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A impudent harvest of iPads is here , and this time around , Apple extract out all the stop . The young models feature an OLED display , new Pro apps , the slender chassis ever , and a next - gen M - processor that has yet to appear elsewhere save for the newfangled iPad Pros . Starting at $ 999 , Apple is commit quite some premium for its new slating . But what sincerely put up out to me wasthe new Magic Keyboard — and for multiple reasons .
This one has a full row of purpose keys and a consecrated leak clit . For a equipment that desire to compete with a laptop computer , the lack of an flight key was quite a bummer , as was the lack of warm - control function keys . Heck , the Magic Keyboard for the understructure iPad get that perquisite , so it was an overdue tweak for the flagship iPadss .
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Another far-famed change is the addition of a deoxyephedrine - covered trackpad that now offers haptic feedback . This is yet another character - of - life story change that does n’t seem like much at first , but really cook a departure . Notably , the request cost remains unaltered at $ 299 for the 11 - in version and $ 349 for the 13 - inch passementerie .
But the most notable upgrade is the choice of materials and the finish on the side . The top deck portion is now made out of aluminum . The sides have also been flatten , and the whole assembly now look more like a sleek laptop computer with a floating screen .
I love this keyboard, but it’s got problems!
Now , metallic sides are an undefendable invitation to mule marks and lasting savorless end after bumps . I am type this on a MacBook Air purchased merely a month ago , yet it already has a respectable few scratches on the side and a slight flattening in the top - right quoin . But for the iPad , a monotonic metallic side should extend some rest period from an honest-to-goodness enemy .
Reddit , Apple support meeting place , and X ( formerly Twitter ) have a healthy few posts in which users have complained about the rubbery , indulgent - touch material peeling off .
YUP ! And the leather is ripping on the underside corner too .
& mdash ; Dan Turk ( @danieljturk)February 1 , 2022
Usually , the thin stratum peels alongside the corners and border , which is a hotspotfor wear and tear , but in this compositor’s case , it ’s manifest in some rather odd spot . Take a look at my Magic Keyboard in the icon below :
Yes , that ’s the top level spread alongside the line . A few week ago , I notice a thin streak of dried glue hang outdoors . For most exploiter , the shedding is most frequently evident in the rounded hinge area . The rubberized external coat also gets scuffed easily and leave a lasting mark to show for the accident .
“ On the edge of the keyboard at multiple points , the adhere / gum was fall apart , ” wrote one exploiter onMedium . “ A few weeks pass by . And then the fabric starts peeling . At first , there ’s one small place on the bottom of the keyboard . Then , a 2nd point forms as the first one develop bigger . ”
One would suspect that the equipment must have been reveal to extremes , but that does n’t seem to be the case here . “ I ’ve had one for three long time and it rarely travels and one of the corner is bulge to fag , ” writes another affected Magic Keyboard possessor on Reddit .
“ Mine is a quarter of the way off already , ” reads another remark on the platform . For the golden few with an Apple Care+ subscription , they obtain a replacement . But for DIY enthusiast , there does n’t seem to be a reliable solution . Once the peel is gone , there ’s no fixing it .
One can call it a pattern blemish , and it very much seems like one . But so far , we have n’t get word anything prescribed from Apple . With the new Magic Keyboard adopting a metal pack of cards and face , I hope the emergence is gone , at least alongside the edges . But this is a long - terminus aftereffect we ’re talking about , so we ’ll have to wait and see how the update version fares . At least from where we ’re sitting right now , though , it looks like Apple made a big design change for the ripe .
