2020 iPad (8th Gen)
Hi everyone, we're going to take a look at the 2020 iPad this is apple's least expensive iPad and it got a couple small upgrades this year but it still comes in at the 329 price tag.
Now it starts at 329 it's already on discount at places like Amazon for about thirty dollars off now it goes from 329 for 32 gigabytes of storage up to 429 for 128 gigabytes of storage now if you want cellular data you can get it to tack on 130 extra.
now also it comes in three different colors this is space gray you also get silver and gold now let's go ahead and take a look at it now this is the 32-gigabyte model and with wi-fi, it's not the cellular version.
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2020 iPad (8th Gen) |
SFo let's go ahead and open it up we'll take the wrapper off here let's open the box and inside we have the iPad of course we'll set it aside now this is the space gray model like I said so we'll set that aside let's see what comes in the box. Now with the new apple watch this year they got rid of the power adapter but we still have one in the box of this iPad.
But I think it's different than what we had in previous years so we'll take a look at that in just a moment let's see what kind of documentation we have anything different so it looks like we have some apple stickers in here they're stuck there we go so we have apple stickers large apple stickers and then a quick start guide that gives you an overview of how to use it and then our little warranty card and safety information.
So let's set that aside and inside this is not what I expected we have a USB C to lightning cable so it looks like their kind of standardizing this and then we have a new power brick now this is the same sort of fast charging brick that we get with an iPhone 11 pro max.
So you can see this is the new 20-watt power adapter it's included in the box so that's pretty interesting I didn't expect that so let's set this aside and take a closer look at the iPad to let's take the cover off of it here and this is a nice space gray color and let's compare it to the previous generation.
Last year's model you can see they're basically the exact same color in previous years they weren't necessarily the same but they look pretty much the same as you can see here now it's hard to tell them apart from other than that I have the previous generation on the left but nothing else has changed on the outside with them now this particular device does have big changes inside.
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So internally we have apple's new a12 bionic CPU with the neural engine that's a huge update for things such as photo processing in real-time and maybe editing videos so this can definitely handle it. Now also the display hasn't changed either so let me go ahead and turn it on and it's the 10.2-inch display that we had in the previous generation with 2160 by 1620 pixels it has a pixel density of 264 pixels per inch and then it goes up to 500 nits of brightness has an oleophobic coating and it supports the first generation apple pencil.
So I'll set this up in a moment but as you can see along the outside edge it's very familiar looks like any other iPad on the bottom we have our lightning port along with stereo speakers on the right-hand side we have volume rockers so you can see here there are two volume buttons on the top we have our power sleep-wake button.
We have a microphone and we still have a ahead phone jack on the left-hand side we have our pogop in adapters or our smart connector as apple calls and then we have a touch id on the front. So it should be pretty good we'll see if it's the second generation. Now on the back, we have the same camera we have the 8-megapixel camera with an f 2.4 aperture and it records up to 1080p 30 frames per second video on the front we have a very not so great camera.
It works basically for facetime callsand it's a 1.2 megapixel camera that's really only good for those sortof calls internally we have wi-fi 802.11 a b g n in acthere's no wi-fi six and battery life should beabout 10 hours just like we get with everything else although thischipset inside the A12 bionic is more efficient than the previous generations A10 fusion cpu.
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So it should be pretty nice they're basically identical in every way externally from the previous generation but you get a much faster cpu so if we flip this over here i'll just show you really quickly before I set this upgo to english we'll turn on the other one and side by side you have the exactsame displays there's nothing new here basically everything is exactly the same so you have a much faster cpu but everything else stays the same now let's go ahead and set up touch id.
So i'll place my fingerprint on the fingerprint sensorand it looks pretty fast usually the first generation touch id was much slower so it seems to be second generation or maybe even a newer version there we go we'll go to the next oneadjust the grip move our fingerprint around and it works really well once it's set up.
So if you've ever used the finger printsensor it's super nice and it's secure on the chip apple doesn't share it outside of the device so i'll wait for this to finish and thenwe'll take a closer look. Now everything's set up i didn't transferany data i just wanted to see what it was likebut let's take a look and see what version os comes pre-installed with it so if I go to general then about so you can see it comespre-installed with ios 14.
So if we go home let's take a closer look so this particular device it does workwith apple pencil like I said but before we take a look at that thegood thing is all the previous generation accessories from the previous ipad that you could buy last yearwill work with this ipad.
So for example if you have this combi touch keyboard set up with a trackpadit will work on this ipad so the case will fit without a problem so let's put it in place so i can show you so you'll see it fits nicely around the outside edge no problem there everything's in place.
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If we attach the keyboard we'll get all the keyboard functionality with a trackpad if you want to buy this accessory sowe'll ignore that for now and you'll see that i can use thetrackpad to move around the screen you can hit control or command space and you get search so with this you get all the same keyboards and accessories that you can use with previous generations.
So it'sreally nice that they've kept this the same sizeand it works just fine. so let's see if I can remove this hereand if you have a case that you used with maybe last year's ipad maybe youwant to pass it on to a family member you can use that now to pair the apple pencil you just plug it in.
Now it's not compatible with the second generation apple pencil so let's go ahead and plug this init will pair it takes just a moment it may need to charge as well so we'll giveit just a moment to charge up and we'll hit pair and we should be good to go we should be able to use it now it says welcome to apple pencil and it's telling us about the new features.
A new features of iPad OS 14
Now once you have an apple pencil paired because we have all of the same modern updates as we get with the ipad pro we can do the same sorts of things so if we go into notes.
I select it let's get rid of the pencil options there if I select it can move it around do whatever I want with this text it'sreally intuitive and great to use so if you've never used this before it's something that I think you'll really appreciate with the new features but also you get all the benefits of the higher end ipads min us a few features.
But because it has the A12 bionic in it it's super fast you can edit 4k video with imovie you can manipulate photos in real timeusing the editor it's just incredibly intuitive andvery very fast and you're not really missing out other than having stereo speakers and a higher refresh rate on your displayotherwise you've got most of the benefits of the pro device even with the accessories such as logitech keyboard.
So that's it for the 2020 ipad now this device is something I recommend all the time to people that don't have ipad seven if you just need a computer around the house and you need something that's a little less expensive that you don't have to worry about it'swhat I would recommend to most people.
If you've never tried anipad and even if you have tried an ipad if you have an older one maybe an ipad 2 or an ipad air the original one it's still worth picking up it's a greatvalue and it's even cheaper than the original iPad at 329.
thanks for information! sir
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