In front of us today we have a brand new 2022 iPad in pink. This is not to be confused, of course,
with the iPad Pro, iPad Mini, iPad Air, or 9th Generation iPad, all of which are still for sale
on Apple's website. These new iPads are the most colorful though. Today we're going to find out how
durable this new iPad is. Speaking of colorful and durable, I have a JerryRig knife sale going on,
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we get extremely up close and personal with Apple's new iPad. Let's get started.
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Your first question today is probably, 'Hey Jerry, what makes this iPad different from
the other 4 iPads for sale on Apple's website?' And I'm going to be honest, they all kind of seem
the same to me. But this one is pink and costs about $450, which doesn't seem all that bad.
The pink is kind of a softer peachy pink in my opinion. Inside the box we have a pretty
high quality charging cable. A charging brick. And if we look close we can check the wattage.
Sorry. If we look close we can check the wattage. It looks like 20 watts...and holy cannoli,
both ends of this cable are USB-C. The new iPad 10th Generation has officially caught up with
the rest of the world and is using USB-C. Nice work, Apple. Hopefully that means that iPhones
are next to transition, which I'm betting they'll have to to comply with the new EU regulations.
The most difficult part of this transition, of course,
will be the accessories we lose along the way. For example, this 10th Generation iPad is compatible
with the 1st Generation Apple pencil, but not the wirelessly charging 2nd Generation pencil.
Which means if you do get the 1st Gen pencil with it's lightning port eraser,
you'll have to buy the $9 Apple pencil adapter which then plugs into a USB-C cable,
which then plugs into the iPad to both pair and charge the Apple pencil. Lose any one of these
three tiny components and your pencil will no longer function. Apple's loving it though. I hear
they're even changing the catchphrase from “think different” to “think dongle.” We'll get this
little menage a trois out of the way and get down to analyzing the color a little more thoroughly.
It's not a bad pink. A little less vibrant than my knife but also not quite as Bubble
Gum as the lighter. But still loud enough to be noticed for sure. I don't hate it.
Getting ready for the front screen scratch test I notice something interesting. We always set up
for our Mohs scale of hardness, but this time around I can tell there is an air gap between
the front glass and the display underneath. Not something we normally find. We can see the
glass on top move independently from the pixels. We'll have to confirm this during the teardown,
or you know, later on in this video if it does snap in half. All in good time of course.
Plastic would scratch at a level 2 or 3. Glass scratches at a 5 or 6. And sapphire would scratch
at a level 8 or 9. The free floating pane of glass however, starts scratching at level 6,
with deeper grooves at a level 7. Pretty standard. No complaints so far.
Making our way up to the top front facing camera...which is no longer at the top. It's
now tucked into the side bezel and protected by glass. It is a 12 megapixel ultra wide camera.
I am a fan of this placement although I really don't have strong feelings one way or the other.
The sides are made from anodized aluminum. 100% recycled aluminum to be exact. This iPad was
maybe a Mountain Dew can in a previous life. And maybe it'll be a Mountain Dew
can again in the next life...which will be coming pretty soon. The buttons are
metal except for the top power button which doubles as a fingerprint scanner. It does not
scratch. Thumbs up for that. On the opposite side of the camera we have more metal and
three golden circles near the magnetical attachment point for the keyboard thing.
At the bottom we have more speaker grills, and our good buddy, the USB-C port. Making
our way to the back panel we have our 12 megapixel wide angle camera back here,
along with a directional mic. And of course, the super shiney Apple logo, which does scratch.
Now we know Apple has 5 iPads for sale right now.
The iPad Pro hits that sweet demographic of people who like having the power of a laptop,
and like paying extra for the keyboard. The iPad Air is for people who like the regular
iPad but don't like going two dongles deep to get the Apple pencil working.
Then, of course, this is the regular iPad.
We also have last year's iPad 9th Gen which doesn't change all that much,
and the iPad Mini which is the small one. I hope that cleared up any confusion. And
even though my drawing is complete, I'm highly doubtful anyone can tell what it is.
I'll be the first one to admit it's not my best work. I tried going for a cute little pink Kirby,
but this one looks like he got tko'd on a 1v1 first m2k. Maybe we should just keep
going with the durability test and put the nightmare Kirby behind us.
Apple's calling the 10.9 inch screen a liquid retina display. And after about
15 seconds from my lighter, we can see that the heat passing through the glass
and air gap causes the LCD to go black. But after some time it does recover.
At this point we would usually test the fingerprint scanner, but since it's
unscratchable up here, there's no need. We can go straight to the bend test. You might be thinking
that iPads are weak and of course they'll break, but in fact, the most recent iPad Pro survived,
along with the older iPad Mini. It, too, survived the bend test. This iPad 10th Generation, however,
should not be put in a back pocket. The Achilles heel of this tablet seems to be
the three gold pads running along the side. Less material and less structure led to a
catastrophic weak point and subsequent shattering. The other side of the tablet
without the dots does not crack, even after it's been structurally compromised. So if
the dots could be moved on the next iteration it would, indeed, become a stronger tablet.
Kirby's still back here being absolutely terrifying.
I think that since we have nothing left to lose it's time for a teardown.
A little bit of heat can help soften the adhesive around the edges. And it looks
like the top layer of laminated glass is indeed completely separate from the display underneath.
The digitizer is not glued to the pixels. Speaking
of pixels, the liquid retina, or LCD, makes some pretty cool designs as I peel it away
from the tablet. Bright flashes of light and color. It's gleaming it's last gleam.
To be fair though this iPad does look pretty repairable. And from the inside this iPad
tension looks a whole lot emptier than I was expecting. The motherboard is over here
on the right side with some stylish aesthetic black lettering on the 28.9 watt hour battery.
The biggest surprise though is that there are only 2 little tiny speakers in here. The iPad
Pro has 4 speakers inside positioned close to their corresponding grill holes. But this
particular speaker here at the bottom isn't even close to the opening. It's
still stereo of course but there's a whole lot of empty space inside of this thing.
The metal squares you're seeing are magnets, probably to help keep the
folio cover closed. It's cool to see the magnets on the side labeled with their pole orientation
to help keep the keyboard locked into place. Apple is using 100% recycled magnets for this,
along with recycled tin, gold, and copper on the motherboard. I'm a fan of that.
I'm not, however, a fan of nightmare Kirby back here. Luckily he can be gone forever with one of
my Teardown Skins which lets you see the exact layout of all the internal components without
ever needing to snap your tablet in half, which is probably preferable to most parents out there.
Let's just all agree to never talk about Kirby again.
Grab your discounted JerryRig knife with the link in the description. They make excellent
stocking stuffers. Just make sure to keep track of those fingers – Santa can't replace digits.
Come hang out with me on Instagram. Thanks a ton for watching. And I'll see you around.