hey guys this is vadim with maxtech and
we finally got in our logitech folio touch
keyboard case
with the trackpad the one that
everybody's been waiting for
and right next to it i have the magic
keyboard case right here so in this video
we're gonna be doing a comparison
comparing everything from the keyboards
the track pads the design the feel the
weight the thickness
basically everything between these two
to find out if it's worth spending the
extra money because the folio touch
costs 160 dollars
compared to three hundred dollars now
that is a massive
difference in price so let's see i'm
gonna unplug this
set this aside and let's
unbox this alright so
here we go this is a very thick case let
me tell you that
get rid of that all right so one thing
this flap wasn't really visible on the
product images they kind of chose to
hide it but i don't really mind opening this
up we
can see that we have our layout
so this bottom keyboard portion feels
basically identical to the combo touch
for the ipad and for the ipad air i kind
of feel like
literally nothing is unchanged on this
bottom portion but right here
where it connects it's actually
permanently attached
because the smart connector location of
course on the ipad
is on the back right here so we have our
little pogo connectors
and of course we have the speaker
cutouts on both sides
and yeah there we go we have our 2020
ipad pro
square camera bump right there so what
i'm gonna do first i'm gonna take off
the ipad off the magic keyboard and
let's just compare these two without the
ipad inside so
side by side you guys can tell that
the difference in thickness is massive
for just the case by itself like
that is insane like when you look at the
magic keyboard
it definitely looks really nice compared
to this guy now as far as the weight
everybody complains about the weight of
the magic keyboard case
but right here feeling them in my hands
i actually think the logitech weighs
quite a bit more than the magic keyboard
of course look how
bulky it is now what i'm going to do
next is compare the ease
of basically placing the ipad in the
case so
got the 2020 ipad pro right here
just like that it's on nice and simple
and let's grab the 2018 model
looks like you kind of slide it in the
bottom half
remove this flap and just push it in as
far as i know that should be it
sweet so that was pretty simple now
comparing the hinge
so this hinge has a little bottom flap
just like on the combo touch
basically you just adjust it like this
and the nice thing is that
you have a lot of angle adjustability i
don't know if you guys can see that
right there
but a lot of angle adjustability so you
can lay it down like that
but you can't really make it face down
like that where
if you look here you could actually make
the magic keyboard face
down this way you can't do that on the
logitech now of course on the magic
keyboard you just
use you could do it with one hand better
to hold but you just kind of
adjust it like that and as far as the
angle definitely you can have a much
bigger angle adjustability on the
logitech of course a major perk of the
magic keyboard is you could simply
lift off the ipad pro put it back on
like that to get this thing out it's
gonna be a pain
compared to the magic keyboard like you
gotta pull this off and
yeah it's not gonna be fun now the
biggest perk for the logitech folio
touch
so you could actually grab the keyboard
and just flip it over like that boom you
have
media viewing mode youtube movies
whatever just just like that it's
perfect
you can't do that with the magic
keyboard case at all you have to lift
the ipad
off to be able to use it like that and
if you fold down the flap
there you go you'll be able to use the
apple pencil so this is going to be huge
for anybody doing drawing or note taking
it's definitely a big perk for the
logitech however if you have a very
small desk
the logitech has to have this flap
hanging out
and acting as a kickstand with a magic
keyboard case you don't have to have
that you could literally have it
up against the edge of the desk and
you'll be totally fine
with that you can't do that with the
logitech so that's a perk for the
magic keyboard before we move any
further i want to close these down and
just compare the overall thickness
with the keyboard cases so i've got them
side to side here
and you can easily tell how much thicker
the logitech folio touch is
especially because of the added
kickstand and the extra thickness of the
keyboard portion
and basically all around much thicker
than the magic keyboard case
but with the magic keyboard case the
sides
and basically all around of the ipad are
exposed
compared to the logitech folio touch
where basically
everything's wrapped around and like you
got a good thick
bumper here all the way around so if you
drop your ipad pro with the logitech
folio touch
i don't think anything's going to happen
to it honestly like this is going to
protect it very well
whereas with the magic keyboard case
there's a very
good chance that you're going to scuff
up the sides of your metal ipad pro
now before i get into comparing the
materials between these two i want to
mention that we have our premium
apple product t-shirt design right below
in our merch shelf
alright so the magic keyboard case has
