So I've had both of the new iPads now for over a week I've got the 10th generation iPad and
I've also got the brand new iPad Pro with the M2 chipset inside it now initially I was going to
make a video about this about a week ago telling you about the unboxing process and you can see a
bit of the unboxing here of my 10th gen but to be honest like with the iPad Pro there was nothing
really different with it and to be honest that's what I want to talk about today I want to tell you
what basically is the reason why you would buy both of these iPads because initially I didn't
really get the reason why Apple released either of these iPads this year but after using them
for a week I finally get it so let's explore the reasons why I think you should buy these iPads
or maybe maybe you should just skip over them from my sort of week review with them so let's
start them with the 10th generation iPad or the 2022 iPad if you want to call it that and to be
honest the unboxing process was quite simple as you can see here I got a charger and everything
and then afterwards after I got the iPad out of its packaging you you can see here the iPad
does look quite familiar to sort of all the other sort of iPads that are out right now this design
basically is the same design as the current iPad Air and it's an exactly 10.9 inch display it's a
60 hertz display and it's good enough to be honest with that um you've also got some of the touch ID
button on the top you've also got four speakers on each side of the iPad which is pretty cool
and then finally you've also got a USB C port on the bottom what basically means that all the brand
new iPads are out right now all finally have a USBC Port but I wouldn't get over excited with
that USBC Port because actually the port inside here the technology behind it is still USB 2.0
it's still based at the same speeds as Lightning so it's quite slow um still so I wouldn't get
that excited about that I think the only other big change really with this iPad compared to an
iPad Air is that the camera is now on the middle here in the landscape mode and this is the sort of
um Center Stage sort of camera up here it's not on the portrait mode I'm really that is basically it
you've got a 12 megapixel camera on the back and like I said the design language is exactly the
same as an iPad Air so really is it that exciting in my opinion I don't think it really is but hold
your horses because the iPad Pros language hasn't changed a bit for the last four generations that's
right guys since 2018 when we got this sort of designed iPad Pro that came out basically it has
stayed unchanged all of that time and to be honest that's what I've done this time I've actually just
picked the 11 inch model this time because I know nothing really has changed I know we did get mini
LED sort of the retina display last year with the 12.9 inch model and I do love that still but to be
honest I didn't see any point the main reason is the only update with this iPad is just the chipset
you've got exactly the same design language you've got the same two cameras on the back you've also
still got face ID and portrait mode you do have a thunderbolt USBC port and you've also got the two
speakers each side as well so you've got four in total but apart from that as well as Pro motion
on this iPad what goes up to 120 hertz display refresh rate really nothing else has changed with
this iPad like I said though the two main things though that I've changed the most probably in
these iPads has got to be the chipset inside them so this iPad Air here has an A14 chipset and this
was the first chipset to get 5G capability and if you have a look at the geekbench scoring here you
can see it's still quite a reasonable kind of speed for A14 chipset and you know it's in line
very similar to the iPad Air and also the iPhones that came out around that time that was the iPhone
12 and they're moving over to the iPad Pro this is the 11 inch model with the M2 chipset you can see
you're getting around about 20 increase of M over M1 what we had last year in 2021 and again to be
honest that's not a really a big increase in speed compared to last year I remember the days when we
used to be guessing 100 or even 250 increase over each model and that's when Apple used
say one times faster you know two times faster two and a half times faster you know so it's
quite interesting that it's much more slower now it's normal more like 0.2 percent faster
than the last generation so yeah it's a bit crazy with that but don't get me wrong there is a new
accessory as well for the 10th generation iPad and this is the magic keyboard folio now initially it
does look pretty cool but to be honest I'm not a big fan of this keyboard whatsoever I cannot
stand kickstand sort of keyboards out there I've used a Surface Pro for example and I just didn't
get along with it you need to have even longer sort of space to work with especially that you
know Apple have the floating magic keyboard that we have for the iPad Pro Models and it
just doesn't make sense why Apple just couldn't just use this case instead of this sort of magic
keyboard for the 10th generation iPad at the end of the day what I have right here this is the iPad
