Apple's Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro up for preorder on Amazon, supposedly ships on May 30
Apple's unreleased Magic Keyboard with Trackpad has popped up on Amazon's UK website with a shipping date of May 30, but that's likely just a placeholder as the retailer builds up its stock.
A product listing for Apple's upcoming Magic Keyboard with Trackpad.
The new Magic Keyboard with Trackpad was announced in March alongside the 2020 iPad Pro lineup and new trackpad support in iPadOS 13.4. At the time, Apple said the accessory would launch in May.
Though Apple failed to offer a clear timeline for availability, a product listing has appeared on Amazon suggesting a release date of May 30. An identical listing on the U.S. Amazon store states only that the item has not yet been released. Like with the UK site, customers are still able to preorder the accessory.
While the product is currently available to preorder, the date offered by Amazon is likely a placeholder. Retailers sometimes set arbitrary release dates as they await a green light to sales from manufacturers. On the other hand, the Amazon listing marks the first time that a major retailer has given any sort of concrete scheduling details.
The new Magic Keyboards, designed exclusively for 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, feature a trackpad for the first time, but they also sport a unique floating hinge design and backlit keys. They're priced at $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 12.9-inch model and are compatible with the 2018 iPad Pros.
Alongside the Apple-produced Magic Keyboard, Logitech in March also debuted two new keyboard accessories with trackpads for the 10.2-inch iPad and the 10.5-inch iPad Air. Both of those products are listed as "coming soon" on Logitech's site, though no firm timeline has been given.
In the meantime, 2020 iPad Pro users will be able to take advantage of full mouse and trackpad support as long as their devices are running iPadOS 13.4. A handful of first- and third-party apps have also been updated to support trackpads and mice.
A product listing for Apple's upcoming Magic Keyboard with Trackpad.
The new Magic Keyboard with Trackpad was announced in March alongside the 2020 iPad Pro lineup and new trackpad support in iPadOS 13.4. At the time, Apple said the accessory would launch in May.
Though Apple failed to offer a clear timeline for availability, a product listing has appeared on Amazon suggesting a release date of May 30. An identical listing on the U.S. Amazon store states only that the item has not yet been released. Like with the UK site, customers are still able to preorder the accessory.
While the product is currently available to preorder, the date offered by Amazon is likely a placeholder. Retailers sometimes set arbitrary release dates as they await a green light to sales from manufacturers. On the other hand, the Amazon listing marks the first time that a major retailer has given any sort of concrete scheduling details.
The new Magic Keyboards, designed exclusively for 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models, feature a trackpad for the first time, but they also sport a unique floating hinge design and backlit keys. They're priced at $299 for the 11-inch model and $349 for the 12.9-inch model and are compatible with the 2018 iPad Pros.
Alongside the Apple-produced Magic Keyboard, Logitech in March also debuted two new keyboard accessories with trackpads for the 10.2-inch iPad and the 10.5-inch iPad Air. Both of those products are listed as "coming soon" on Logitech's site, though no firm timeline has been given.
In the meantime, 2020 iPad Pro users will be able to take advantage of full mouse and trackpad support as long as their devices are running iPadOS 13.4. A handful of first- and third-party apps have also been updated to support trackpads and mice.
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i miss Steve Jobs
Were these people just born yesterday?
Apple has never been known for bottom of the barrel pricing. That applies to their entire existence, which goes back many decades.
Apple doesn't make junk. If you believe that you can get a better product from somebody else for less, then go right ahead, nobody's stopping you.
the best thing about this forum is listening to the fan boys defend apples insane pricing, or essentially anything apple no matter how egrigious.
It's called capitalism and the free market and freedom. Companies are free to price their products at whatever price point they wish, and consumers are free to either purchase said products or not.
If Ferrari wants to release a new car tomorrow and price it at 6 million dollars, I don't have any problem with that at all.
If Samsung wants to release a new phone tomorrow and price it at $10,000 dollars, I'm totally fine with that.
The same applies to Apple. Apple can price their stuff at whatever price point they please and that they feel is appropriate and I am free to make a decision regarding if I want to purchase said product or not.
Some people sound like a bunch of commies and entitled ignoramuses.
This is an Apple forum. That's why people come here, because they are interested in Apple's products, they buy Apple stuff, they talk about Apple stuff and they like Apple stuff.
I don't think that people who buy Apple stuff are dumb, but I do think that loser trolls who visit Apple forums to call Apple users dumb for buying Apple products aren't the brightest bulbs around, considering what they choose to spend their time on.
You should start a business selling pieces of aluminum for $1,000 and see how far that gets you. Like I said previously, you seem like a real bright individual.
hopefully the pandemic will bring Apple back down to reality. 40% unemployment = who's gonna buy this crap?
It does mean that Apple will sell a lot less of a very high priced product than it perhaps could have. It must have done some modelling which indicates it can sell enough at this high margin to make more money overall than if they sold a few more by offering it at a lower price. It is the sum of margins that matter.
I still have a right to criticise it though. Note that every time these very cool keypads are discussed it descends into an argument about price. It will end up discrediting it despite it seeming to be an otherwise great product.