- Guys, this is it.
This is literally what I've
been waiting for my entire life.
(upbeat music)
Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.
If you're new here, my name is Ali.
I'm a doctor working in
the UK and on this channel
we explore these strategies and tools
that help us live happier,
more productive lives.
Isn't that fun?
Now, the iPad Pro has
been one of the key tools
in my productivity arsenal
since way back in 2017.
And I actually do really
like the old Keyboard Folio,
The keyboard is pretty
nice, it's actually was one
of my favorite typing
experiences on the planet.
But when I first saw the ad
for the new Magic Keyboard,
I nearly had a stroke because this thing
just looked absolutely incredible.
I've got my hands on
it for the first time.
This is the first impressions review
and it has so far
completely blown me away.
So, let's start with
the most important thing
and that is the keyboard.
The question is how fast
can I type on this thing.
(keyboard clicks)
Ah, this is the best words per minute,
I've ever got in my life.
Previously my record was
154 on the old version
of the Apple Magic Keyboard.
This is literally the first time
I have ever typed on this Magic Keyboard.
The first typing's I've ever done on it
other than just a few bits here and there.
156 doable words per
minute, accuracy, 99.23%.
Yeah, the keyboard is obviously fantastic.
It feels exactly like
the MacBook Air scissor
kind of keyboard which is now
what the keyboard mechanism is
on the 16 inch MacBook Pro as well.
And this just feels absolutely perfect.
Like there's such a nice level of
(keyboard clicks)
clickiness to the keys,
the space bar is good,
everything feels well proportioned.
The only gripe I would
have with it slightly is
that as I am kind of typing
in this configuration,
my hand is sort of
occasionally hitting that.
If I do a big kind of motion
and sort of that kind of play
and then my hand does occasionally
brush against the bottom
of the iPad Pro in this
sort of configuration.
I imagine in this position
it's not a problem at all
but in this one, which is sort of
the most horizontal position
you can get on this.
It is slightly annoying, but yeah, no
this is just so much
better than the old one
and I thought the old one
was absolutely amazing.
The keyboard actually apparently
has a backlight to it.
So, if I turn this light
off, now we should be able
to see the back lighting of the keyboards.
And apparently it's a bit of a bullock
to actually change the back lighting.
You have to go on settings,
and then you have to go on
like keyboard brightness.
So you can see how the brightness
changes as I adjust that.
But to be honest,
apparently it's just better
to be ambient light sensors of the iPad
and it just kind of works.
Right, lets put the light back on.
So that is basically the keyboard.
Let's talk about the Track Pad now.
Well the Track Pad is quite nice.
It feels a lot more
natural, kind of navigating
the iPad using the Track Pad.
The thing that's always
annoyed me about the iPad Pro
and one of the main reasons
why I think every thing
that you do on an iPad Pro is
just inherently less efficient
than using a proper MacBook
is because you have to
reach up and touch stuff.
Like, if I wanted to open a Safari window,
the most natural thing to do
would be to click on Safari.
If I wanted to navigate
YouTube, the most natural thing
to do would be to kind
of scroll like this,
click the button, type some stuff.
But now this is as good a Track Pad
as you get on the MacBook's.
It's a lot smaller obviously.
It actually clicks, rather than just being
a forced touch Track Pad but so far
it feels really really good.
And I could imagine that
this is gonna significantly
increase my productivity on the iPad.
Just because having this,
especially when it comes
to adjusting text.
Let's go on there, and if
I were to write out draft.
(keyboard clicking)
It feels very natural to use
the Track Pad to select text.
And so for me because I
make money on the Internet
based off of, kind of this
stuff that I can produce mostly
by writing which then
turns into video script.
This is gonna pay for itself.
It's an absolutely no
brainer of a purchase.
Because even though this was 350 pounds,
if it just helps me create one more video
in a three year period, it
will have paid for itself.
This is an absolute no
brainer if you're someone
who values productivity and
if you can see the return
on investment from buying
something like this.
Let's now talk about the thing
that everyone is talking
about, the fact that it floats.
So it does sort of float.
What you can do is you take it off,
and this thing is very rigid.
Like this is as far as
this part of the case goes.
But it's very very well built.
It's very strong.
And then you gently place the iPad on
and it magnetizes to
the back of the thing.
And now you can see that you
can sort of go this angle,
which is a bit pointless,
unless you've got it kind of
laying in bed which might bee useful.
And then you can go up to this angle
but you can't press it
down anymore than that
because it just doesn't work.
And if you over press it,
then it's gonna fall over.
So this is I think a pretty good angle
to have the keyboard on.
I can't really imagine having
it more horizontal unless
for example I was using the
Apple Pencil in which case
I might want it more horizontal.
Apple Pencil goes onto the top.
If I want to write with the
Apple Pencil it's on Notability,
which is my favorite note
taking app for the iPad.
I'm gonna do a comparison
between Notability
and Good Notes at some point.
Yeah, if I'm writing with the Apple Pencil
this sort of configuration,
maybe if you're an artist
and your sort of painting
and doing your over the hills
and far away kind of
paintings on the iPad,
this would make sense.
But as someone whose writing on it,
apparently what you can do,
is you can put it into
this sort of configuration.
This actually works
surprisingly well. (laughs)
This sort of angle, just
sort of turning it over.