this rubbery texture where like
i'm rubbing my finger against and
there's a lot of resistance so
if it's on a desk like the whole desk is
moving when i'm shaking this compared to
the logitech like it slides around very
easily because this is like a
kind of like a plasticky almost like
fiber
feeling material it's actually kind of
nice almost like denim
so i really like this material and i
think in terms of the finish the
logitech is going to last a lot longer
without getting scuffed up because
i already have like this little scuff i
don't know how i got it on the magic
keyboard case so you might see little
lines here little scratches so that's
already
from not that much use and you see a
little bit of shiny spots so
the finish is definitely not going to
last very long it's going to change
over time compared to logitech this is
very solid and it feels pretty good too
now one of the downsides i'm seeing with
the logitech folio touch is that the
buttons are kind of hard to
press because you have the bumper around
the buttons
you really have to push quite a bit
harder to hit these buttons
compared to the magic keyboard case of
course they're fully exposed
very nice and clicky obviously so that's
one difference
now as far as how easy they are to open
let's test out the
logitech kind of put it up on its hinge
then you pull the flap back the
kickstand and there you go you're good
to go
with the magic keyboard case you
basically place it on the hinge and you
drop the keyboard portion down
so definitely more convenient with the
magic keyboard case i'd say
one thing i really like about the magic
keyboard case is that
because of this unique floating hinge
design where the ipad is kind of lifted
up
it's easier to go from typing to
touching the display compared to with
the logitech you kind of have to
i guess put your fingers back further to
access the display you almost have to
like stretch your hand out further
compared to this it's a little bit more
convenient on the magic keyboard now i
do like how logitech dealt with the
apple pencil
basically you just grab your apple
pencil you have this cut out and there
you go
it starts recharging and you just fold
the flap over
when it's not in use and i'd say that
it's definitely the
the more safe option and it's kind of
funny though i've
flipped this flap over and this is kind
of like sideways
it's not perfectly flat for some reason
but this is definitely the more safe
option if you don't want to lose your
apple pencil because it's
it's holding it there compared to with
the magic keyboard
if anything happens if anything knocks
it off you could very easily lose it
as far as lap ability i think the magic
keyboard case is going to win because
you don't have to deal with having this
kickstand on your lap
and it extends further out so it's not
going to be very convenient
the magic keyboard case basically it's
holding all the weight off of the base
of the keyboard so
this is definitely the better option for
lapability now i want to move into the
keyboards and the trackpads now there's
one reason why
these two keyboard cases are the best on
the market
for the ipad pro and that is the smart
connector
basically every other keyboard case does
not have access to it it's only apple
and logitech that has access and i think
this is the only one
for the new ipad pro now the major
advantage is that the keyboard and the
trackpad is hardwired
to the ipad pro so when you're typing
you get no lag no bluetooth issues no
bluetooth connecting
as soon as you put the case on it's
instantly connected and
everything works from the keyboard to
the trackpad
and it's a perfect experience no lag
incredibly smooth
that's the major benefit with the smart
connector and that's why i will always
recommend one of these two
over the bridge pro plus which uses
bluetooth and it also requires
batteries being built into it that you
do need to recharge
with these you don't need any of that
now let's get into comparing the
keyboards so as far as the typing this
feels kind of like a traditional
chiclet keys they actually feel pretty
nice
but i personally really like the
keyboard
on the magic keyboard case it has more i
guess
feedback more click to it compared to a
sort of dull feeling on the logitech so
as far as the keys themselves i'm
definitely gonna give it to
the magic keyboard case the major
benefit for the logitech folio touch
is that it actually gets a top row of
function
keys which you do not get on the magic
keyboard case i think that's the main
reason why people choose not to get it
so
let's quickly go through that you have
the escape key right there in the corner
you have brightness keys just like that
you have your on-screen keyboard you
have your
safari spotlight search just like that
and you have backlit key controls now
for some reason i don't know why
they're not working it's really weird
but i
actually went into let me show you the
logitech control app
and i don't have any controls for that
for some reason and it says i am up to
date
so i'm really not sure why it's not
working
and i just took out the keyboard case
put it back in just to double check it's
still not working so i don't know what's
going on with that
but moving on we have our media keys we
have uh
