The Ultimate 2019 iPad Comparison #Helpful Post

hey guys this is Austin after years of

outdated iPads there are now fresh

models up and down the Apple Store which

of course begs the question should you

buy an iPad in 2019 Apple got a lot

right with the first gen iPad the

overall size and form factor while

definitely evolved are still actually

not that far away from the iPads that we

have today for example look at battery

life that's when the iPad first launched

it had a pretty impressive 10 hours on a

charge

fast-forward nearly 10 years later and

surprise surprise every single iPad you

can buy today still has that exact same

10-hour rating things got a lot thinner

with the iPad 2 where basics we expect

such as cameras were added and it wasn't

until the third generation iPad that we

got the much-needed Retina display which

was far far better than what you had on

the original two iPads beyond that

though there really wasn't a lot of

evolution on the iPad front that is

until 2012 with the introduction of the

iPad Mini this shrunk things down to the

form factor the believe it or not we

basically still have today with the

current iPad Mini there were quite a few

updates over the next few years

including the introduction of the iPad

air but the big news really was the iPad

pro in 2015 this brought for the first

time a physical keyboard a much larger

12 point 9 inch screen as well as the

introduction of the Apple pencil for the

very first time now the iPad lineup is

actually the broadest that's ever been

you have options all the way from $330

to an eye-watering ly expensive $1,900

for the maxed out version of the iPad

pro first of all we have the iPad iPad

which is I guess the best name for the

base model of the iPad now sure you lose

out on some of the high-end features but

only $330 this really is my go-to answer

and most people ask what's the iPad I

should go for next up in the line is the

newly refreshed 2019 iPad Mini now for a

while this was still being sold but it

was way way out of date now thankfully

while it hasn't seen the biggest

hardware update it has seen a major

internal upgrade which really does bring

it back up to that 2019 spec that you

expect when you're paying $400 for an

iPad I have $500 there's the iPad air

now this is also refreshed for 2019 and

has very similar specs to that iPad Mini

you can really think of this as an

upgrade from the iPad iPad sure it's a

little bit more expensive but you're

getting a better display you're getting

support for things such as the smart

keyboard and you do get those more

modern specs last but definitely at

least we have the big guy the iPad pro

now available in not only an 11 inch put

at twelve point nine inch size first of

all you get the best displays on any

iPad here and there are a lot of other

major advantages you've got the much

better Apple pencil support you've got

USB see you've got great speakers really

this is the top of the line they

definitely cost top-of-the-line prices

it seems like a great time to buy an

iPad right we've got brand new options

pretty much from top to bottom but of

course the real question is why is the

iPad still exist and which one should

you even consider buying here in 2019

let's start with the $330 iPad iPad now

we did an entire video all about this

when it came out last year but that's up

right now it doesn't look like it's

going to see any kind of major update

for 2019 that's not exactly a bad thing

though for most people this is the iPad

that I actually recommend and there are

a lot of reasons for that now because I

wanted to have a little bit of a bigger

scope to this video i sat down with a

few people around the office and I asked

them how they use their own iPad iPads

I've had iPads so far I have not run

into any limitations with using the iPad

you know the lower end version of it I

feel like I'm not losing anything but

it's just if I had an iPad pro it would

be maybe I could have more capabilities

I haven't really lost anything I was

using that to control the audio for the

set up it's way easier to name the files

the inputs routing everything like that

on the iPad app versus the touch dial on

the actual audio recording device we

also use logic to do a backup recording

so there's a logic app that I can

control the thing from across the room

so most of the time I use that that iPad

for just light you know audio control in

our studio I've been recently using the

beat making program FL studio and a lot

of the pro a lot of the plugins the you

know the playlists of different aspects

of the program get really congested on

the screen so just being able to drag

and drop one of those things onto the

screen just so I have another thing to

look at it's really helped me out a lot

so that's how I'm mainly using it not as

the

main power driver but to assist my

MacBook Pro the basics are all here the

screen is decent although there is a

screen gap but you will find on those

higher-end models and the hardware

itself is very similar as well as you do

have the exact same pencil and crayons

support from the mini as well as the air

performance really is the only downside

here you'll find the Apple a10 processor

with 2 gigs of RAM as opposed to the

Apple a12 with 3 gigs of RAM on the

higher end air as well as on the higher

end mini now that sounds like a lot on

paper however in reality it's not a big

deal so even if you're trying to take

your iPad and turn it into a laptop

replacement unless you're doing like

hardcore gaming are a lot of very memory

intensive programs the iPad iPad

actually works totally fine and

especially if you're using it as a

content consumption device which I

assume most people are doing when

they're spending $330 on an iPad it

really works completely fine I think a

lot of people get wave wound up in all

the specs and while it's nice to have a

more powerful device this is still

absolutely no slouch this is actually a

surprisingly straightforward decision if

