If you are going to go from an iPad Air 2 to a 9.7 iPad Pro be careful with the Smart Covers

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We already have among us a powerful new iPad, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. The most striking feature is that the new iPad Pro is identical in size and weight to the iPad Air 2, so You can see the engineering work behind it to improve what has already been improved in the same body of what is also the iPad Air 2. 

However, if we look a little at the Apple website we can realize that despite the fact that the 9.7 iPad Pro is identical in shape to the iPad Air 2, those from Cupertino have taken a new series of Smart Covers specifically for this new iPad. Are not the ones of the iPad Air 2 still the same?

As we have mentioned, it seems that Apple has a new collection of Smart Covers available for the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, well differentiated from the Smart Cover collection for the iPad Air, which in turn are used for the iPad Air 1 and the iPad Air 2. We tell you this because the reason that justifies that it is not recommended The use of the previous Smart Cover in the new iPad Pro 9.7 is the alignment of the magnets that make it fit the device. 

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Those of Apple have done a meticulous work to be able to improve the iPad Pro of 9.7 by putting everything in the body of an iPad Air 2 and still maintaining the same weight and dimensions, However, for design reasons, the internal magnets have changed their position, so the Smart Cover of the iPad Air is not fully functional in the 9.7-inch iPad Pro

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So if you are going to buy a new iPad Pro 9.7 and you have the Smart Cover of your iPad Air, do not run the risk of using it and that the device may fall from your hands when you pull the cover. The Smart case of the iPad Air it is clear that it is not compatible because the new iPad has the Smart Connector and four speakers instead of two.


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  1.   ABC said

    Just that just happened to me this week.
    That courage.
    I have an iPad 9.7 from 2016, and in the apple store the Smart Cover box said "for iPad 9.7"

    Well, the magnet has no strength

    Is there any solution?
    I'm even thinking of adding and gluing a magnet to the cover