{"id":63604,"date":"2016-07-26T14:25:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=63604"},"modified":"2016-07-26T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:25:45","slug":"razer-unveils-first-mechanical-keyboard-case-for-ipad-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/razer-unveils-first-mechanical-keyboard-case-for-ipad-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Razer unveils first mechanical keyboard case for iPad Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case.png\" alt=\"razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve long been a fan of mechanical keyboards, thanks to their lovely tactile and clicky switches that provide so much more feedback, comfort and fun than &#8216;ordinary&#8217; keyboards. In fact, almost every article I&#8217;ve written for Mobile Fun has been done on a mechanical keyboard. This week, Razer have announced the first mechanical switches (and keyboard) for a mobile device: the Mechanical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/apple\/ipad-pro-12-9-inch\/cases\/keyboard\">Keyboard Case for the full-size iPad Pro<\/a>. It&#8217;s an interesting product, so let&#8217;s take a closer look.<\/p>\n<p>The heart of the Razer mechanical keyboard case are its switches. These are some of the first low-profile mechanical switches, with a reduced travel that allows them to fit in a reasonably thin case. They have a weighting of 70 grams; reasonably heavy for a mechanical switch but light compared to other keyboards, which typically press down onto a rubber membrane. Razer&#8217;s claim that this will give &#8216;the exact same performance and feel as a full-fledged mechanical keyboard&#8217; is almost certainly without merit, but Razer&#8217;s efforts should still feel better and out-perform the average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/apple\/ipad-pro-12-9-inch\/keyboards\">iPad Pro keyboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2.png\" alt=\"razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-ipad-pro-mechanical-keyboard-case-2-450x300.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The switches are combined with low-profile chiclet keys, which should make the keyboard look quite similar to its non-mechanical peers &#8212; at least until you turn on the green LED backlight, which should provide some indication that you&#8217;re dealing with something\u00a0<em>other<\/em>. Razer promise 20 levels of backlighting, so you should be able to have them on really dimly, quite brightly or somewhere in the middle. There&#8217;s also a multi-angle metal kickstand to keep the case at a convenient laptop-like angle, and a detachable polycarbonate case to keep the whole assembly (and your iPad Pro) safe from harm.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s potential for a\u00a0good pairing with the iPad Pro here; two premium products designed to deliver an unparalleled mobile experience. We&#8217;ll have to see how Razer&#8217;s attempts are received when the first units arrive later this year, but for the \u00a3150 asking price it&#8217;s hard to see this as a must-have item for every iPad Pro owner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399.png\" alt=\"razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399\" width=\"1440\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399.png 1440w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/razer-keyboard-ipad-pro-e1468518310399-450x241.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in using a mech with your iPad Pro? Would you go for Razer&#8217;s option or simply a small (40 to 60% size) mechanical keyboard? Let us know in the comments below, or write to us on Twitter @mobilefun. Thanks for checking out the article and have a good week!<\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve long been a fan of mechanical keyboards, thanks to their lovely tactile and clicky switches that provide so much more feedback, comfort and fun than &#8216;ordinary&#8217; keyboards. Now Razer have announced the first mechanical switches (and keyboard) for a mobile device: the Mechanical Keyboard Case for the full-size iPad Pro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":63605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8208,3306,6],"tags":[8025,8565],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63608,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63604\/revisions\/63608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}