Mentioned by several rumors in recent weeks, the change in design of Apple’s Magic Keyboard would allow the keyboard to adopt a style closer to that of MacBooks… while integrating a large trackpad that is much more pleasant to use.
You spent almost 370 euros to pay for the services of a brand new Magic Keyboard? You may soon regret it bitterly. Still in Apple’s catalog at an unchanged price since its announcement, the Californian giant’s high-end keyboard would soon be replaced by a brand new model significantly outclassing the current version, both in terms of design and comfort in use.
That’s what Mark Gurman tells us this week, who backs up rumors suggesting the arrival of this all-new Magic Keyboard with new information. According to the journalist for Bloomberg, often well informed when it comes to Apple, the firm would bet on a new model supposed to accompany the launch of the next iPad Pro. The latter would benefit in particular from a brand new aluminum chassis and a larger trackpad.
Goodbye plastic, hello aluminum?
According to Mark Gurman, these two changes would allow the next version of the Magic Keyboard to sport a look closer to that of the latest MacBooks, but also to offer users a level of comfort similar to that of Apple laptops. . This would be a more than welcome change, particularly in terms of trackpadthat of the current model being far too small to be really pleasant to use on a daily basis.
The abandonment of plastic in favor of aluminum for the chassis of this new keyboard would also constitute a major change vis-à-vis what we know for the moment. Apple would thus propose a design more “premium“, but we doubt that this will improve the stability of the whole on soft surfaces (to work on the knees or in bed for example). Also be careful: the aluminum would only concern the interior of the accessory… the external part would remain the same, more or less.
“I’m told that when closed, the Magic Keyboard’s outer shell will retain the current model’s cover material. It will also continue to have a USB-C port“says Mark Gurman. We also do not know what the price of this new keyboard would be. It’s hard to see Apple pass the 400 euro mark… but it wouldn’t be the first time either that the firm has raised its prices without warning… especially on the French market.
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