Is the 2017 iPad Worth It? #Helpful Post

Hey guys, this is Austin!

Linus: What camera do I look at?

Linus: Im helpless, this is not my studio

Theres only one camera....

Linus: I QUIT!

Linus: Hey guys, this is Austin

Not bad actually...

And today were here, with the brand new 330 dollar iPad

So, as a guy who's done an unboxing or two, would you like to have the honor?

Linus: oh yes

So with an Apple product, you want to...

NOOOO! *laughing* OH NOOO!

This hurts, this hurts! ooh!

Linus: Look now I made a handle :)

AND YOU DO IT UPSIDE DOWN!

Power cable, lightning cable, no one cares about any of that

What I care about, is the actual iPad

When was the time you used an iPad?

Linus: I use an iPad like every day or two?

Yeah, which one do you use?

Linus: I have iPad Two

Oh look at that! real homebutton

Linus: Oh does it actually...

Thats an real homebutton

Linus: Oh im surprised!

So this is..., I dont even know the proper name for this is

Its the 5th gen iPad, but some people call it the 7th gen because its the 7th one...

Its also the cheap one, so its not an iPad Air or Pro

It's the 2017 iPad

So what's intresting about this iPad, its sort of a Frankenstain of a few different models

So this is the chassy of the iPad Air One, which is a little bit thicker than the Two and the Pro

Because of off that, it should have a much bigger battery actually

It also has the same processor, the A9, from the iPhone 6s

Which even though is not the newest thing, its still better than what was at the previous iPad Air Two

However, what is NOT new, which is actually originally from the iPad Air One, is the display

Linus: Yeah

So it's no longer laminated, which means that it still looks fine, they say its supposed to be a bit brighter

Although I dont really know if I believe that or not.

But what is intresting about it, is that you can actually kinda see theres like a lot more air gap

Its still a good display, its still Retina, but it is definetly a downgrade from something like the Air Two or the Pro

Linus: I think thats the worst airgap I have ever seen on a Apple device.

Linus: Okay, but it does have some redeeming qualities

Yes

Linus: So the fact were using newer, low power hardware and...

Its the iPhone, so its not an iPad specific chip!

Linus: No, and that we have a thicker chassy is that battery life on this thing should be like

Stupid

Linus: the bees knees

Linus: So basically this, is like an allday laptop with a 60 wat hour battery

So essentially this is a little over half the size of that, but obviously a tablets gonna eat a lot less power than

whats it like an i5, i7?

Linus: yes, its like an dual core i5

Does anyone have an problem with iPads and battery life?

I feel like iPads are one of those things that they kinda just last forever, you plug them in every few days, I mean

Linus: Unless you actually use your iPad a lot

If its like you use it as your main computer

Linus: Yeah I mean...

Which is not crazy

Its not crazy, infact

So for comparison, this is the iPad Pro 9.7"

Linus: Oh rotate it, rotate it TAKE PICTURES TAKE PICTURES!

*BOOM BOOM*

Linus: YOURE DEAD BUDDY!

Linus: Oh my god, your pictures are so much better

Oh I think this may have a better camera

Linus: Im pretty sure it has a better camera because like look at the noise

Its really not a fair comparison, the pro is $600 and this is $330

So if you loose some stuff on the camera, its kind of crazy, but you know whatever, you can kinda deal with it

One of the bigger things though, that I actually do like about the Pro is stuff like the cover

So while that, you can't, I mean you can use it as a computer but its much more difficult

But this you actually do have not only a nice little cover to kind of keep things protected

But you also have a reasonable keyboard

Its small, its not perfect

But if you need to like type a little bit on that its not terrible

Linus: Define reasonable

I almost feel like these are for different people right

If you really want to replace your laptop and you have a little bit of an lighter workflow

Im not saying ys: Not included

And honestly I feel like it depends on who you are I think but there are lot of people who actually can get a lot of

use out of a proper stulys like you would get on something like the surface

And I think that, thats a big part of getting an iPad for lot of people and this just doesn't support it

One of my thoughts is that for me when I use an iPad one of the main reasons I do that is to watch videos

And this has a decent screen and ok speakers but this has a much better screen and I would argue way better speakers

Linus: But it costs twice as much and battery life isnt as good

Which is fair

Linus: So you can watch crappier videos for longer and cheaper

Theres an definetly youtube joke here somewhere but im gonna leave it

Linus: This has better speakers it has some creature comforts like the ability to add a keyboard

Yes, the Pencil

Linus: It has support for the Pencil and costs twice as much

Linus: So bottom line

Yeah

Linus: I mean it's right in the title of the video

It is in the title of the video

Linus: Is it worth it?

Kind of. I think if you want a cheaper tablet I mean for $330 you're getting in to not budget territory

But its lot cheaper than like traditional $500 iPad

Linus: Im a little excited to think that maybe Apple is finally listening

Linus: They made it a little bit thicker and they but a big fat battery on it

Yes

Linus: And that's something that I think im not the only user who's been asking for it

So what do you guys think about the new iPad?

Let us know in the comments below and I guess you could go check Linus out, he has a channel that is kind of decent I guess

Please do not drop my iPad, like that

Linus: Didn't drop it