Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Apple is cutting corners”.
Foreign doesn’t raise the price of the iPad every year; instead, they only raise it when they launch a dramatic redesign or feature Improvement when they introduce this flat Edge to liquid retina form, factor, folding magic keyboard, SMART connector and Brilliant second generation apple pencil to the iPad. Pro in 2018, its price jumped 150 dollars compared to the previous gen, but those price increases and features trickle down to the rest of the lineup. The mid-range iPad Air got them in 2020 for 100, and last year’s mini got it too for 100 as well inflation. That leaves this. The entry-level ninth generation iPad and I was wondering, if Apple, would continue this trend with the 10th Generation. Well, we got the price increase, but we didn’t get everything else which iPad to buy is not easy, especially as there are now four very different models, not that you’d be able to tell looking at them this. The newest 10th generation iPad was released quietly with a simple press release in video at a price of 450.
It’S not the cheapest available because they’re still selling the 9th generation for one hundred and twenty dollars less, but don’t go thinking. It’S a good deal compared to the 600 iPad Air. This certainly looks familiar flat, edges check, rounded Corners check Touch ID in the power button check, USBC port check, rear mounted.
Smart connector. Wait it’s down here. Second, gen pencil dock um.
What is this? For? The first time ever, this new iPad has its Center Stage webcam on the long side of the device for people who are in group. Video calls all the time. This is ideal, as the camera now aligns with your eyes when you set it down horizontally, but it demonstrates a radical change on how Apple thinks we should use this iPad, which is that it’s not for art, because the webcam is up here. It takes up the space of the second gen charging and pairing module, so it doesn’t work and there’s nowhere else to put it the solution go back in time. This iPad supports the fully round first gen apple pencil from the Obama era, and there are many problems with this. Let me explain: the first generation apple pencil was designed to work with iPads that came out before it existed. That’S why it charges and pairs this way with a very sturdy male lightning connector at the end, under this easy to lose cap, just plug it directly into the iPad for 5 seconds, and you get 15 minutes of charge and a pinch for the Next Generation. The iPad was designed with the pencil in mind, so we got this and you might think that going back to the old pencil and new iPad design would work just fine, but it doesn’t because even if you already own a first generation apple pencil, you can’t use It say you have a USBC to lightning cable, like the one that comes with your iPhone. Plugging the lightning coupler the old pencil came with will charge your old pencil, but it will not pair to your new iPad for that.
You must buy the new USBC to pencil, adapter separately or it’s included in the box of new first gen pencils, but even with that, it’s dumb here’s an actual scenario. I went to sketch out thumbnail ideas with Maria. I didn’t have my pencil because there’s no way to carry it along with me.
However, her iPad Pro is dead, so we’ll use her pencil just kidding. It won’t attach to my iPad, so I can’t pair it. So I walk back to my desk to get mine. It’S also pretty dead, so I go back again to get the easy to lose USBC to apple pencil adapter.
I go through the whole rigmarole of assembling the pencil to charge it, but even though this looks ridiculous, I can’t use it while it’s plugged in but Jonathan you might say. Maybe the cable can’t send the power and data at the same time sure. But when I plug my iPad to a monitor, we can see that USBC is fully capable of sending power and data at the same time. So this new iPad is 120 more and it doesn’t support the latest pencil.
So what about the current magic keyboard that uses the SMART connector mounted on the back? Well, it doesn’t support that either. Instead, this iPad has the SMART connector on the bottom, like the old style iPads and their keyboards. This means that you can only use the new 250 dollar magic keyboard folio the keyboard attaches to the bottom here, and the kickstand attaches to the back.
Now the magic keyboard already solved the lappable problem, but this I still have to sit like a uniformed grade school student just to use it, there’s no charging pass-through or keyboard backlighting, but there is a very handy function, road that the more expensive keyboard doesn’t get. So great savings, alright, so I’m ranting about peripherals you might not ever buy, but the update to the device might be worth it too right, oh, but it is not I’ll explain why, after a word from this video’s sponsor Squarespace want to Simply and quickly make a Website Squarespace has a ton of templates available for everything you need and they’re optimized for screen sized mobile to Giant. If it’s for your growing business integrate with platforms, you might already use thanks to a wide variety of extensions on offer. We use Squarespace here at Linus Media Group, so get started today at squarespace.com Mac address to get 10 off your first purchase. A USB type-c connector on an iPad does increase its capability significantly, you can plug any USB hub, drive or peripheral in and they will just work in a really laptop like fashion, lightning equipped iPads require a dongle, and even then you can’t expect everything to work.
But this iPad sport only supports the 20 plus year old, USB 2.0 standard. That’S insane as the standard supports transmission speeds of just 480 megabits per second. This is absurd when you consider that the discontinued 4th gen iPad air from 2020, with the same A14 chip supports USB 3 speeds. How about the screen? Yes, this is technically a liquid retina, meaning it has the round corners, but this screen is actually no better spec wise than the one installed on the 9th gen iPad as well.
It’S not laminated, so there’s a gap between the top of the glass and the bottom of the panel, and it displays fewer colors too outputting the srgb color palette instead of the DCI, P3 found in more expensive models. I don’t mind that as much as the fact that it doesn’t seem to have an anti-reflective coating and is this even oleophobic there’s so many fingerprints you’re going to want a good screen protector? Oh and there’s no headphone jack as well. So if you want to give one of these things to your kids, remember that airpods are choking hazard, so at 450. Is this iPad worth it? No and things get even weirder when you look in the refurbished store at the time of writing a two-year-old iPad Air with the exact same chip and none of the compromises is available for only twenty dollars. More a four-year-old iPad Pro with a chip in the same performance tier remember. The list I made is also only twenty dollars more. If you want a little more storage, you can get a three-year-old iPad Pro for 100 more and if you want a lot more storage that four-year-old iPad Pro is 60 less than the equivalent 10th gen. Compared to this.
Getting one of those is a complete no-brainer and remember Apple’s refurbished iPads get a completely new chassis and Battery, though I think, because of the more modern chip equivalency, I’m going to be leaning towards recommending a refurbished air, but it also shows something else very interesting. The iPad Pro has been in the B performance tier for four years. Then, two years later, the iPad Air joined the B performance tier. So for a similar price, you can get a cheap iPad or one that was an expensive model a few years ago or if you think, you’re going to be using your iPad for a long time and you have the cash you could get an expensive one.
Now and get all the fancy new features, in fact, the iPad I daily here at the office is a beat up 2017 iPad Pro. It has that beautiful promotion screen and it still screams it does everything I could ever expect an iPad to do incredibly well, but the battery is now wearing out. So that’s a 100 repair, oh the battery’s dying. Well, I really get a battery health level in here, but if you need a new model now, I’m still happy to buy, use and recommend the 9th generation model or look in the refurbished store for the extra 120 dollars the 10th generation iPad commands.
It’S only really useful for those who are doing lots of video calls and don’t need the pressure sensitivity of the apple pencil, which might be most people. Just not me, thanks for forgetting to record the outro for this Mac address. Jonathan, if you like, the colors of the new iPad, give this video a like, and if you’re curious about more of my thoughts on the iPad, particularly with the pro might as well subscribe. Now, I’m curious.
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