- Mmm.
Another iPad you say, really?
They just can't stop making these iPads.
Apple's in an interesting place because they have now,
essentially, since they released the Magic Keyboard Folio
for the iPad Pro,
they've essentially turned their iPads into
full-on computers with iPad OS.
There's now this whole new category of like relatively cheap
machines that you can basically use as your laptop.
And this is the newest entry in that category,
which is the iPad Air 2020 edition.
It's 599, which seems steep for a tablet.
But like I said, it's not really just a tablet.
It's a laptop if you wanna use the Magic Keyboard.
So I'm excited to look at this because
at their last event they also announced the eighth-gen iPad,
which is more of like your traditional,
you know, looking an iPad
with the big bezels on the top and bottom,
and that starts at 329.
But this one starts at 599 because it essentially has,
a bunch of the cool features of the iPad Pro,
but in a cheaper package.
Apparently, we're gonna find out together.
Let's take a look.
Whoa!
Pretty cool design, did you see that Andy?
Does that make you wanna use this iPad?
- [Andy] Yes.
- Wow, enthusiasm.
Now, also I'm scared because this came from dbrand, right?
What is this?
What is that supposed to be?
Oh, Techquickie, wait.
Oh, okay, wait, this is cool.
I've changed my mind right away.
What's going on here?
"In loving memory, Whonnock."
"Entropy is unstoppable."
That's our server that died, right?
Or is it still up?
There's another Whonnock.
I don't know those server stuff, that's Anthony.
Do we have a Whonnock right now?
- [Andy] Yeah. - Why not?
Whonnock.
Techquickie, nice.
"ShortCircuit" in the style of like "Stranger Things"
sort of,
"Supernova," oh, from Laszlo.
This is so cool.
Who made this?
"Carpool Critics," Yay!
Anyways, so back to what we're talking about.
The iPad Air 2020.
So this is the 10.9 inch version
'cause that's the only version.
Unlike the iPad Pro,
which comes in an 11-inch and a 12.9-inch.
Yeah, but apparently it's still compatible
with the same keyboard attachments as the iPad Pro.
So I've got our old 11-inch iPad Pro,
and I've got the 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2020,
along with the Magic Keyboard.
so we're gonna see how that goes.
But first let's take a little bit of a look
at the physical hardware.
So, on the back, you'll see,
there's only one camera.
This is the 12 megapixel wide camera.
It's the same one that's on
the previous version of the iPad Pro.
And it also had a 10 megapixel, I think ultra wide camera
as well as the LIDAR sensor,
whereas this one, just has the one 12 megapixel wide.
So that's what you're getting
for the slightly cheaper price,
along with some other things that we'll talk about.
But this is the first non Pro iPad
to feature this sort of like square design here.
It's kind of like, when was the first time they use that?
The iPhone five? - [Andy] iPhone 4.
- 4? - [Andy] Yeah.
- The iPhone 4 was the first time we kinda saw that.
Now like this is the design language
they're using for the iPad Air.
So I guess like, this is interesting.
I guess the iPad Air is now,
sort of like a higher tier category than the regular iPad?
Was that always the case?
What was the case with MacBooks?
The MacBook was the lowest, I guess,
and then the MacBook Air,
yeah, that makes sense I guess, right?
The basic design is very similar
to this iPad Pro from 20,
who, 18?
How's the bezels though, I'm kind of interested.
Oops, (laughs)
Just settle down.
Oh, they're...
The bezels, okay so the bezels are
a little bit thicker on the iPad Air.
And I believe that they'll probably be thicker
than the iPad Pro too.
Can you see all those at one, Andy?
So this is the iPad Pro 2018, iPad Pro 2020,
this is the iPad Air 2020.
So you got a little bit thicker bezels,
even though it's still 11 inch,
well, that's why it's 10.9 instead of 11 inch anyways.
Staying on the theme of physical hardware here
we got the four speaker setup, two on each side.
So that's also borrowed from the iPad Pro design.
There's the magnetic pencil mount that I was talking about.
But the other big difference here is the lack of Face ID.
They actually brought back Touch ID for the iPad Air.
Special, it got a special deal.
On the power button on the top.
Who do I show that to, Andy?
Show to you right there.
Can you see that?
This thing?
That's Touch ID.
Because especially in the era of masks and whatnot,
you know, people need to use their computers without,
without their computer seeing their faces.
And yes I'm calling it a computer.
Watch our other iPad videos.
That it's, the debate is over, it's a computer now.
We also have these smart connector on the back,
these three little dots here,
which should allow it to be compatible with
the Folio Keyboard that I threw on the ground.
Hey, look at that!
Okay, so I think it does.
It is compatible with it.
And then if I wanna to use it like a laptop,
here we go.
(speaks in foreign language)
That's not right.
Unfortunately, don't have the 11 inch size
of the Magic Keyboard, which I really liked
when I reviewed it, so I'm just gonna like bring that out.
So like if you'll recall from our other iPad content.
we got this iPad, 12.9 inch iPad Pro
and it's got this really cool like levitating design,
you see that, Andy?
And the Magic Keys which are awesome and which I love.
So you can get like a 11 inch size of this
to use with the iPad Air as well.
