![]() How did a company with Jony Ive and his team on its payroll think removing the old Pencil's immediately-losable cap and plugging it into the Lightning port like a talon was a good idea? Pairing and charging the new model is a much, much better experience it's as seamless as using AirPods. Look at how the new model snaps magnetically to the iPad, then immediately charges while briefly showing its battery level on the iPad's display, and you wonder how on Earth the first Pencil ever went on sale. What's immediately clear with the second-generation Apple Pencil is how the company has learned valuable lessons from the mistakes it made with the original. If, however, I had splashed out on the 1TB iPad Pro with the larger 12.9-inch display, costing £1,519, then the accessories would have added a more acceptable 17.3 percent.īuyers of the more expensive models of iPad Pro will likely soak up the cost without a second thought, but if you already felt the first rung on the ladder was a sizable investment, then forking out an additional near-40 percent for accessories which seem almost mandatory is a bitter pill to swallow. This means the addition of the Apple Pencil (£119 $129) and the Smart Keyboard Folio (£179 $179), adds 38.7 percent to the price of the iPad. Because I bought the cheapest Pro, the 64GB model with Wi-Fi and not 4G, I spent £769 (I live in the UK in the US it's priced at $799). That's comfortably into MacBook Pro territory, for a device which uses almost the same software as an iPhone.ĭoes it work? Can the iPad Pro be turned into a laptop alternative with the addition of a stylus and a keyboard? Let's find out.įirst up, I need to address the cost of these two accessories, and how they relate to the price of the iPad Pro. Once you add on the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard Folio, the iPad Pro has a laptop-like price bump the storage up to its maximum 1TB, and you suddenly have a $2,200 device in your hands. That’s an attractive difference, but keep in mind that you’re really missing out on a lot of features by sticking with Apple’s older design.But Apple wants us to see the iPad Pro as the future of personal computing - not just a tablet to watch movies on flights, read magazines, and jot down the occasional note or email. The 11-inch model is slightly more affordable at $299, but that’s still a hefty chunk of change.Īs for the Smart Keyboard Folio, the 12.9-inch model costs $199 and the 11-inch model costs $179, while the Smart Keyboard costs $159. For perspective, that’s more than you’ll pay for anĮntry-level regular iPad. ![]() The Magic Keyboard costs a jaw-dropping $349 for the 12.9-inch model. With the Magic Keyboard attached, the iPad Pro is closer in weight to a laptop than a tablet. If you’re going to be carrying your iPad Pro around with the keyboard, it’s definitely something to consider. The Magic Keyboard case is noticeably heavier than the Smart Keyboard Folio and adds quite a bit of weight to the iPad (1.6 pounds versus 0.89 pounds). Still, you should buy the model that fits your specific iPad. Furthermore, the 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro is slightly thicker than the previous version, though in our testing the old Magic Keyboard case works with the new model. The situation gets trickier if you’re considering using the 2018 Smart Keyboard Folio with the 2020 or 2021 iPad Pro since the cutout for the camera in the 2018 model is too small for the square array found on the 2020 iPad Pro.
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