iPad My new M4 iPad Pro 13” set up - replacement of my work 15” MBA

[danb1979]

My new 13” M4 IPad Pro landed with me yesterday; and the Apple Magic Keyboard, Spigen Aramid case and Apple Pencil

I need a new portable set up seeing as I’m sending my 15” MBA back on Tuesday after being made redundant

Not had an iPad like this before and decided to get it after watching quite a few videos re iPadOS 26 on YT and how it’ll be able to do all I need of it when it’s finally released.

However; it’s doing a superb job of that now (LinkedIn, MS Word/Outlook/Excel, Adobe Suite etc) and the keyboard is brilliant - glad I stuck with that rather than the Belkin version or similar

I’ve gone for the 5G/wifi version and have a Three eSIM set up in it too, which is great and connects to 5G without issue

It feels really well built and a great set up

Managed to get the iPad for £995 delivered (brand new sealed) and the Magic Keyboard for £200 delivered (brand new/sealed again) via eBay UK - saved a chunk of money over the likes of Amazon etc

 

[okkibs]

Can you use the USB port to plug in a Thunderbolt cable still? I found most cases only leave enough space to plug in the charge cable but USB cables with Thunderbolt have too wide a connector to fit. That happened even with an official case at the Apple Store, I think it was from Logitech but I am not sure now.

 

[danb1979]

Can you use the USB port to plug in a Thunderbolt cable still? I found most cases only leave enough space to plug in the charge cable but USB cables with Thunderbolt have too wide a connector to fit. That happened even with an official case at the Apple Store, I think it was from Logitech but I am not sure now.

Loads of room - already had it connected to my M4 Mac Mini and Dell monitor - zero issues

 

[okkibs]

Loads of room

That's great, I just realized it might have to do with it not being a keyboard case. The Magic Keyboard doesn't offer enough protection in my opinion and I wanted a single sturdy keyboard case to protect my iPad. But I hadn't realized that you can combine this Spigen case with a Magic Keyboard. Maybe I should try out the same combo you're using as that seems to solve the problem.

I'll wait for that iPadOS 26 release first though. Not being able to use an actual mouse cursor still has me prefering the Macbook.

 

[User #07242024]

I wonder what other cases are compatible with Magic Keyboard.

 

[adam1080]

I’m rocking the matching 11” setup (minus Spigen…) and love it. However… I have to ask: why 3 eSIMs setup on an iPad? Only have 1 on mine and 2 eSIMs setup on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. (The second unlimited line on my phone (from my ISP) is cheaper than the single 5G eSIM on my iPP regardless which of the 2 providers I choose for the tablet).

Are unlimited tablet lines in the UK that much cheaper than across the pond? ~$20 per tablet plus taxes here on average. (So the same here would be easily $80+ per month w/taxes… for an iPad.)

 

[danb1979]

I’m rocking the matching 11” setup (minus Spigen…) and love it. However… I have to ask: why 3 eSIMs setup on an iPad? Only have 1 on mine and 2 eSIMs setup on my iPhone 16 Pro Max. (The second unlimited line on my phone (from my ISP) is cheaper than the single 5G eSIM on my iPP regardless which of the 2 providers I choose for the tablet).

Are unlimited tablet lines in the UK that much cheaper than across the pond? ~$20 per tablet plus taxes here on average. (So the same here would be easily $80+ per month w/taxes… for an iPad.)

Three is a network here in the UK

And the eSIM I’ve gone for is £10 UK Sterling a month for 60gb (which I’ll never use to be fair)