The keyboard for the iPad Pro 2020 is just as expensive as a laptop

Yesterday, Apple launched a new generation of iPad Pro with a more powerful A12Z Bionic chip, upgraded camera system with super wide-angle camera, LiDAR scanner . However, the upgrade attracted a lot of attention. most not in the iPad, but in its keyboard accessories.

In parallel with iPad Pro, Apple also launched the Magic Keyboard with a lot of new features compared to the previous Smart Keyboard Folio keyboard. In particular, the most outstanding point is that this keyboard is integrated a trackpad (trackpad), which helps users to use more comfortably at work.

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New Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro has built-in touchpad

In addition, Magic Keyboard also provides improved typing feeling, backlit support, an additional USB-C port, the ability to adjust arbitrary angles and the suspended iPad design "very impressive".

However, to get those features of Magic Keyboard, users will also have to spend a small amount: $ 299 (7 million) for 11-inch iPad Pro and $ 349 (8.1 million) for iPad 12.9 inch pro.

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Magic Keyboard starts at $ 299 for the 11-inch version

At this price, the Magic Keyboard is probably the most expensive accessory for a tablet we've ever seen. Comparatively, the Surface Pro's Type Cover also has a trackpad, but costs only $ 129-159.

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The Surface Pro's Type Cover also has a trackpad, but the price is less than half that of the Magic Keyboard

Even with the money for a Magic Keyboard, one can even buy a 10.2-inch iPad. Or on the market today, $ 300 is also completely enough to own a genuine Windows laptop, of course, built-in keyboard and trackpad.

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With the amount of Magic Keyboard, users can own a cheap iPad .

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. or even a real laptop, like this HP 15s for example.

Apple is advertising the iPad Pro as a true replacement device for laptops. However, when looking at the price of very basic accessories like the Magic Keyboard, perhaps most users will feel hesitant, especially when all laptops on the market have a built-in one. "Magic Keyboard" they don't need to buy. Plus the limitations of the connection port or the operating system, iPad Pro is still not enough to replace the computer, although now it looks very much like a computer.