My previous iPad having been declared dead by the Genius Bar Doctor I had to replace it. For a number of valid reasons I chose to bypass any of the intermediate models and purchased the Pro 12.9” 6th Gen 256gb.This keyboard review was based solely on the device itself and not not Amazon . Amazon’s rating both as to price and shipping is a solid 5+! That iPad purchase, of course required that I purchase a case/folio in order to protect my purchase. After looking at all available including third party I narrowed it down to the top two offered by Apple those, of course being the Smart and Magic keyboards. Doing a side by side comparison I opted initially for the Smart Keyboard Folio, price being the determinant factor. I know, I know this a review of the Magic Keyboard Folio. I am getting there! I subsequently was browsing Amazon and they had the Magic Keyboard Folio on sale. Less you think I’m crazy wait until I tell you there’s a third party keyboard I’m seriously considering purchasing. Yes, I’ll have eventually three folios for my iPad. I’ll have three folios/cases for the same reason I have more than one wristwatch, more than one fountain pen, more than one set of earbuds/headsets, more than one cigar cutter and more than one cigar lighter. I like having situational flexibility.Having the Smart Keyboard Folio, though were the differences worth the increased cost in acquiring the Magic Keyboard Folio? I cannot give either a solid yes or no! It is, however, a very strong, maybe. I do like the cantilever design on the Magic which allows for better viewing angle adjustment than the Smart Keyboard Folio which has but the two fixed positions. I find having a multitude of different viewing angles for different uses to be very convenient especially as my eyesight and eye comfort now as I’m in my mid-70s ain’t what it used to be. If one is good, two has to be better, right? Maybe, maybe not.The Magic Keybard has a “pass through “ USB-C Charging port. From what I can discover it is for power only no data. As the keyboard has no battery is it supplying power to both the iPad and the Magic Keyboard (power only )? The logical assumption is, maybe. It follows that I can have charging power for the iPad using the pass through port and one of a number of accessories through the iPads USB-C port as that port has both charging and data capabilities. With no cable in either USB-C port the keyboard has no pwer whatsoever.. Convenient but it is not directly addressed. Oddly enough there is cautionary remark not to utilize a cable to interconnect the two ports. Well, duh!To track or not to track is the question and quandary. As I’ve Apple products going back so far I think some were shipped from their garage. I’ve had an iPod Classic, iPod Touch, an Apple Watch, an iPhone and many models of the iPad. Concurrently, I’ve owned and still ownvarious Android tablets and three Amazon Fire tablets. For my Android Tablets I’ve had their version of the Magic Keyboard Folio. The cost, of course was markedly less expensive than my purchases from the Apple orchard.Having a trackpad can be a convenience for those times when you want to maneuver about in page rapidly. Being able to turn the trackpad off when it works to your detriment is just as convenient and at times even more so. When it is on and you inadvertently, generally by your thumbs or the back of your palm it can be downright aggravating. My Android keyboard utilizes the simultaneous Fn + spacebar to toggle the trackpad on/off. This Magic Keyboard has no means to turn the trackpad off. None, not all, not anticipated for. Back in the day once people discovered it was possible for your camera to be spying on you it was a common life hack to tape a piece of a post-it note over the camera., A cut to measure piece of card stock will, I think effectively “turn off the trackpad. It’s indeed a sad state of affairs that has to be the workaround. It’s effective, but ever so ugly,While writing the review, I received a call from Apple technical support,. That was the source of the trackpad on/off information along with some information on the simultaneous use of both the keyboard’s pass through and the iPad’s USB-C ports. Those two questions alone necessitated me me being placed on hold for twenty minutes while he queried his colleagues plus the Senior Tech representative on duty, While the trackpad was a definite no, the simultaneous usage of the USB-C ports was a consensus opinion that you can. The pass through port on the keyboard for charging the iPad and the iPad’s USB-C port for an accessory device such as a mouse or data hub. There is not anything written down but all agreed it’s the only logical usage.Off topic in a way, I brought up to the tech rep an issue on using the Apple Pen to take a screenshot/open a quick note. The guidance as written is ambiguous to the point of being wrong, As written, it says to go diagonally up from the left or right (or depending on how you designate in settings) corner OF THE SCREEN. This will result in your scrolling. You must place the pen in the extreme corner of the iPad virtually offscreen entirely and touching the aluminum bezel.For me, taken altogether the pros outweigh the cons and the Magic Keyboard is worth the expenditure. It’s definitely a weighty personal decision based on a knife’s edge of pro/con thought.On the probable third case purchase. For the iPad that just died I had a Zugu case. The Zugu ain’t near as purty as either the Smart ot Magic cases. It is, however as rugged as a tank with a mind boggling number of viewing angle adjustments. When I was notified that my wife had passed away the cased iPad hit the floor and bounced from a rather high distance. Not that I was at all concerned about it at all. While the iPad for which I had the Zugu is no longer functional I’m keeping the case itself as a memento mori, it being festooned with many, many hospital visitor badges including the last one I ever received the morning of the day that she passed away. I had just reentered the hospital when I received the call from her nurse informing me of her death. I had stepped out for a brief. moment. A moment forever burned into my soul. Please forgive my going so far astray and off topic.