1 00:00:01,920 --> 00:00:08,800 It's another iPad. It's the iPad Air M4. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,480 It looks about the same design-wise as the previous generation because Apple 3 00:00:10,639 --> 00:00:16,320 figured out how iPads are supposed to look and just kind of stuck with that 4 00:00:14,559 --> 00:00:20,400 like, you know, if it works, why change it? Why fix what ain't broke? So, yeah, 5 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:25,279 it's got an M4 this time instead of an M3. But it's not just the chip. There's 6 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:29,920 actually a few other interesting hardware upgrades that they made. Not on 7 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:34,000 the outside, though. They're inside, which is what counts in case you never 8 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:37,280 heard that before. But just to make sure we're not missing anything, let's take a 9 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,840 look at the outside. So, this is the what' you call it? Platinum 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:44,480 >> Starite. >> Starite. But yeah, there you go. If 11 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:48,320 you've uh seen an iPad Air that was made in the last, you know, 3 or 4 years, 12 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:52,879 this will look very familiar to you. It's still got that kind of squareedged 13 00:00:50,719 --> 00:00:58,239 design. On the back, we've got the Apple logo. We've got the pogo pins down there 14 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:00,399 at the bottom and the 12 megapixel 15 00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:06,159 camera which has the exact same specs as the previous gen. On this side, we've 16 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:08,080 got the volume buttons there and the 17 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:13,280 pencil mount which is compatible with the Apple Pencil USBC as well as the 18 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:17,600 pencil pro. And that's reminding me of that whole debacle with where they 19 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:20,880 released the USBC charging version of the Apple Pencil because it wasn't 20 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:25,280 compatible with one of the iPads because they moved the camera up here on the long side and they had they had the same 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:29,759 mount. Good times. On the bottom here, we've 22 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:32,880 got the two speaker grills, one of which is fake. They keep putting them on 23 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:36,960 there, though. It's cuz they're just reusing the chassis from iPad Pro, 24 00:01:35,119 --> 00:01:40,720 basically. But like one of these has has a speaker in it, and the other one is a 25 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:46,399 hilarious prank they're pulling on. In the middle is a USBC port for charging 26 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:49,119 and data and display too, I think. Yeah. 27 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:53,200 On this side, nothing except a little bit of text. Actually, I've never 28 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:57,840 noticed that before. It says Apple Inc. iPad Air. It has charging numbers. I've 29 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:01,520 never noticed that before. If that was there on previous iPads, I've never seen 30 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:05,759 it. But like, what is that? That's saying what this can be charged at. 31 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:11,200 Usually, you only see that kind of thing on a charger and not on the device 32 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:14,319 itself. It's kind of cool. Apple. Yeah. 33 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:17,920 And on the last side that we haven't 34 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:21,120 looked at the we got two more speaker 35 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:23,360 grills. Oh, one of them has less holes. 36 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:28,400 Which one's the real speaker one? We'll find out. And then a uh power button/ 37 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:32,000 fingerprint reader. Nice to see. Or Touch ID. Sorry. Sorry, Apple. Sorry. 38 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,319 Touch ID. And then there's the display itself. We have the 39 00:02:33,519 --> 00:02:41,040 >> 11 in >> iPad Air here. Uh same display, same 40 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:42,959 exact specs. uh 500 nits. As I said, all 41 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:46,480 of the upgrades are inside, but I neglected to do the thing you're 42 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:52,160 supposed to do in an unboxing, which was actually take look at the other stuff in 43 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:54,080 the box. And we got uh some papers with 44 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:59,200 some Those are pretty Wow, those are nice pictures. Documentation. You do 45 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:04,480 read through all of that before you turn it on, but uh I won't today, but you 46 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:11,840 should. And then uh we got a charger. How long How big is it? Is it 20 watts? 