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what's up guys today I wanted to go over the newly released iPad pro accessories I am gonna do a full review on the actual iPad pro I picked one out I'm loving it so far but I wanted to do a review on the accessories and if you should pick them up or not as with all Apple products they are very well designed but they come at a cost so today I'm gonna be telling you guys if it's worth it to actually pick up a smart keyboard folio or the Apple pencil apple in my opinion does a lot of things right with their products it's the small things it's a very small minor things that we take for granted and then they put a price on it and then we say why is this so expensive the Apple pen is coming in at a hundred and thirty dollars which is I guess in line with what some of the other companies like Microsoft is doing theirs is around 100 as well Apple has now added in a way to charge this magnetically to your iPad pro so you just snap this on and it charges and it gives you a little indication of what the battery is on the iPad pro like I said it's the small things and that is a small thing that really makes a difference in my opinion now the magnetic strip I think could be a little bit more magnetic I guess the best term to use is because I actually dropped my pen just carrying it around you got nudged off and it fell off and I scratched the tip and now my tip is ruined I have to pay for another one so I wished a magnetic strip on this was a little bit stronger for people carrying it around because that's how they have marketed this thing is that you can just snap this on and just carry it around and it's not gonna be a problem well it is gonna be a problem and it is going to mess up your PIN so using the pin was actually a breeze now all I have to do is press darker if you want a darker shade or you can now shade with the side of your pen or pencil so it can give you that kind of like gradient look that some artists go for I'm not an artist myself I just use this for like storyboarding these videos and drawing out my shots and things like that but this does a very good job just being a good pen and pencil you can also double tap on it twice to change it into an eraser which is also very nice I do wish that you could like flip this thing around and just erase with the other side kind of like a pencil with it to give you that I don't know that mine to a pin connection but I mean double tapping is kind of a functionality feature of this where you don't have to flip over your pen but some of us I mean me namely likes that you can actually just flip your pin around and just erase so I mean it's just a little thing I don't know let me know what you guys think do you guys what you guys like to have the double tap or would you like to flip it around and erase let me know down below so do I think the Apple pen is worth it yes for $130 you're getting a lot of functionality with these you can buy the tips again I have to go buy another tip but just keep in mind that you cannot travel with this comfortably I would actually put this into like a pin slot into your actual backpack and things like that now moving on to the folio case now for me the iPad pro is the surface Pro's those are things that are trying to replace laptops they're getting more and more powerful by the day and with that I think you really need a dedicated keyboard because typing on screen just does not work for me you have to actually lay the iPad flat on your lap to type you know like this and things like that and I don't think that that's a smart way to do it I don't know I ended up just holding up with one hand and trying to tap like this and just go all over my screen with one finger and it's not productive okay it just takes more time so having a keyboard in my opinion is a necessity for like these pro lines of tablets that being said the smart folio case is one of the best that I've used but they need a trackpad on here and I think that that kind of goes back to Apple needs to redesign a whole new operating system for the tablet line but I will get more into that in the actual review of the iPad pro but for now I want to just say that the keyboard does a good job it's okay to type on I don't really like the texture of the keys that's just my personal preference but those keys and the material that they do use over the top of the keys best protect the screen a lot and that's one thing that this case does really well is that it protects it on both sides whereas something like the surface pro it's only on one side because they have the hinge on the other one so you can get scratches on your windows logo and things like that so I like that they keep everything nice and tidy and they protects it from bumps and scratches and things like that I wouldn't drop this because there's electronics in it couldn't mess it up and it's not that protective where it won't stop it from shattering your screen but it does a great job of just protecting from scratches or putting into your backpack and things like that and how it connects us by three pins on the actual keyboard and three pins on the actual iPad pro and you just go from there and it's just snaps in very nicely it has two viewing angles as well so you can snap it into like a taller one or a shorter one and this works well when you're in bed or you're in a couch or you're in your chair or on a desk all these angles were more than enough I thought before with a Microsoft Surface pro line that having that hinge that goes at any different angle was a far superior but Apple has found out a good set of angles which you can choose from still not as good as having any angle you want but it does a good job of giving you two angles that work with multiple settings so good job Apple on the design as always like I said great design from Apple comes at a price though of $200 so is this thing worth it yes until somebody comes out with a better keyboard which I'm going to be out on the look for recently because I think $200 is a little steep I would like to see this around like 150 but it's Apple you got to pay that Apple tax until then I would definitely say if you're gonna pick up an iPad pro and you type a lot or you're gonna be writing or using this as kind of like a standalone laptop device definitely pick up the folio case because it actually does have a lot of functionality it works really well not the best typing experience but it does a good job alright guys so that is going to do it for this video don't forget to Like share comment and subscribe on this video if you have any more questions about the iPad accessories let me know down below or you have any recommendations for me you want to tell me some better ones I'm all ears you know I have no dedication Apple isn't paying me for this so you know I have no brand loyalty let me know is there something better something cheaper works just as well I'm all-in alright I'll see you in the next one it's been your boy BT saying