- What's up guys?
Saf here on SuperSafTV and we have
the brand new Magic Keyboard
for the iPad Pro in the house.
Let's go ahead, get it unboxed
and see what it's got to offer.
Now this was announced
with the new iPad Pro
but it's been released a little bit later
and to be honest it was one
of the most exciting things
about the iPad Pro,
especially how it's got this
floating mechanism, really
excited to check that out.
And we're right away presented
with the magic keyboard.
Does have a little bit of a weight to it.
This is something that I'm seeing
a lot of people also react to.
Now I think this is
because a lot of people
are used to the Smartfolio
keyboard and, you know,
maybe kind of expect it to
be a similar weight to that
but this obviously is offering a lot more.
And you can see that, so
we've go the Apple logo here
in the middle, we've got the cutout
for the square camera model now.
Not much else inside the box
other than some paperwork.
And on the other side
it is absolutely plain,
now if we do open this up it
kind of clips into place there.
Right, and then we can
move this top section
forward and backwards.
So we've got the iPad Pro here.
We can just place it on top.
And boom, magnets, got to love it.
They do seem to be some
pretty strong magnets
because this does seem pretty sturdy,
it's snapped right on and
then we can adjust the angle
of the iPad Pro here
on the Magic Keyboard.
And best of all, it's floating.
That does look really cool.
Right, now that's connected
on you can straight away
start using it, there's
nothing that you need to do
to configure it or anything like that.
It is straight away up and running
and the track pad works right away.
It's obviously not a huge
track pad like we've got
on some of the MacBooks but,
yeah, it's very very responsive
and it also does support
multi touch so you can pinch to zoom,
swipe up with three fingers
to go home et cetera.
Now looking at the keyboard,
this is a full size keyboard
so you're not really
compromising on the size
of the keyboard and
best of all it is using
the scissor mechanism
that we've seen on some
of the recent MacBooks and
that does give it around
one millimeter of travel
so, yeah, okay, it is good.
Honestly, this does make
such a big difference.
I'm somebody who types
a lot on my iPad Pro
and generally I use
the Smartfolio keyboard
which is all well and good
but not having that track pad
there always means I had
to reach up to the screen
every time I wanted to
move the cursor around
or select a piece of
text or whatever it is.
This does make things so, so much easier.
Now, one thing that I'm sure
a lot of people are wondering
is how is this if you're
actually using it on your lap?
Generally speaking, it's
actually pretty fine.
I think Apple have weighed
this up quite nicely
so it does balance quite
well when you do have it
on your lap, I've not
really experienced anything
where it just kind of topples
over or anything like that.
And this keyboard is also back
lit so if you are using it
in dark conditions, you're
still going to be able to see
all of your keys although I
would have like to have had
brightness controls on the keyboard itself
because you actually have to
go deep within the settings
to change this which isn't
really too convenient.
And it also has an integrated USB-C port
for pass through charging
so what you can do
is you can connect your
charger to the keyboard
rather than the iPad Pro itself.
This is going to wirelessly
charge the iPad Pro
through the cover and it's
going to free up the USB-C ports
on the iPad Pro so you
can plug in accessories
and things like that.
Now, generally speaking,
I'm not somebody who has
my iPad Pro on charge
if I'm using it anyway.
The battery life is really
really good and it will last me
through the day but it's kind
of nice to have that option
that because this now makes
it more of a laptop form
factor, you can have that charging
without using up that port.
Now another thing to note
is that this Magic Keyboard
also does work with the
third generation iPad Pro
so this is the one that
was released in 2018.
So just to quickly test
the new Magic Keyboard
with the iPad Pro 2018, third generation.
Again, snaps into place really easily.
Connects on straight away,
you don't have to do anything
and you have a very
similar experience on here.
The only thing is that here
at the back you'll notice
that the camera cutout does
have a bit more of a space
just because we only
have that single camera
on the iPad Pro third generation.
Now in terms of the weight I'm
not sure of the exact weight
of the iPad Pro along with the case.
I'm just quickly bringing in
the Smartfolio keyboard here
with the older iPad just
to kind of see the weight.
It definitely does weigh more.
It's also a little bit thicker I would say
and it is wider because we do
have this hinge portion here
which supports the iPad
Pro when it's floating
and it's also got the
USB-C connectivity here.
Now this is retailing
for around £350 or $350.
This is for the 12.9 inch version.
The 11 inch version is
around £300 or $300 so,
it's definitely not cheap
but it is the best keyboard
package that you can get
for the iPad Pro right now
and if the iPad Pro is your
primary production tool
then this might be something
that you want to get.
Now if the Magic Keyboard is
currently out of your budget
then remember the iPad Pro
does have universal support
for keyboard and mice so
if you do have a wireless
keyboard and a wireless
mouse, you're still going to
be able to have the keyboard
and mouse experience
on the iPad Pro but the Magic
Keyboard kind of gives you
that full almost laptop
replacement experience.
And that is the Magic
Keyboard for the iPad Pro.
I think it's really, really cool.
I love this floating design.
The keyboard feels great
as does the track pad.
I think it is really going to change
the way I use my iPad Pro.
What do you guys think
of the Magic Keyboard?
Is it something that you're
going to be picking up?
Is there anything else that you
would like me to cover with it?
Definitely let me know
in the comments below.
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