M2 iPad Air vs M2 iPad Pro - Pro ISN'T Always Better!

should you get the new 13in M2 iPad Air or a refurbished M1 slm2 12.9 in iPad Pro which you can buy for almost the same price as this new iPad Air well you'll be surprised as the iPad Pro isn't necessarily better in every single way so I'm going to compare all the main differences from the design and feel to the display the speakers cameras all the way down to the value to help you guys decide which one is the right choice for you and I want to start off with the design and feel even though I expected them to feel the same in the hands they do not the iPad Air actually feels better and that's because it is both thinner and lighter than the iPad Pro it's only thinner by 0.3 mm but even that's enough for me to be able to notice this in my hand now the bigger difference is when it comes to the weight with the iPad Air being 65 G ligher it's not quite as stand as light as the new M4 iPad Pro but compared to the M2 iPad Pro I much prefer holding the air another advantage to the air is that you also get four colors to choose from instead of just two although I'm not really a huge fan of the colors on the iPad Air as they are very washed out this one right here is apparently the purple although it uh pretty much looks like silver another design difference is that the Sellar version of the iPad Air no longer comes with a SIM card slot it is eim only whereas the M2 iPad Pro does so if you do travel a lot then the iPad Pro will be the better option here as physical Sim will always be cheaper and more accessible which brings me to the display and here the iPad Pro is supposed to be better in every way but it's actually not you see despite both having the same manual brightness of 600 nits to me the air does seemed to be brighter which was especially visible out doors it wasn't a huge difference compared to the iPad Pro but it was there other than that the iPad proos display is indeed Superior in every single way when you're watching HDR content it goes crazy bright up to 1,600 nits so the colors simply pop but everything on screen just looks so good all of this is thanks to the mini LED display on the iPad Pro which although it doesn't match the OLED on the new M4 iPad Pros as it does have some blooming when you're watching content in low lights it is Miles better than the LCD panel on the iPad Air which I found to be lacking the brightness and of course the Deep blacks of the Min LED however I think that the biggest difference is when it comes to the refresh rates the iPad Air still only comes with a 60 HZ display compared to the 120 HZ on the iPad Pro and I don't know if it's simply just me being used to 120 HZ but the iPad Air actually feels slower than 60 another area in which the iPad Pro Superior is when it comes to the speakers the iPad Air comes with zero speakers so one on each side whereas the iPad Pro comes with four speakers so two on each side so let's do a quick [Music] test I used wow that was a huge difference Not only was the iPad Pro 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features an ultra module on the back which Apple actually removed from the new M4 iPad Pros the iPad Air only has a single module personally I don't think that this is a big of a deal as not many people use an iPad as their primary camera but in some cases having the ultra might be useful for example my mom has an iPad Pro and an iPhone 10s and since her iPhone 10s does not have an ulted module at all she actually uses the one on the iPad Pro but but if you only care about the main camera then you'll be happy to hear that it is exactly the same on both even down to the image processing now the IP Pro also has a lighter module on the back for augmented reality apps which I've actually used in the past for measuring furniture or placing Furniture using the Ikea place app although the iPad Air also supports augmented reality apps and an Apple's measure app for example it does seem to be almost as accurate as the iPad Pro you also get Pro r support on the iPad Pro in case you do want to shoot videos on the iPad Pro directly and and then grade them in Final Cuts for the iPad and you also get a flash which can be useful for when you're scanning documents although in my case I have found myself using it as a torch around my house on a few occasions one more camera difference is that the iPad Pro features a vertical front camera whereas the iPad Air features a landscape wand so if you do tend to use your iPad with a magic keyboard as well then the iPad Air will be far better so this is a front-facing camera and the microphone test on the brand new iPad Air you can see how good that camera placement is on the iPad also has two microphones compared to five on the iPad Pro so let me know if there's any difference in terms of the audio quality as well and now here's a beautiful front piecing camera test on the M2 iPad Pro you can see how great that uh viewing angle is but do let me know if the iPad Pro Sounds any better since it has five microphones let me know if you notice any difference in terms of the audio quality at least on top of this since the iPad Pro also features face ID so lighter on the front as well uh you can also take front portrait mode photos which you can cannot take on the iPad Air at all and you also cannot take these with the back facing camera of the iPad Pro for some reason even though we do have lighter on the back which is very strange and speaking of face ID this is one of my favorite things on the iPad Pro being able to unlock it by just using my face as opposed to having to use that fingerprint reader built into the power button like on the iPad Air and to me face ID is just so much better especially on a tablet I'm simply not a fan of having to constantly rotate my iPad around to find that fingerprint reader in order to unlock my iPad even if Apple does give me this indicator as to where I have to place my finger is just very inconvenient and it's even worse for when you're using the magic keyboard being able to Simply swipe up on the trackpad to start using my iPad like I can with my iPad Pro is just amazing which brings me to the magic keyboard This one is identical between the two the only difference here being the total weight with a magic keyboard attached the iPad Pro weighs 1.38 kg while the air weighs 1315 so 65 G lighter still not quite as light as the new M4 iPad Pro with the magic keyboard which weighs 1.25 1 kg or as light as the 30in MacBook Air which weighs 1.23 7 but hey when you're traveling every gam counts and there's no denying that between the M2 air and the M2 Pro the air is the lighter package another keyboard difference here is that the iPad Pro also supports Apple's Smart Keyboard folio which is not only $150 cheaper than the magic keyboard but it is also noticeably lighter at 407 G as opposed to 693 it doesn't come with a trackpad and the keys are also quite mushy but hey if you want a more affordable keyboard for your iPad that's also made by Apple that only works with the iPad Pro which brings us to the apple pencil and the apple pencil