47 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:13,840 It's 20 watts. and a nice cable. I like 48 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,680 I like these uh sleeved cables that Apple's been using for some time now. 49 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:23,280 I'm going to say that's 3 ft 3 and 1/2 ft maybe. All right, 50 00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:26,239 let's enter iPad OS after this segue to 51 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:30,640 our sponsor deep dbrand. You know, hey, Dbrand does make iPad skins, but they 52 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:35,200 actually don't want me to talk to you about iPad skins. They want me to talk 53 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:40,480 to you about the new 1984 skins for the MacBook based on this kind of, you know, 54 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:45,840 the thing that Apple looked like in 1984 when Apple fought a war against big 55 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:50,400 brother for all of our freedoms. 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Slightly higher CPU clock speed as well. And as 75 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:22,000 is usually the case with the version of the chip that gets shipped on an iPad, 76 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:27,680 the M4 here has one less GPU core than the M4 in a Mac. However, it's not just 77 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:32,160 kind of like faster cores and slightly different CPU configuration. There has 78 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:38,160 been a major RAM upgrade. Interestingly, in the age of the RAM crisis, Apple has 79 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:41,600 taken the iPad Air M3, which had 8 gigs 80 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:46,080 of LPDDR5 RAM, and upgraded it in the 81 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:47,919 M4, to 12 GB of LPDDR5X. 82 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:52,720 I think I added an extra D in there, but we'll leave it. So, you get more RAM, 83 00:05:49,759 --> 00:05:56,240 and it's faster. It's got 120 GB per second memory bandwidth now instead of 84 00:05:54,160 --> 00:06:00,400 just 100 which I guess puts us in this interesting position now of having an 85 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:05,520 iPad Air that is the same price as the MacBook Neo actually 599 but you get 86 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:10,000 more RAM in this one. You got 12 gigs in this 8 gigs in the MacBook Neo. However, 87 00:06:07,919 --> 00:06:13,759 you have 256 gigs of starting storage with the MacBook Neo and this thing only 88 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:16,800 starts with 128. It's all fun. It's just kind of like a guessing game. It's like 89 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:21,520 what do we got? That RAM upgrade is extra interesting to 90 00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:26,560 me in particular because I'm someone who has always appreciated the iPad as a 91 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:30,720 potential, you know, laptop replacement. And I think part of the reason why I was 92 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:36,160 so interested in the iPad as like a potential laptop replacement was because 93 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:38,160 they Apple didn't have a lower-end 94 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:41,440 MacBook. Like the lowest MacBook that they had was the MacBook Air, which has 95 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:46,720 been like kind of around that $1,000 price point for a long time. This thing 96 00:06:43,280 --> 00:06:49,520 starts at $600 and you can get it for 97 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:52,720 550 as a student US, but it doesn't come with a keyboard, but it has 12 gigs of 98 00:06:51,039 --> 00:06:57,199 RAM and a more powerful processor than the MacBook Neo. Oh my goodness. Smaller 99 00:06:55,039 --> 00:07:01,599 screen, 11 in. Thank you. There's a 13-in version of this, but that's more 100 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:06,880 expensive. Apple makes everything so fun. But anyways, other 101 00:07:03,919 --> 00:07:10,400 than that M4 chip upgrade, uh, you know, I alluded to some other internal 102 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:15,120 upgrades that Apple has made this generation. There's an Apple modem in 103 00:07:12,639 --> 00:07:19,199 here. There's the Apple C1X modem instead of the Qualcomm modem, although 104 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:23,039 that's in the 5G version, which we don't have. We got the the normal one. And for 105 00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:27,840 other wireless connectivity, Apple's now put their N1 firstparty chip in here 106 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,880 instead of the Broadcom chip that they were using before. And I don't know 107 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:35,440 whether it's because of that or not, but the M4 has some upgraded standard 108 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:41,440 support. So, it supports Wi-Fi 7 now instead of 6E and Bluetooth 6 instead of 109 00:07:38,479 --> 00:07:46,400 Bluetooth 5.3. So altogether, you know, compared to last year, which was like 110 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:51,680 basically just the M3 chip versus the M2, this is a fairly acrosstheboard 111 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:56,160 update in terms of hardware. Obviously, no, we got the same cameras and the same 112 00:07:53,840 --> 00:08:00,160 display, same battery, even battery size. One thing I didn't mention because 113 00:07:58,479 --> 00:08:07,280 um I don't really care about it, but some people might, uh the NPU in the M4 114 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:10,639 chip is apparently much better. It's got 115 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:12,560 up to a 111% performance boost. 