go back a track you gotta skip forward
you have pause play you have your
volume keys this is very very convenient
compared to the magic keyboard
you kind of go up there into the control
center and you can
kind of control everything just like
that so based on two things
the function keys and the price this
logitech
is a killer deal especially since you
get the smart connector instead of
bluetooth
now as far as that backlighting that i
previously mentioned
it works perfectly on the magic keyboard
case it's automatic basically when it
becomes dark in your room
the back lighting turns on and it gets
brighter so you basically never have to
touch
any backlighting controls it just works
automatically and i find that it's
always at the perfect level
which is awesome now i want to move down
to the track pads and this is where
there is a pretty significant difference
first of all the trackpad on the
logitech looks bigger so if i
put them side by side you can see that
the surface area of the magic keyboard's
trackpad is actually smaller it is a
little bit wider
but it's significantly thinner now you
might be asking how is the trackpad
slimmer
on the magic keyboard if there's no top
row of function keys well
because of this floating design apple
couldn't put
extra keys up here near the top because
then you'd be reaching your fingers
under the ipad pro and it just wouldn't
be very convenient so
that's why and if you look at the x-ray
of the magic keyboard you'll see that
there's quite a bit
of wiring and there's a circuit board
there and it actually
is there to control a very important
feature that i'm gonna get into
in just a moment now back to the track
pads let's compare the
feel now the biggest downside for the
logitech is that it uses a diving board
design
which means it's connected here at the
top of the trackpad so
if you try to click it up here you
literally can't
i'm like pushing down pretty hard and
it's not clicking now as you go down
further
now you can start to click and at the
very bottom it's
very very easy to click now it's totally
different on the magic keyboard because
apple designed
a really unique design you guys can see
right here that
they have this weird floating design of
the trackpad where
anywhere that you press down any corner
at the top
bottom middle it feels the same you have
an even clicking feel just like you get
with the macbooks as far as how they
feel they both use a little glass panel
so they both feel incredibly smooth and
swiping left and right it's actually not
perfect on the logitech sometimes it
skips over
i'm not sure why it does that let's test
the magic keyboard
all right so the magic keyboard i don't
know why or how but
every swipe on the home screen is
registering
perfectly now i just did it on the
logitech and it's skipping
it skips look at that just skipped two
pages even though it feels nice
in the transitions between the home
screens are pretty smooth it does
sometimes skip a page which is not
supposed to do
now i'd say it's definitely much better
than the bridge pro
plus because if you've seen that review
it is just totally messed up i wouldn't
recommend
that trackpad experience to anybody and
the worst part about that keyboard case
was that when you're scrolling like on a
website
facebook whatever it would be very
choppy it wouldn't be smooth
now the benefit with the logitech is
that it's perfectly smooth
perfectly smooth scrolling you can
adjust the speed you can scroll
slowly quickly it's really nice
because logitech is working closely with
apple to get the apis
and they're using the smart connector so
you get a really really nice experience
and of course
the magic keyboard you get the same same
thing and even though
this trackpad is not as tall i find that
it's still perfect
i don't find myself hitting the limits
and
having it mess with my experience
scrolling now probably the number one
benefit
for both of these keyboard cases is
support for three finger gestures so
you can swipe left and right to switch
between
apps or pages so it works
on both of them and i guess sometimes it
doesn't work perfectly
i think it definitely works a little bit
better on the magic keyboard case
so three fingers to swipe up let me try
that there you go
to hit the home screen and you can swipe
between apps
just like that and you could also pinch
to zoom
into photos on both of these
which is nice which you don't get on
other keyboard cases like the bridge pro
plus
so based on all of that the trackpad on
the magic keyboard case is definitely
the winner especially for that
better clicking feel even clicking all
the way around compared to the diving
board design but it
this is definitely a lot better than
other track pads now there is one
final feature with the magic keyboard
case that is
totally unique i've never seen this
before on any other keyboard case and
let's get right into it
i have my charging cable right here so
with the logitech you simply
plug it in there you go you're charging
but with the magic keyboard case you
could either plug it in
in the ipad pro itself or in the hinge
you actually get a built-in
let me lift this up for you guys
built-in power connector
in the hinge now that is why i think
apple had to be very conservative with
the keyboard
