00:00Should you buy or skip the iPad Pro 2024?
00:03Let me tell you why.
00:04This tablet is a big deal.
00:07The iPad Pro is the very first Apple device of any kind
00:10to feature the company's M4 chip.
00:13This is the most powerful tablet Apple has ever made.
00:15It's also the first iPad to have an OLHU,
00:18which is a feature that a lot of people
00:20have been asking for.
00:21But that performance comes at a price.
00:2313-inch iPad Pro costs $1,299,
00:26which is $200 more than the previous model.
00:28So the question is, should you get the iPad Pro
00:31or get a MacBook instead?
00:33The first reason you should buy the iPad Pro
00:35is for its thin design.
00:37The new iPad Pro is 5.1 millimeters thin,
00:40which is the thinnest device that Apple has ever released,
00:44even thinner than an iPad Nano.
00:46The iPad Pro is also super light at 1.28 pounds.
00:50It's actually lighter than the iPad Air 13-inch,
00:53which is 1.3 pounds.
00:54I know that doesn't sound like a big difference,
00:56but trust me, when you hold it, you will notice it.
00:59Even if you tack on the Apple Magic Keyboard,
01:02it actually doesn't weigh that much more,
01:03which is really cool if you're taking this around.
01:06For me personally, I'd rather travel with this
01:07than a MacBook Air.
01:09The second reason to get the iPad Pro
01:10is for the gorgeous OLED display.
01:13So Apple claims that the display can output
01:151,000 nits of brightness.
01:16In our testing, it got a little bit above that,
01:18which is really, really nice.
01:20And in certain parts of the screen,
01:21it could get up to 1,600 nits of brightness,
01:24which is something we also confirmed.
01:26Apple officially calls this an Ultra Retina XDR display.
01:29You could also upgrade to a nanotexture glass,
01:32which makes it anti-glare,
01:34but we'll talk about that a little bit later.
01:37The next reason to get the iPad Pro
01:38is for the M4 performance.
01:40We've run the iPad Pro M4 through Geekbench,
01:43and it is about twice as fast than the iPad Pro M2,
01:47which is already a really fast tablet.
01:49This is insane performance.
01:51So what does that performance mean for everyday use?
01:53It means that you could run games like Resident Evil 4
01:56and Genshin Impact at really, really good quality.
01:59Not only do they run well,
02:00but they look really nice as well.
02:01I can't give you exact frame count
02:03because they don't have a FPS counter here,
02:05but to my eyes, Genshin Impact runs pretty close to 60 FPS.
02:09Resident Evil doesn't,
02:09but it still runs very, very smoothly.
02:12And for other uses, it can handle things like web browsing
02:15and video watching without a hitch.
02:18And the final reason you should buy the iPad Pro
02:20is for its insane battery life.
02:23We tested this and we got it to run
02:24for 13 hours and 13 minutes,
02:27which is a lot more than all day use.
02:29If you need a machine that's dependable,
02:31that's gonna last you way more than a day, this is it.
02:34For comparison's sake, the iPad Pro with the M2 chip
02:37lasted 10 hours and 39 minutes,
02:39which is still really good,
02:40but this gives you three more hours, which is awesome.
02:43Because of the battery life,
02:44you could theoretically use this tablet all day for work.
02:47Then you come home and unwind for a couple more hours
02:49watching some YouTube videos.
02:50Those are the biggest pros,
02:52but be sure to check out my full review
02:53over at TomSka.com.
02:55The iPad Pro has a lot going for it.
02:56However, there are reasons to skip it
02:58and they're both related.
03:00Price.
03:01The first reason to skip is that
03:02if you wanna upgrade to nanotexture glass,
03:05you're gonna have to pay an obscene price.
03:0713-inch iPad Pro starts at $1,299.
03:10If you wanna upgrade to nanotexture glass,
03:13you need to get the configuration
03:14with one terabyte of storage,
03:16which bumps the price up to $1,999.
03:18At that price, you may as well get a MacBook Pro.
03:21The other reason to skip the iPad Pro
03:23is because of the Magic Keyboard,
03:25which is also pretty expensive.
03:28If you wanna use the iPad Pro as a laptop replacement,
03:31you'll need the Magic Keyboard.
03:32And this is actually a redesign of the previous model.
03:35And it's a lot better.
03:36The keys are more responsive.
03:37It has this really nice aluminum finish on the palm rest
03:40and the touchpad, which makes it feel more like a MacBook.
03:44This peripheral has also been redesigned
03:46to be lighter and thinner than the previous model,
03:48which makes it really easy to carry around
03:51when you're traveling with the iPad.
03:53Unfortunately, like the previous model,
03:55this Magic Keyboard costs $350.
03:57That's on top of the $1,299 you're paying for the iPad Pro.
04:00This has been a problem with the Magic Keyboard for a while,
04:02and it still stings.
04:05Even though it's expensive, especially with the add-on,
04:07I would absolutely buy the iPad Pro.
04:10As things stand, this is the most impressive tablet
04:12that Apple has ever released.
04:13No hyperbole, this is the most gorgeous OLED display
04:16I've ever seen.
04:17And the thin design is unbelievable.
04:19And obviously, you get M4 power and insane battery life.
04:22There is so much to like about this tablet.
04:25But if you're on a budget
04:26and you don't need the power of the M4,
04:28I suggest the iPad Air 13-inch.
04:30Even though it has an M2 chip,
04:32may not have the same OLED display,
04:33but it is super portable,
04:34and it gives you almost all the features that this one does.
04:38Even with all this power,
04:40iPadOS still isn't as robust as macOS,
04:42so that's something you have to go past.
04:44But the M4 chip in this device should future-proof it.
04:48Again, expensive, but I would absolutely buy this.
04:51Well, what do you think of the iPad Pro?
04:52Let me know in the comments below,
04:54and make sure to head over to Tom's Guide.com
04:55to read my full review.
04:57You can also follow us on social, at Tom's Guide.
04:59Once again, I was Tony Polanco,
05:00and I'll see you around.
05:02Later.
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