38 116 00:08:10,639 --> 00:08:18,879 trillion operations per second versus 18 trillion operations per second. So if 117 00:08:14,319 --> 00:08:20,560 you run uh local LLMs on your iPad, 118 00:08:18,879 --> 00:08:25,120 somebody does and they'll be really excited. As is tradition though, we will 119 00:08:23,199 --> 00:08:28,479 check out the display and the speakers, see how they make us feel on an 120 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:33,839 emotional level. You know, I will say that like it is a tablet, but to me I 121 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:37,440 even iPad Pro is kind of like the the standard the the gold standard of like 122 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:40,800 speakers in a tablet on the market, but like iPad Air has always been pretty 123 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:45,120 good, too, even though they only have two speakers in those four grills that 124 00:08:42,719 --> 00:08:48,120 we mentioned. All right, Krabs. Hi, Mr. Krabs. 125 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,959 That's Max. 126 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:59,519 Oh, I got to check where the speakers were. 127 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:02,720 Yeah, speakers are in the bottom of those two grills. If you're looking at 128 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:06,320 it in laptop mode, that's where the speakers are. Okay, the camera's there. 129 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:09,320 The speakers there. Okay, write that down. 130 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,480 See, I think 131 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:22,080 a lot more bass than you would expect to get out of a a dinky little tablet, but 132 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:25,040 there's still very much like there's some bass and there's some highs and the 133 00:09:23,839 --> 00:09:30,080 mids are just kind of like where are they at? They took a break. But um 134 00:09:26,959 --> 00:09:32,720 that's at max volume. Turning it down a 135 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:37,839 little bit. You know, it's it's a little bit better 136 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:39,600 to represent at least subjectively. The 137 00:09:37,839 --> 00:09:43,120 display, I mean, you know, what's what is there to say? It looks nice. Oh, 138 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:48,399 let's let's up the resolution. It looks nice. You know, it's no iPad Pro, but 139 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:53,120 you know, it's an IPS display. It's an iPad Air. It's not the cheapest iPad. 140 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:58,480 It's in, you know, it's funny to to compare this to the MacBook Neo. It's 141 00:09:55,839 --> 00:10:04,640 such an interesting We got an iPhone chip in a in a MacBook now because there 142 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:06,480 are iPads with iPhone chips, but they're 143 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:10,560 not pro chips. I feel like I would love to do a video kind of going over iPad OS 144 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:15,519 and where that is at now. Because now that we have a like cheap MacBook, the 145 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:20,240 question of whether anyone should be trying to get an iPad to replace their 146 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:24,320 laptop is just so much more interesting. The the guys are saying I should play a 147 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:28,959 game, but I have I have not played a game on any one of these iPad short 148 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:32,320 circuits. Who's that? You play as a baby. Oh, look. It wants me to look with 149 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:36,079 that. This is not fun. I would not want to play a game like this. You guys can't 150 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:40,720 even see it. It's so dark. Look at Oh, I'm holding a baby now. I want to play 151 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:44,000 this game just to protect that baby. iPads can game now. They've been able to 152 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:48,480 game for a long time. They've been able to do a lot of stuff for a long time. 153 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:54,240 And if you use an iPad for anything other than watching Netflix or YouTube 154 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:58,480 or whatever, uh this will be an exciting upgrade, not only because of the upgrade 155 00:10:56,079 --> 00:11:02,240 to the M4 chip, but also those other upgrades that I mentioned. Apple is 156 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:06,720 doing some pretty good things out here. you know, like in a in an industry that 157 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:10,399 feels like it's pulling the rug out from under us at every opportunity, Apple is 158 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:14,399 kind of like, you know what, we are going to give you an upgrade uh to a 159 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,839 better chip and just better everything and launch it at the same price as last 160 00:11:16,079 --> 00:11:20,800 year. Like it's almost like Apple is just in their little bunker and the 161 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:24,880 industry is happening. Stuff's happening out there and they're just like, I don't 162 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:29,120 care. It feels like Apple only ever does what they originally planned to do 163 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:33,680 except when it comes to the AI upgraded Siri. Other than that, uh Apple is an 164 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:38,079 exciting company to pay attention to right now and uh I hope to continue 165 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:41,760 paying attention to them and I hope you continue paying attention to short 166 00:11:40,079 --> 00:11:44,640 circuit videos. Uh thanks for watching guys. Subscribe to the channel. Uh if 167 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:49,839 you're looking for something else to watch, go watch the MacBook Neo video 168 00:11:46,959 --> 00:11:52,839 cuz that's exciting. What a time to be alive. 169 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,600 Bye.