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Note that this is Kavaj's "Berlin" design iPad case. In the past they offered a different design, the "Hamburg", which is vastly superior to the Berlin.
I had a Kavaj Hamburg case for my older iPad Air and loved it, so when I upgraded to the new 2020 iPad Pro 11" I wanted to get the same case. To my dismay, I couldn't find the Hamburg for this iPad model, neither here on Amazon nor on the Kavaj website, so I bought the Berlin in the hope it'd be a worthy substitute.
Unfortunately, I'm very unhappy with the Berlin design and will be returning it. It is vastly inferior to the Hamburg for three reasons.
First, and most importantly, the Berlin frame is too minimal for proper protection. Only one edge, the one behind the cover hinge, is fully protected by the frame. The other three edges are protected only by corner pieces. The iPad pops out of the frame so easily that I don't feel it would be secure in the frame were I to drop it. The Hamburg case, on the other hand, has a leather sleeve with cutouts for the speakers, microphone, etc.. The sleeve opening is secured by a large piece of very sturdy Velcro. It is a pain to get the iPad into and out of the sleeve, but once it's in the sleeve all the edges are fully protected and it definitely isn't going anywhere. You could drop a Hamburg-protected iPad off a ten-story balcony and after it hit the ground, yes it'd be broken but guaranteed it'd still be in the case. Since I don't take the iPad out of the case very often, I don't really care if getting it in and out of the case is harder because the protection provided by the sleeve is so outstanding. An additional protective advantage for the Hamburg is that the sleeve's edges extend slightly onto the screen itself. This provides awesome protection to the edges of the screen but does not obscure any of the active portion of the screen (only a narrow sliver of the blacked out, inactive "frame" of the screen is covered).
Second, the Berlin has only two viewing angles. The high angle is not only too high for a comfortable viewing angle but also it is quite unstable because the base of the triangle (as viewed from the side) isn't long enough. When I try to use the high angle when sitting in my recliner, the iPad tips over unless I hold it, and a primary reason I want a case is so that that I don't have to hold it. As for the low angle, I almost never "type" on my iPad screen anyway. The Hamburg case has five viewing angles, the same (unstable) high angle and low "typing" angle as the Berlin plus three awesome intermediate ones.
Third, the Berlin's process of opening, folding the cover back, and inserting the edge of the cover under the tab on the back is a pain (especially when the resulting angle isn't satisfactory), and this time the hassle matters because you open and close the case constantly. Inserting the cover edge under the tab is very annoying. The tab is stiff and you can't see what you're doing without tilting the whole thing forward, which adds yet another step to the process. This would probably get better with use as the tab loosens up, but in the meantime it's a major annoyance. The Hamburg model had the tab too but I never used it because it wasn't necessary and the resulting high angle was unstable. With the Hamburg model, once you open the cover you can immediately set it to the angle you currently need and you're done. No folding back the cover and no tab inserting required. Closing it is also faster.
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