You can detach the keyboard for those times when you just want to use your iPad as a pure tablet, and there's a holder for your first-generation Pencil if you're a budding artist. The case doesn't 'float' your iPad like Apple's does, but there is a Surface-style kickstand to help you get the right viewing angle.

The Combo Touch won't be available until May. It should, however, cost the same whether you'e buying for the base iPad or the iPad Air. And while $150 isn't trivial, that's still half of what Apple is asking -- combine that with the savings on the tablet itself and you could spend hundreds less than you would on a comparable iPad Pro configuration.