad Pro worth buying or considering is the 12.9”, so I’ll base my thoughts on that only. But there’s something that doesn’t sit right with me about this new Folio (granted I have not touched it, or seen it in person). I am a huge fan of the Smart Keyboard Cover, for either size iPad Pro, I’ve long believed it made your purchase better.
These are $179 and $199 add ons for the two models (Smart Keyboard Cover is/was $159/179). I have a couple additional thoughts about Apple’s new Keyboard Folio cover they released for the new iPads.
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