But once you start adding accessories like that
and your pencil,
then things get things get expensive fast.
And also the 599 version is only for the 64 gig model.
So, the 256 gig version I think it's 749,
so that's slightly less of a good deal.
Man, this thing's heavy I forgot how heavy it is.
This thing's a lot lighter.
It's a lot lighter.
Students, maybe use that as your laptop, you know?
Another big change is, USB-C.
You're seeing a theme here.
These are all iPad Pro features
that they've now ported over to the iPad Air.
Which is why I was excited to see this thing because
one of the biggest downsides to the iPad Pro was its price.
You know, it started the the 11 inch model
starts at 800 bucks.
This is 64 gigs of storage for 599.
If you got a family and they're like,
"We're Apple till we die, dude"
and they have to get an Apple product,
they have to get like an iPad then,
you know, that it's an option.
I didn't even look at what else was in the box.
Right, yeah, we're in the boxes just
you know, your papers, your what-sies and your do-sies
and you know, your normal things.
- [Andy] The stickers!
- Sorry are there stickers in there?
You're right, there, Johnno wanted me to say specifically,
mention the stickers.
- [Andy] And you have two!
- And you got two, so put one sticker at one place
and another sticker
anywhere else, multiple places.
Thanks Apple.
You got a USB-C power adapter.
Because as I said, it's got USB-C.
And USB-C to C power cord.
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Hey there we go iPad OS it's a computer.
Hey, it's not just a tablet anymore.
Although it's kinda funny because
iPads are really, some of the only tablets
worth buying in the market right now.
Because Android tablets have just...
Samsung's making some okay one still but like,
the rest of the entire Android tablet market
has just fallen off completely.
And the last few remaining tablets that are worth buying
are now like basically full on computers.
What happened to tablets?
We didn't want tablets this whole time.
We just wanted a different type of computer.
Hey, let's set up the Touch ID, why not?
Start by placing your finger or thumb on the top button.
So okay, so I'm gonna usually have it like around here so.
Okay here we go, we're gonna map my fingerprint.
It works about, what?
Holy crap, it's getting mad at me
'cause I'm not doing it right.
Wow, this takes a while ey?
I gotta say, this is one of the more annoying
fingerprint mapping things I've done it did.
- [Johnno] Did it work?
- It did.
Let's, lock it.
Are you ready for this?
It's pretty quick.
It's pretty quick, Johnno.
Now, the question is,
why did they choose include Touch ID instead of Face ID,
because they got these big fat bezels,
you think they could fit it on.
And I already figured out the answer
so you don't have to tell me, its price.
It's probably more expensive to have those fancy,
you know, infrared or whatever they,
I don't know what, what do they use, dot projectors?
LIDAR, Project SOLI?
And, you know,
and include all those fancy sensors in the bar.
So now you got, you save a little bit of money
and you get your Touch ID,
which like a lot of people preferred it to Face ID anyways
because when you're just kinda like, "Hello, hi"
and it doesn't recognize you, it's very frustrating.
Well, now that I'm in here,
I don't really know what there is for me to do.
Well one of the interesting features
that Apple has added to iOS 14 or iPad OS 14, I guess,
is this pencil support
for just writing in any field where you can type.
You can now just write with a pencil
and it'll translate it into text.
Something that, you know, Windows had a long time ago.
But when Apple does it, it's a big freakin' deal.
That's one of the cool things
but I guess we'll have to look at that
when we do the full review on Linus Tech Tips,
which I am going to write.
- [Andy] Ayy - Oww!
(laughter) - [Andy] Be sure to subscribe!
- Be sure to subscribe.
So now you might have been watching this whole thing
and being like, "What do you mean it's computer?
What are you talking about?"
Well, this actually has a more powerful chip
than the one in the iPad Pro, last generation.
Well, not even last generation was just earlier this year.
There's an A 12Z Bionic in the last version,
and this one has the A14 Bionic,
which is the same chip that's found in the
new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pros.
Even though this is a cheaper product,
in some like canned benchmarks,
it might even outperform the iPad Pro
from earlier this year.
As I said, it's got 64 gigs of storage
at the base level, 599.
It's got four gigs of RAM though,
I think you got two more gigs of RAM in the iPad Pro,
and the display, in addition to having these larger bezels,
it is only 60 Hertz, instead of the
Pro Motion 120 Hertz that you'll find on the iPad Pro.
Which is, where'd the big, where the unicorn won't go?
Oh, (laughs)
It was disguised I thought this was my laptop.
Let's turn it up.
(upbeat music)
You gotta turn up "Crab Rave."
You can have a "Crab Rave" with that.
Well guys, there you have it.
It's a new iPad,
and if you were thinking about getting the iPad Pro
but you were like it's a little steep,
then, consider this one after you watch our full review
that's gonna come out on linustechtips.com.
Wait, linustechtips.com is the is the forum, right?
- [Andy] Yeah. - Subscribe.
Actually yeah, join the forum.
It's, good stuff there's good discussion happening.
But anyways, so thanks to dbrand for sending us this thing,
and for the extremely,
I like this skin.
I, the other ones I didn't know how I felt about.
But this one, I'm down for.
Lots of cool insider references.
That's really nice, guys.
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