There appears to be variation in the wobbliness. I checked out a friend's 13" M4 iPad Pro, and it was less wobbly than one I checked out in-store and less wobbly than your description. It's also always possible that some tables aren't completely level which would change the result.
Currently I use a lap desk that apparently isn’t perfectly flat so the hinge actually sits on the surface so there has never been a wobble on my 13. However for those who have concerns like yours, both Dodo and Burton offer Magic Keyboard cases. Not cheap, although the Dodo offering is modestly priced. But both would protect the exterior of the MKB as well as the hinge, as well as offering greater stability to the whole thing.
I wonder if that also happened with the original MKB. I’ve almost never held mine that way, either the old or the new MKB; I always lift mine up by holding the ipad and the upper tilting portion of the keyboard so I’ve never seen a bend. I would think that the metal construction would be less bendable than the original keyboard in that way but maybe they both can bend like that when lifted up in that manner.
I think they just may be misstating the issue, or hyping it. Mine doesn’t wobble but I can make it do so if I wish. But I don’t wish🤷♂️ With the limited number of posts about this, I assume most people are not bothered, or have never experienced it. If I wanted to make a video to get some attention I could go banging away at the top of the ipad screen to make the case lift up. But I’ve never had to tap my screen that hard to initiate any function.
I don't understand what you're getting at @transmaster, with regards to the iPad Pro keyboards.
None of the metal hinges will touch the surface, but wobbling or rocking back does not occur in normal use. I can make mine rock back if I want by banging on the upper part of my iPad screen. But I don’t use it that way and would never have known it was a potential issue. Given the limited number of complaints, most are not aware of a problem. Most of us who bought a keyboard and trackpad device interact with the screen physically much less than those who use the iPad solo. I think that’s the whole purpose.
Quite frankly, I’m convinced there are folks out there will literally look for stuff to complain about. My 13" MK does not wobble at all unless I smack the top of my iPad like a maniac, which I don’t think is the intended purpose. That being said, it doesn’t wobble.
I've seen this issue with my own eyes. However, I've also seen ones that don't have much wobble. ie. There is some inconsistency.
Either his granite is not level or his MKB is defective and should be returned. He should be able to determine that easily with a level on the granite surface. I’d suspect that but I’m not there to see it.
He says right in the video that the behaviour is the same on multiple surfaces.
Now that is true, which you can tell just by looking at them. The old ones have the exterior material wrapping around and over the hinge, adding a little extra depth to the base. That area also sits on whatever surface you have it on while the hinge does not. So a lighter, somewhat more streamlined, and hopefully more durable version was made. Someone somewhere was bound to discover something he wasn’t happy about. Even though mine does not wobble at all, when I’m using it on a flat surface like that countertop or a table, my wrists or palms are touching the aluminum surface so it wouldn’t wobble regardless.