is actually the main reason why you should consider the M2 iPad Air as opposed to the M2 iPad Pro and that's because unlike the pro the air also supports the new Apple pencil Pro which comes with a number of improvements for example you can out squeeze it to bring up this tool menu that allows you to quickly change the brush type the brush size and more whereas with a second gen apple pencil which is the highest end that's the iPad Pro supports you'll have a separate tool menu that will take up some of your screen space the apple pencil Pro also gives you haptic feedback whenever you squeeze it and also when you double tap to change the tool which I've also found to be far more reliable than on the second gen apple pencil additionally the apple pencil Pro also allows you to rotate the tip of the brush just by rotating the apple pencil itself this barrel roll feature is something that Zara from my team is a big fan of she paints and draws and she was even considering an M2 iPad Air because of this feature which does not work with the iPad Pro at all on top of this you also have find my functionality with the apple pencil Pro which allows you to locate the apple pencil if you somehow lose it although it simply uses Bluetooth as opposed to having an ultra white chip inside like the air tag so you'll only get a rough area in which you've lost it rather than a precise location both pencils on both iPads support the hover functionality which lets you see the cursor before you start using the apple pencil which is great but the apple pencil Pro goes a step further on the iPad Air and shows you the shadow in software of the tool that you've got selected in fact Apple even created full 3D models for these which I find absolutely incredible now there is one advantage that the iPad Pro has over the iPad Air when it comes to using the apple pencil and that is the response time since we've got a 120 HZ display on the iPad Pro using the apple pencil just feels way more responsive than on the air still plenty of designers still use iPad Airs for their work our wers creater Matthew AKA walrod has recently upgraded to an M1 iPad air from his previous iPad 9 Chan and he's made some of our most stunning packs role papers yet like Wild Wonders Sahara Summits Heavenly Horizons heroic Heroes and many more and 120 Herz wasn't something that matthy necessarily missed in fact all of these new features of the new Apple pencil Pro seem to be a far bigger deal to most designers than 120 Herz is and as always all of our latest wallpapers are in the description box down below also we have recently launched our new Japanese Joyland pack by Hannah with these beautiful colorful depictions of Japanese art which you can also check out in wallpapers as well which brings us to the performance both of these iPads do come with the exact same M2 Chip however we did actually see some unexpected performance differences in gigb 6 we saw fairly similar numbers for their CPU performance however when we tested their GPU the iPad Pro was 11% faster which was very strange so we then tested a GPU in 3D Mark solar test and here the iPad Pro was 6.6% faster so at first I thought that maybe the cooling was just worse on the iPad Air however they both scored a 70% stability score so the cost for this performance difference was still unclear we tested Final Cut Pro as well and here we exported the sample lunar Newar project which we've duplicated five times and this took the iPad Air 1 minute and 48 seconds whereas the iPad Pro took 1 minute and 36 seconds so the iPad Pro was 11% faster here as well so at this point my guess was that Apple simply clocks the iPad Airs M2 Chip lower compared to the iPad Pro so we had to look at the readings in geekbench and it does seem like apple is running the M2 Chip inside the iPad Pro at an ever so slightly higher clock speed however this isn't quite the difference that I was expecting to see here weirdly enough geekbench also shows the iPad Air having more usable memory at 7.4 5 GB out of 8 as opposed to 7.31 on the iPad Pro so honestly I'm not really sure why we're seeing such a big 10% performance difference in some cases as that clock speed difference is quite minimal maybe that's just the initial clock speed reading which possibly drops more on the air for whatever intended or unintended Reason by Apple now we've also tested a game Resident Evil 4 and the performance looked to be the same on both here what was different though were The Thermals the IP air felt significantly cooler to the touch which makes me think that this has something to do with the medi LED display inside the iPad Pro which likely requires more power for the dimming zones that can also make it go far brighter hence heating up the iPad more and lastly we've also tested a file transfer speed through an external SSD as the iPad Pro does have a thunderbold port capable of 40 GB per second transfer speeds as opposed to the iPad Air's 10 GB per second USBC Port unfortunately we did not have an actual Thunderbolt SSD to test this but using our roughly 800 mb per an external drive we were able to see a difference with the iPad Air transferring an 18 GB video file in 59 seconds as opposed to just 35 on the iPad Pro or 40% faster so if you plan to constantly transfer photos and files to and from your iPad then the iPad Pro is going to be the one to get okay so having said all of this which one gives you more value well the 128 GB M2 iPad Air costs $800 the M2 iPad Pro is not currently on Apple's refurbished stores yet but it will be there soon most likely replacing the current M1 model which they're selling for $830 for the 256 GB model so you can simply wait for the M2 version to show up on rep store or just get the M1 model right now which gives you everything that the M2 model does the only difference being slightly less performance which most people will never even use to the fullest and the lack of apple pencil hover but aside from that the M1 model is identical plus if you go for the IPA Pro you can also get a second gen apple pencil refurbished for $109 in which case the total cost would be $1,289 whereas an equivalent 256 GB iPad Air would be 1,379 and I think that if you're a graphic designer you should absolutely go with the iPad Air because of the apple pencil Pro features whereas if you're someone who enjoys watching content more and you don't really use the apple pencil much then I would go for the iPad Pro because of that M 12 HZ display and the much much better speakers and a pro tip once the M2 iPad Pro is added to the refurbished store the price of the M1 model would then drop even further so that's when it would become a great idea to actually pick an M1 iPad Pro up so yeah I hope this helped hopefully you have now made your decision check out wallpapers using the link below and uh yeah stay tuned for more iPad videos in the coming days I'm Daniel it's going Tech and I'll see you guys in the next one so enough Tech exitting cheers I I I [Music]

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Length: 14min 36sec (876 seconds)

Published: Thu May 23 2024