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This thing just honestly feels like you had a huge engineering team dedicated to solving this problem with the caveat that you can't just add a kickstand to the
by whywhywhywhy 7y ago
This thing just honestly feels like you had a huge engineering team dedicated to solving this problem with the caveat that you can't just add a kickstand to the iPad itself, which honestly is just a much saner and more useful solution, "Good design is honest" comes to mind.
Instead we have this bizarre over-engineered solution that sounds awkward to use and looks pretty ugly. Compared to just opening a kickstand and flipping down a keyboard and still allows you to use your tablet as a tablet.
and for $300 they could have used some nicer material, it looks like the stuff a $10 "hardcase" generic carrying case would be made from.
- cdolan 7y agoI've been using the iPad pro 12" with the pre-existing keyboard folio from Apple for 2 years now and its my favorite device. I can't wait for the trackpad to be integrated. I personally think this Magic Keyboard is a much better design than a kickstand to the iPad, and I think it looks great. Its reminiscent of the old 2nd Gen tear-drop-with-aluminum-arm iMac from the mid 2000s. Its a different device category and target build quality, but my Nintendo Switch has a kickstand. It never works the way I want it to. I think on-device kickstands are tacky and liable to break, not to mention limited in function.
- whywhywhywhy 7y ago>I think on-device kickstands are tacky and liable to break, not to mention limited in function. Honestly, try one on the Surface line outstanding engineering. At one point I'd have described it as "Apple quality" but now I honestly think that their industrial design team is surpassing Apple in more areas each year. There is no truly good reason why the iPad doesn't have one.