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  • Apple burns early iPad Pro adopters, loyal customers with Magic Keyboard incompatibility

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    If the Magic Keyboard for iPad didn’t cost $350 this wouldn’t be a big deal. But, Apple made the decision to charge $350 for a keyboard case knowing that they would be increasing the size of the iPad Pro 2021 model. They may not have finalized the design of the 2021 iPad Pro while they were designing the Magic Keyboard, but when it was released in 2020 it’s highly unlikely they didn’t know it could be an issue. By no means is Apple required to make the Magic Keyboard compatible with future iPad models. That being said, early adopters and those who upgrade their iPad annually are a big reason the Magic Keyboard was successful despite being overpriced. They’re the same people who are most likely to upgrade from a 2018/2020 iPad Pro to the 2021 model.  If the 2020 Magic Keyboard ends up not being compatible at all with the 2021 iPad Pro I expect there will be a not insignificant amount of users who are pissed. If it works fine or works and just has a small gap when closed it won’t be a big deal and Apple could have helped themselves by simply communicating this upfront. 

    I am one of the people that was willing to shell out $350 for the Magic Keyboard for my 2018 iPad Pro. I knew it was overpriced but figured it would work with at least one more generation of the iPad beyond the 2020 model. I was planning on getting the new 12.9” 2021 iPad Pro with 1TB (for the 16GB of RAM). However, paying $2k for the iPad and having to shell out another $350 for a new Magic Keyboard is too much for even me who usually doesn’t balk at Apple’s prices. Instead I’ll just keep what I have and once the 16” MBP is upgraded to the M series processor I’ll get one of those. I use my iPad primarily for 3D modeling in Shapr3D but now that Shapr has a Mac app I can just use that on a MBP and when I need to use the Apple Pencil to draw in Shapr I’ll just use sidecar.  


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