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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 NVIDIA 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
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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
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