It's a bit ghetto
but it works surprisingly
well for writing.
I don't think that's how
you're supposed to use it
but that is probably the
configuration I would have it in
if I were using the
Apple pencil extensively.
Unfortunately the experience
of writing on this
is a bit crapper right
now because I haven't got
the Paperlike screen protector on it yet.
It's on the way, I had to
order a new one because
this is the 12.9 inch iPad, it's new.
My favorite screen protector of all time
makes it feel like paper writing on it.
Links in the video description,
check out the Paperlike screen protector.
At the moment, I'm not
a fan of this screen.
It looks kind of cool.
I'm gonna be taking this to work every day
for the next month and
I'll be filming some beral
at work and I'll get some impressions
from my fellow medical doctor colleagues
about what they think about the float.
I really want to flex the float on people
because I imagine not many people
at work will have seen this in real life.
And so people might be like,
ooh is that the new
iPad Pro Magic Keyboard.
I'll be like, yes, thank you for noticing.
This is exactly why I have
it, to flex on people at work.
Speaking of flex, there's
not much flex to this case.
If we look at the old one,
there was quite a lot of flex to it.
It's a sort of flimsy,
it sort of moves around.
(air whooshing)
(object crashing)
But with this new one, it is
very very very sort of rigid
and well built.
Like this as a whole
package feels kind of heavy.
It feels a lot beefier than just
having the folio case on it.
And in fact if you look
at the comparisons online,
people have very kindly
weighed just this keyboard case
and the iPad.
And this weighs about 700
grams which this is more
than what the iPad weighs, supposedly.
Yeah, build quality, amazing.
One of the annoying things about it
that I mean immediately realized is
that when you have the iPad like this
and you want to open up the keyboard case,
how do you do it?
When you have a laptop,
you expect that you can
just flick it up and it would just work.
But with this, you have to kind of
get your fingers underneath it,
and it becomes almost
like a two-handed job.
Oh, okay is there a way to
do it with a single hand job.
That sounds weird.
I don't think I can actually
open this with just one hand.
This has to be a two handed job.
A little bit fiddly to get
out, but once you get it out
then it looks pretty
great if I say so myself.
Another really cool thing
about this, is the fact
that apparently it has
pass through charging.
Plugging in a USB-C
cable, boom it's charging.
So now this USB port is free to do stuff.
To be honest, I don't intend to plug
a lot of things into here but now
that I've got the 12.9 inch
iPad Pro with I think I went
for the 256GB hard drive,
I can now do things
like plug in my Samsung T5 SSD's
to potentially even try
editing videos off of this.
Potentially photo editing off of this.
I've got one of these, where is it?
One of these like SD
card reader type things.
I stick the SD card in and
I would still have pass
through charging if I'm
doing something intensive
like editing photos, or editing videos,
or music production which is something
that I want to get into.
Other than that, what else
is there to say about this?
It feels really good closing it like uh,
you just kind of press it and then.
(case shuts hard)
Ah, look at that.
I've got to do that again.
(case shuts hard)
(groans)
That is a well designed product.
You've got the Apple logo on the back.
It's not too garish,
it's not like the gold
iPhone or something.
A very subtle embossing of the Apple logo.
Yeah, I mean this is absolutely sick.
The question is can it be used in a lap?
So I'm going to put it in my lap.
I would say it can be used in a lap.
It does require me to slouch a little bit.
In fact, I'm going to go
over to the sofa right now
and try and use it in a
lap in different places
around the house, so be right back.
It's just so good,
I feel like a genuine
productivity grease monkey
when I'm typing on this.
Okay, really go on the sofa like this.
What about like this?
Yeah, nothing wrong with that either.
How far off the lap can it go?
Yeah, because it's quite
top heavy it does need
to kind of be supported a bit more.
Whereas if it were a real
laptop I guess you could
put it off the edge a little bit more,
but this one is quite top heavy
so it probably will fall over.
And now I am using it on my lap in bed.
Yeah, this is some good stuff.
So yeah, lap test passed
with flying colors.
Works beautifully on
the sofa and on the bed.
It's a keyboard, it's a keyboard case.
(case falls hard)
It probably protects the iPad a fair bit.
It's gonna be a bit weird getting used to
opening it kind of the wrong way around.
I'm hugely excited about the possibilities
that this keyboard is gonna bring to me.
And just as a sort of first impression,
this is the single best product
I have used in a very very long time.
There's really nothing
about this I can fault other
than the price.
It's quite expensive, it's
$300 pounds or $300 dollars
for the 11 inch.
$350 for the 12.9 inch.
But like I said for me
and for a lot of people
I know the return on investment
for this is gonna be,
it's gonna make it an absolute no brainer.
If you're a student, do you need it?
Probably not.
If you're a student and you
have loads of spare cash
to burn, then get it yeah.
You won't be disappointed,
this is fantastic.
If you like this and you
want to see a comparison
of the 11 inch version
versus the 12.9 inch
and hear the reasons why
I've got the 12.9 inch now.
And why I was wrong about why I used
to think the 11 inch was better.
Then do click the video over there
or if you haven't yet got
an iPad and you don't know
which one to get then click the video here
which will be a long
in-depth analysis of exactly
which iPad you should get.
Thank you so much for watching
and see you in the next video, bye-bye.
