Reviews for iPad Smart Cover - Polyurethane - Dark Grey

Sure, this covers your iPad screen, but if and when you drop it, your iPad could be toast.

I also found the magnetic connectors to not be substantial enough to resist coming off when holding with one hand.

I am getting a cover that the iPad slips in to so I have some protection of the corners should I drop my iPad.

I love love love my iPad. The Smart Cover is stupid. It will not stay in place and it slid off while I was carrying my iPad and fell to the ground scratching my screen and denting the corners as it rolled across the driveway. Thankfully, my iPad still works! The magnet worked well for quite some time, but now it sticks and then just slides off the pad. I am only giving this item one star. The concept is good as long as the magnet works.

I've been using the product red Smart cover for three months now. Potential buyers should understand this is just a cover not a case for Protection from dropping, etc. I first bought the smart case but found that it obscured too much of the design of the actual iPad. So I traded it in for the smart cover and am much happier with it. I like the Apple design aesthetic and was attracted to the case because it works really well with that vocabulary. I would recommend you purchase a darker color, that will obscure any fingerprints or smudges. The case will show wear after a while, I have a leather one. I actually like the slight cracking that is starting to occur, it feels like an expensive and often used item, like my favorite briefcase or pair of gloves. It's a very tactile experience, extremely satisfying to hold. Considering that this is an item that I use every day, I'm Very happy with my purchase. I also own a third party case for protection for those occasions when I need to have just the iPad without a briefcase or bag to carry it in.

I bought this cover because it was cheaper than the full case and that was a bad decision. first off, the back is unprotected. I've always liked mac products but this one, I feel like i've been duped. why would apple make a product that only covers the front? i accidentally dropped my ipad and the corner cracked because it was unprotected. I bought the green case and was told at the store that it was easy to clean, not true. The case gets dirty and stains almost instantly. the magnetic attachment is neat but it falls off a lot. i love the idea of the magnetic top powering the ipad on and off. that is the only reason this got 2 stars. My advice, spend the money on the leather full case or find an alternative manufacturer. it will protect ALL of the ipad AND clean better.

This cover does exactly what it is supposed to do and it is brilliantly designed. Don't listen to the reviews of people that don't read the product description...

It falls off a lot. While I was picking it up the cover came off and the iPad dropped and the screen cracked : (

I purchased the cover with my iPad less than a year ago. The cover is now delaminating at the edges and is about a step away from being tossed in the rubbish. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Apple - this is an easy fix. Any accessories you sell should stand up to everyday use and for an acceptable period of time.

I BOUGHT THIS WITH THE I PAD IN APRIL. BY JANUARY THE MAGNETIC PART OF THE COVER AFFECTED THE I PAD MAKING THE SCREEN DISAPPEAR AND TOTALLY UNUSABLE. THE I PAD WAS EXCHANGED AS IT STILL HAD WARRANTY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE COVER. I'M RATHER UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS AS IT COST A LOT OF MONEY AND I WILL DEFINATELY NOT RECOMMEND THIS SORT OF COVER TO ANYONE. I WISH NOW I HAD PAID THAT LITTLE BIT MORE AND BOUGHT THE CASE NOT THE COVER

Saw alot of bad reviews and not to sure what people are expecting from this. The cover, covers my iPad and prtects it. The wake up and sleep fuction performs correctly. All the different fold set ups work just the way they are supposed to. It is good quailty. I think it is worth the money and a great buy.

After less than 8 months of use I'm scrapping my Smart Cover because the hinges have damaged the back of my iPad and the magnetic attachment seems to be weaker then when I first got it.
Opening and closing the case has caused the hinge blocks to scratch the iPad back so there's now shiny metal on the hinge blocks and on my iPad. This can only be due to bad design which, for a company like Apple which trades on its reputation for cool, well designed but expensive kit, is reprehensible.
With the cover in place you have to use it as a handle (because the iPad is so smooth there's nothing else to grip and you can't add anything more to act as a handle) so those reviewers who insist that's not what it should be used for, and rudely question the intelligence of people who do, must have found some other way of holding it and should enlighten us with some constructive comments. So, the magnetic coupling apparently having got weaker over the few months I've used it means that the cover inconveniently detaches from time to time, more frequently as time goes by. I'm careful with it now, so I haven't damaged my iPad, but to me it's another indicator of the poor design of this product.
Unsurprisingly, I recommend you don't buy this product.