you're buying an iPad you should pick up

the base model unless you need some of

the other higher-end features so sure if

you want a bigger display or a smaller

display demanding the pro are both

available if you want the absolute best

screen you want the absolute best

keyboard experience then you can

consider upgrading but for most people

the basic iPad iPad is absolutely the

best move at 330 bucks it's actually

even pretty reasonably priced it's been

almost four years since the iPad Mini

has seen an update but now in 2019 it's

finally offered with more modern specs

powered by the a12 Bionic chip found in

this generations iPhone 10 R and 10's

the Mini is definitely more capable than

it's ever been but performance only

tells have the story

unsurprisingly for factor and size is

why you would even consider the Mini in

the first place phones have gotten

bigger this is the iPhone tennis max

which is the same vertical length as the

iPad Mini screen but not only that

laptops have gotten much more powerful

and thinner and tablets like the

higher-end iPad pro have not only

improved but have also become more

expensive and niche this new iPad Mini

with its updated specs sits right in the

middle of all of that and I think it's

honestly the one that people should

consider buying the most first while

it's not as heavy hitting or fully

featured as the flagship iPad pro you're

not compromising much with a 20-19 mini

it runs that same full

iteration of iOS just scaled down to a

7.9 inch screen it has the same

multitasking with the same app

management and even has the same

homescreen and dock it's actually

comical how small and cramped it is at

points but still very useful

the iPad Mini size also makes it easier

to hold and operate than larger iPads if

you tend to move around a lot in your

day Hey look I move around a lot in the

day I move from my chair to my other

chair here in the office when we're

going over video scripts before a shoot

having something that I can easily take

around with minimal thought and even

have it fit in my back pocket has become

super handy and if you grab the LTE

version like I did for $130 more having

an always connected tiny iPad just opens

up tons of use cases which also means

I'll be more inclined to keep using it

instead of you know shoving it in my

junk drawer after three weeks like every

other iPad that I've owned I especially

like that the iPad Mini is still small

enough to type with your thumbs it's

such a little usability thing that goes

a longer way than I expected but the

real icing on the cake for me is that it

is only $70 more than that iPad iPad but

with updated specs and a better looking

screen that to me is perfect especially

if you're down with this size or even if

you're not but are willing to compromise

the next step up the ladder is the new

iPad air and well new might be a slight

exaggeration because this is essentially

a mix of a bunch of different parts from

previous generation iPads for example

the design is almost identical to the

ten point five inch previous generation

iPad pro now because of this even though

the iPad pro the iPad air and the iPad

iPad all have very similar form factors

they have three different screen sizes

the iPad iPad is nine point seven this

is ten point five and the iPad pro is 11

inch the only real difference here is

just how big the bezels are well the

screen size isn't a big difference the

panel itself is nicer here than on the

iPad iPad mostly thanks to this being

laminated to the glass and it does share

the exact same pencil support so if you

plug in a first-generation Apple pencil

it will work just as well although well

I guess this is working just as well

what is a bigger deal is the smart

connector now with this you can use the

exact same keyboard from the 10.5 inch

iPad pro and what this means is this is

very easy to have a fully wired keyboard

on your iPad now sure they're definitely

Bluetooth options and realistically

they're going to be a lot cheaper and

give you more functionality but I like

how thin this is I like the idea that

you know

worried about sinking about charging

anything like that the main problem

though is that $160 this very much

pushes the iPad air into pro territory

and this kind of comes down to what you

actually want to do with your iPad if

you're just using it as a content

consumption device the software keyboard

is totally fine

but for me I actually want to get some

more real work done right so I'm sitting

around I want to do email I want to be

able to write up documents and a

keyboard is absolutely essential here

which really does mean that this is not

a negotiable thing when it comes to me

using an iPad so it's great to have it

but yeah $150 is a lot for what's

essentially a Smart Cover with a kind of

basic keyboard attached inside the air

shares the exact same Apple a 12

processor from the iPhone 10 are the

iPad Mini it is plenty powerful for a

system like this no sure if you put it

side-by-side with the iPad iPad it is

more powerful for in real world use

you're not really going to notice a

massive difference even that a 10 still

feels very snappy by 2019 standards

really all this comes down to what you

want to do with your iPad if it is that

content consumption device right the

extra power is always nice I'm never

going to complain about something that

is too fast but when you're considering

that this is almost 200 ollars more

expensive you really need to be able to

actually get something for that and the

specs are a big part of it and if you're

not you're really using those specs it

kind of makes it a little bit of a

harder sell and that cut comes around to

my big issue with the iPad air it is a

good iPad and in a vacuum if I don't

drop it it is a solid choice but on the

lower end I actually do prefer the iPad

iPad and the iPad Mini and on the higher

end the iPad pro is tough to beat at

least if you have the budget for it and

