Is the 2018 iPad Worth It? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin this is the 2018

iPad and at $330 it seems like the one

to get however there's always the

question is it worth it take a look at

the box and it looks like well every

other iPad ever flip it over though and

what you're going to see is that it is

called the 6th generation iPad because

you know iPad 6 doesn't have the right

ring to it

really what this is this is the lower

end iPad that slots below not only the

iPad Mini which for some reason is still

around but also the iPad pro so Apple

actually announced this at their

education event just a couple days ago

and the main idea with this is that the

iPad at least on the lower end is trying

to be a Chromebook competitor now for

schools

I get why Chromebooks are so popular and

there are some advantages to the iPad

especially the pencil support which

we'll get into in a few minutes however

whether this is actually a good ideas a

little bit more questionable open it up

and we see it looks exactly like every

other iPad ever so if this looks a

little bit familiar to you that is

because actually really haven't changed

the design on this guy for quite a while

so previously they did have a lower end

$330 iPad and as far as I can tell

hardware-wise it is completely identical

inside we're going to be getting our

paperwork which I'm sure it's gonna

include stuff like Apple stickers and

other things that you're never gonna

want to actually use we do have the USB

to lightning cable as well as the power

adapter which this guy is going to be 12

Watts which is actually still a little

bit slow for something like an iPad it

actually was going to take a while to

charge but I mean sorry you bought a

$300 I had I just imagine Tim Cook in

his office like yeah sorry if you wanted

to actually charge in less than three

hours you're just gonna have to you know

buy an iPad pro and a lightning to USB C

cable and a macbook charger because

money so for some context this is the

2017 ipad which is exactly what this is

going to be replacing now this is

actually something that we use pretty

much every day around the office so

while we're shooting we'll usually put

like notes up on this or use it to look

up specs and that kind of stuff and if I

put this side-by-side with the 2018 iPad

you're going to see it they look

completely identical besides well the

different colors one of my main

complaints against the 2017 iPad is that

there's actually a kind of fairly large

air gap with the display so it is still

going to be a nine point seven inch

Retina display and it looks fine when

you look at it directly head-on

however unlike the higher-end iPad pros

which have a laminated display which

makes it look like it's pretty right on

the glass take a look at this at any

kind of angle and you're going to see it

the screen looks like it's sunken in now

unfortunately if you take a look at the

2018 iPad it has the exact same screen

finally you look at it dead-on if you

look at it from the side it definitely

looks like there's a huge air gap one of

the big upgrades with the new iPad is

going to be on the inside so where's the

last generation model use the Apple a9

processor from the iPhone 6s this bumps

up to the Apple a10 from the iPhone 7

still not going to be super cutting edge

but it's fast to the iPhone 7 and it's

fast here on the iPad take a look at the

Geekbench results and it's pretty much

identical to the iPhone which is well a

solid thing I mean this is a $300 iPad

one thing you should keep in mind though

is that this still only has 2 gigs of

RAM now for normal apps that's going to

be no problem and it does support a lot

of the same multitasking features as the

bigger iPads however you cannot actually

get 3 apps up at the same time like on

an iPad pro and of course to show off

the power of the iPad we have fortnight

so this runs really well on a wide range

of hardware and the idea that we do have

that Apple a10 processor actually does

make a pretty big difference you're

running it quite on the same level as

something like the iPhone 10 but it

still looks really nice for a lot of

apps you're actually not going to notice

a huge difference with the Apple 810

it's going to be snappier for sure but

it's not like a revolutionary difference

but considering that this is going to be

a 300 hour iPad every little bit of

extra performance is going to be helpful

and of course one of the biggest things

to consider is how long this is going to

be having updates how long it's going to

actually be supported by apps and having

that newer processor does make a

difference especially when you're using

this three four five years from now it's

so we're playing this on an iPad I mean

it totally works but man I think with

this bigger screen I really wish I did

have a controller before they actually

add that controller support at some

point so the screen is decent like I was

saying earlier it doesn't quite match

the iPad pro but I mean come on for 300

bucks I don't think you're really going

to be complaining now some other areas

that it doesn't match the iPad pro end

is with audio quality so you do have

stereo speakers but they're both on the

bottom so they sound decent but I mean

you can cover them both with one hand

but it's going to be totally fine for

casual video watching another new

feature of the iPad is going to be Apple

pencil support which weirdly up until

now has been held back to the iPad pro

now it works exactly as you'd expect so

you can use it to navigate the interface

or you can actually use it to do drawing

and typing if I can actually hit the

correct thing so if I want to just write

out a simple note here it actually is

gotta look pretty decent so the only

thing this is missing is the promotion

display from the iPad pro so that

actually does help cut down latency by

running the screen at 120 Hertz as

opposed to 60 but for most people I

think there's gonna be totally fine for

writing notes and that kind of thing

no one-size the new iPad were a couple

of other accessories but the mostly

aimed at the education market which i

think is kind of the main market that

Apple is sort of aiming for with the

iPad so so many schools right now are

using Chromebooks and I think for most

schools the Chromebooks make more sense

I mean it's a proper laptop you have a

keyboard whereas with this guy you know

if you unplug your Apple pencil what

you're gonna find is no smart connector

so you can't even use the same keyboards

as the iPad pro you're going to have to

rely on something that's going to be

either using bluetooth or you're just

gonna have to use something over

lightning which is just not an elegant

solution sure you can get some typing

down on the actual touch screen but I

think for most kids you can want an

actual keyboard now software wise of

course we are running iOS 11 now there

are pros and cons here I actually do

think that Iowa's 11 was a pretty major

update to the iPad so you get some

things like I actually have the doc you

have the multitasking which all works

well here but again it's fine as an iPad

as something that's going to replace a

computer for some people it's fine but

for a lot of people it's not quite there

yet I actually think the 2018 iPad is

worth it now sure you can get extra

features and bigger screen sizes with

the iPad pro but it around twice the

price on some of the SKUs I don't think

it's gonna be worth it for most people

this is going to do pretty much

everything you need even though it might

not be the most exciting update in the

world and of course the real question is

whether you need an iPad in the first

place though and that one's kind of on

you but I'm curious what do you think

about the 2018 iPad let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you in

the next one