not adding the top row function keys
because they actually have
a motherboard that has to handle the
power going in through the hinge
and connecting through the smart
connector and powering
and charging the ipad pro now what i
really like about this is that the power
cable is kind of out of the way
it's back behind the ipad pro it's kind
of hidden so it doesn't really get in
your way like it would be if it's
plugged straight into the ipad pro now
the biggest benefit is that
while you have your charging cable
charging your ipad pro you can actually
connect a storage
drive whatever you want to connect into
the ipad pro
right into its original port and you
could be charging
and using storage at the same time which
is totally unique
and to some people this feature alone is
worth
the extra price over the logitech
alright so after testing and comparing
all those things i think i'm ready to
give my purchasing
recommendation for you guys now for a
lot of you guys
the price is going to be the deciding
factor obviously 160
over 300 a lot of people are just gonna
go for the logitech just because of that
price
and the fact that you get a really good
experience with that smart connector
and of course you get a couple of things
that you just can't get with the magic
keyboard first of all the top row of
function keys which is very important to
a lot of people
and you get the side protection of the
ipad pro so that matters a lot
and if that matters to you that's
probably the better choice just to go
with the logitech
now what if you could actually go either
way and price isn't that big of a deal
for you
and you're just trying to figure out
which one you should buy well
the magic keyboard has a lot of
advantages over the logitech
like first of all it is incredibly solid
this keyboard portion
super solid like there's no give at all
the hinge
is just i mean this is a perfect hinge
just the way it snaps excellent compared
to the logitech where like you have this
flap in the back it's not really
that good for lapability for using on
your lap
this keyboard section it's kind of
flimsy and just
not as good build quality with the
logitech the keyboard is better the
trackpad
is much much better on the magic
keyboard case the swiping the scrolling
the gestures work better on the magic
keyboard case even though the logitech
also has the smart connector
the magic keyboard is lighter it's
definitely thinner it's more
portable it's more convenient but i'd
say one of the more important things
with the magic keyboard is the way it
makes you
feel having this unique floating design
with the ipad being up here and just
being able to lift the ipad off and use
it for drawing or for whatever
in vertical mode and then putting it
back on this is just a very
modern feeling keyboard case compared to
the logitech
it basically looks like every other
keyboard case that's out there
of course you have the keyboard in the
trackpad but the way it feels
is basically like a legacy device yes it
does give you excellent protection
of your ipad pro but when it's closed
like this
your modern awesome feeling ipad pro
just gets covered up
by this old legacy style keyboard case
and that premium feel kind of goes away
compared to with the magic keyboard you
have your whole ipad pro exposed which
is of course
dangerous but if you're the kind of
person that likes to have a naked iphone
no case you just like the premium feel
you're definitely going to like the
magic keyboard case
many many times better than the logitech
and i'd say for professional users just
having the extra usbc port
that allows you to charge while you're
plugging in your hard drives
your flash drives whatever doing your
work if you're doing video editing photo
editing
that feature alone is a huge hit for
anybody doing productivity work
especially
if we do actually get final cut pro and
other apps from the mac coming to the
ipad now if you're the type of person
that's more
budget-minded of course 160 bucks that's
a much better deal than the magic
keyboard
and you get the protection all the way
around you have the little flap
for the apple pencil so it doesn't get
lost so if you're the type of person
that likes to go on amazon and order a
nice
bulky safe case for your iphone you're
definitely
the type of person who is going to
prefer the logitech especially since
you're saving all that money
but if you want to have the best
experience and the best feel
i definitely recommend the magic
keyboard case because using it it just
makes you
feel so much better i can't really
explain it but it feels like a premium
high quality macbook when you're using
this
it's just so solid everything works
great the hinge everything
it just feels so different when you're
using the magic keyboard case compared
to the logitech
now if that's something that's very
important to you then i would definitely
recommend spending the extra cash on the
magic keyboard case
so hopefully you guys enjoyed this video
this is vadim with maxtec
and if you decide to buy either of these
two keyboard cases
i'm going to have links down in the
description below to the best deals on
these
and if you want to check out our magic
keyboard review you can find it right up
there
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