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The article is wrong. It's $450 total for the keyboard and the pen. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-keyboard-with-slim-pen/93fzrmtgj6jw https

The article is wrong. It's $450 total for the keyboard and the pen. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-keyboard-with-slim-pen/93fzrmtgj6jw https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-keyboard-... It costs a bit less than buying Apple's $350 Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro 13 along with a $130 Pencil Pro. https://www.apple.com/shop/ipad/accessories https://www.apple.com/shop/ipad/accessories Both of these are way too expensive.

dagmx 2y ago
At least according to the page you linked, the Pen has a caveat of “Sold Separately” so I’m inclined to think the article is correct or the Microsoft page needs better copy? Perhaps they mean “also available separately”. For example go to the Tech Specs tab and the pen has footnote 3: “Sold separately”
- sahaskatta 2y ago
  I'm fairly sure it's a copy issue. Regardless, Microsoft's entire marketing site for this product needs a redo. It's poorly organized and designed.
  - dagmx 2y ago
    Yeah the site feels like an e-shop from a decade ago. Every section scrolls in a different direction, with multiple different ways of representing the same information.
- croes 2y ago
  MS was too lazy to change the tech specs for the page with pen. It's identical to the one without pen.
  - dagmx 2y ago
    Ah good to know. I guess I can’t fault the article for misinformation if Microsoft themselves can’t get it right.
nunez 2y ago
I disagree on the Magic Keyboard being too expensive. Many of the cheaper keyboards you can get for the iPad are too heavy, have keys that are too sticky, or both. The new Magic Keyboard is very light, very well constructed and has a keyboard that resembles typing on a Mac, which is no small feat IMO.
- sahaskatta 2y ago
  The Surface Pro flex keyboard weighs 340 g including pen. The Magic Keyboard for iPad 13 M4 weights over 670 g. That's quite heavy. Nearly double without added weight from the Pencil Pro.

dagmx 2y ago

At least according to the page you linked, the Pen has a caveat of “Sold Separately” so I’m inclined to think the article is correct or the Microsoft page needs better copy? Perhaps they mean “also available separately”. For example go to the Tech Specs tab and the pen has footnote 3: “Sold separately”

sahaskatta 2y ago
I'm fairly sure it's a copy issue. Regardless, Microsoft's entire marketing site for this product needs a redo. It's poorly organized and designed.
- dagmx 2y ago
  Yeah the site feels like an e-shop from a decade ago. Every section scrolls in a different direction, with multiple different ways of representing the same information.
croes 2y ago
MS was too lazy to change the tech specs for the page with pen. It's identical to the one without pen.
- dagmx 2y ago
  Ah good to know. I guess I can’t fault the article for misinformation if Microsoft themselves can’t get it right.

nunez 2y ago

I disagree on the Magic Keyboard being too expensive. Many of the cheaper keyboards you can get for the iPad are too heavy, have keys that are too sticky, or both. The new Magic Keyboard is very light, very well constructed and has a keyboard that resembles typing on a Mac, which is no small feat IMO.

sahaskatta 2y ago
The Surface Pro flex keyboard weighs 340 g including pen. The Magic Keyboard for iPad 13 M4 weights over 670 g. That's quite heavy. Nearly double without added weight from the Pencil Pro.