when the first version came out I tried

to replace my laptop with it and well it

definitely wasn't quite ready fast

forward a few years though and things

have come a long way first of all the

hardware on the iPad pro is excellent

now sure if you try to jerry-rig

everything it might not survive but I'd

be using this for six months and I've

had very little of any kind of

reliability or durability issues

it still feels fine just don't try to

break it in half the screen is also a

decent step up over lower end models a

bigger difference is with the panel

itself so the iPad pro is the only iOS

device right now that does have a pro

motion display which means it does run

at a full 120 Hertz that's not something

you can really see on camera too much

but in per

it makes a big difference because it

runs it double the refresh rate not just

content look a lot smoother but

importantly it all feels so responsive I

mean sure the other iPads are quick but

the iPad pro is in another league

another advantage of going up to the

iPad pro is the addition of face ID and

nothing it gets touch ID it is still a

great way of using a device but face ID

in my opinion just works a lot smoother

the audio side of things is a little bit

more complicated so on one hand the iPad

pro is the only iPad model that does not

come with the headphone jack on the

other side though it has by far the best

speakers what surprised me most about

the iPad pro is how much I liked this

second generation pencil now the first

generation pencil is still being used on

pretty much all the other iPads but

honestly this is such a superior design

first of all it attaches magnetically

which makes a huge difference the old

one not only was round but also had a

stupid little charging cap we had to

plug it into the Lightning port it just

didn't make any sense I feel like this

is such a better way of doing it just

wireless charging it from the iPad

button because of that I have to really

think about like hearing it or anything

I actually find myself properly using

the pencil a lot more and no there isn't

that trackpad or Mouse support with the

pencil I find I can do a lot more

precision stuff like selecting text a

lot easier than using my fat flushy

human finger is that weird way of

describing my finger now this is very

much going to depend on who you are and

what tech you already own but I am a big

fan of the USB C port on the iPad pro

compared to lightning on the other eye

pads

it really does unlock a lot more

pro-level features one of which is just

that I can use the same charger to

charge my computer charge my phone to

charge my iPad that is a huge deal I

hate having to carry around a ton of

different chargers in my bag but

something I actually do a fair bit is

plug this into my LG USB C monitor back

at my house and it's a full 4k monitor

and it will mirror the display which is

nice but on top of that it will charge

the iPad at the same time I do have a

couple of things such as a keyboard as

well as a pair of speakers connected to

the monitor so with that single cable

just like I can with a laptop I can get

a lot more use out of the iPad which

brings us to iOS so I actually do really

like a lot of iOS right I think the I

type would not be the kind of tablet

that it is if it was running say like

for Mac OS but that being said when you

slap a pro badge and a 700 price tag on

this there were all have expectations

that I have

and Iowa's is not too far off but

there's just enough things that just

really drive me crazy with me for the

most part I would be able to replace a

laptop completely this if it wasn't for

a few caveats with something like the

YouTube creator app which I use a

thousand times a day I don't get the

full experience on it which is something

I do need so things like uploading

captions to videos uploading thumbnails

they don't quite work as well as being

on a dedicated computer with the the

full webpage who need final cut that

that's it that's literally the only

bottleneck I have with this thing is

that it doesn't have final cut and I'm

assuming that if they ever put final cut

on here Final Cut Pro they'd have to

introduce Mouse support either in the

app or natively on the iPad and if I can

just connect like keep a Magic Trackpad

in my backpack and just connect it to

this bad boy and use it like a laptop

with Final Cut I'd be so sad

but a lot of things still don't quite

work on the iPad or acquire third-party

apps and it doesn't all quite talk

together I mean would it be that hard to

just give me like a downloads folder and

a couple of tools to move files around I

mean that would go so far to making the

iPad a proper laptop replacement now

this is kind of stuff I can live with on

the lower end iPads you know it's a much

cheaper device it's not quite geared to

replace your laptop but on iPad pro I

expect more and it's not quite

delivering just yet and it's pretty much

all software because the hardware is

totally here ok we have made it so the

conclusion here really is that this is a

great time to buy an iPad especially if

the rumours of iOS 13 being a major

update are true for most people I really

do think that the 330 all iPad is your

best bet as a nice sized screen it's

powerful enough and you do have the

ability to use accessories such as a

Bluetooth keyboard or that Apple pencil

now you would think that the iPad air is

the default answer for most people but

realistically I feel like it's in this

weird middle ground on one hand you've

got the cheaper iPad iPad which

basically does everything the same and

on the other hand you have the much more

expensive iPad pro which legitimately is

a major step up it is definitely not for

everyone but if you want to turn an iPad

from a content consumption device to

something you can actually get real work

done on the iPad pro is a legitimate

step up especially once they add a file

manager

or a better browser or file extensions

that totally work