Air M1 and if I show you the 10th generation iPad 2 you can see basically they look I did in school
there's no difference if I flip it round onto the back here you'll also see there is no differences
on the back basically design language is exactly the same except one notable thing and this is the
accessory Port what is right here and this works with the kind of iPad Pro uh magic keyboard that
is out there whereas I don't know what Apple were thinking they didn't stick it on the back
here what they decided to do is stick it on the bottom right here to put that accessory
in and bring out a brand new keyboard well in my opinion is completely unnecessary the only
Pro I see with this sort of new folio case is the function buttons at the top as you can see
right here but it is missing a USB C Port but the normal magic keyboard does actually have for iPads
so in my opinion I think Apple's actually gone backwards here with this magic keyboard folio I
know it's going to be a little bit more budget but personally I don't think they should have
even bothered in my opinion moving on to iPad OS 16 as you can imagine it works absolutely fine
and it works absolutely fine on all generations of iPads that is supported right now you know we now
do have that brand new stage manager and that's available on all basically of the iPad Pro ranges
all the way from 2018 and onwards and also it's available on the M1 iPad Air and also the brand
new sort of iPad Pro we have right here we've also got a brand new weather app and there's a
few other bits and pieces too and it just works fine on both of these iPads and basically with
this experience really there isn't much to talk about to say how much cooler the 10th generation
iPad and the iPad Pro M2 is I know this review might be a little bit disappointing to you but
I think this is where the point is what I want to talk about really I cannot see the point why these
iPads exist and at the same time I do understand why Apple had to bring them out the iPad Pro is
a flagship model and at the end of the day they have to refresh it every so often and also the
same time with the 10th generation iPad we get updates every year just like we get with the
iPhone the last sort of four or five years for the iPad pad and this is the most you know Common
iPad that is sold out there but the big question is is it worth upgrading to this new iPad Pro M2
in my honest opinion I don't think it really is except for one reason if you were planning to buy
yourself an M1 iPad Pro and now Apple will replace it with the M2 chipset and you're going to buy it
direct from Apple themselves at full price then yeah go ahead and buy it because you know you
might as well but in the day if you can find yourself an M1 iPad Pro out there I would just
buy that instead because iPad OS Works absolutely flawlessly on that iPad just as well as it worked
on the 2018 iPad 2. so really I can't really see the difference in why you'd pick a newer model at
the M2 version go ahead and buy the M1 version because the chipset is the only thing that is
different with this but as for the 10th generation iPad now this one is a bit more confusing if you
want to buy it personally I wouldn't actually buy this in my honest opinion I think you're actually
better off in getting yourself an iPad Air maybe not this M1 version I've got here but there is
the fourth generation that has the exact same chips at the A14 and has the exact same design
it does actually have a faster USBC Port okay that older version of the A14 chipset inside
it I think it came out in 2020 okay it doesn't have Center Stage but are you really bothered
by that and also the camera is in the portrait mode it's not on the landscape mode if you can
get over those backs then yeah definitely buy yourself the older sort of A40 iPad Air fourth
generation that came out in 2020 instead and also if you are in another country where basically the
10th generation iPad is costing so much maybe just invest you know an extra 100 pounds like
in my country where you can buy yourself an iPad Air M1 instead it's just more worth it
to get that sort of faster chipset over the A14 chipset it just doesn't make sense anymore the
lineup is really really confusing the only other choice what you have also got is that
you can still buy the ninth generation iPad and this In America still costs around about 120 130
dollars less and it is definitely worth buying it's still a great iPad an iPad OS 60 Works per
perfectly fine on this the only downside is you do have the older design lag which would be out
now for about 10 years since the original iPad okay the screen got slightly bigger but that's
about it and you do have the home button but it's reliable it's good and it's cheap it is
a great iPad still to buy well folks those are my opinions on the new iPads it is a little bit
disappointing like I said but I'd love to know what your thoughts are on these new iPads and
are you possibly going to be buying one of them or will you be buying a different iPad instead let me
know in the comments below and also on that note guys it's time to wrap up this video so if you
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