Apple iPad Mini & iPad Air 2019 - FOR STUDENTS?! By Justin Tse

What's going on, if one it's Justin here, and today we're taking a look at Apple's, new iPads for 2019, the iPad Mini and the iPad Air that were recently refreshed kinda from the perspective of whether a student can take this on an everyday basis to do productivity, multimedia and essentially replace a computer, but at a lower price point than the iPad Pro. So I was a student just about a year ago and over the years have had different types of machines, whether it's the iPad at the MacBook Air 11 inch, the MacBook, 12-inch, and I've been a pretty big fan of MacBook overall, and I've had iPads here and there. So the iPad Mini was actually the first experience that I had with a tablet. It was announced back in the day and when it first came out, it was something that I've been waiting for quite a while to have to take around and watch multimedia, whether it was like some Netflix or YouTube. But beyond that, I didn't really do many things on it, aside from multimedia, but anything with some productivity based upgrades. The compatibility of the Apple Pencil, as well as a new processor, these actually make a very compelling option for students to take around on an everyday basis and used for school apples really been focusing a lot on the pro line of iPads and expanding the capabilities of them in many ways when it comes to hardware and the iPad Pro 11 inches was a very good example of that last year, and it's overall been one of my favorite travel buddies over the past few months.

But when it comes to price point, the iPad Mini starts at 399 the iPad Air $4.99 and the iPad Pro at $7.99, which makes it a very compelling option. Because when you get to the price point at $7.99 and add the accessories the pencil you really do get into the territory of the price of a computer. Whereas in this case you kind of bridged the tablet and the laptop class, but still have apps and the keyboard and the pencil to do productivity and even some artistic work. The iPad Mini especially, has been waiting for a spec update for many years now, because the last processor that was on this tablet was the Apple A8. These new tablets have the a12 Bionic chip, which is a six core CPU and four core GPU, as well as a m12 coprocessor, and some other changes include true tone in the display, as well as support for the Apple Pencil.

So when it comes to overall hardware and design, these two tablets are pretty much the same as before I mean they look very familiar. You still have your bezels. You still have your home button and touch ID. It is also very light and thin. They both come in two just 6.1 millimeters, the iPad Mini weighs in at just 0.66 pounds, whereas the iPad Air is just over one pound, which is perfect, especially because of how light and thin it is, and especially, if you add, LTE you're able to have something that you just take on the go and use for everything. I think a lot of people still do like the home button on the iPad.

So if you don't really want to make the jump just yet to the iPad Pro and face ID, then the iPad Air is a very obvious choice, even though the feature is moving towards USB, see for audio and in Apple's case lightning port with the iPhones one thing that I found really annoying as an Apple ecosystem user was the fact that my iPhone uses a lightning adapter, while the iPad Pro that a typical take on travel uses. USB type-c, so I essentially find myself carrying two different adapters to listen to noise-canceling audio on my wired pair of headphones. So it was kind of disappointed and annoyed when the iPad Air didn't have the headphone jack, but I'm happy to see, it still remains on these two models. So one of the newest features of the new iPads is the fact that you can use Apple, pencil and I think there's a lot of things that this pencil can be used for, whether it's doing art doing some photo retouching or for kids, who just want to do a bit of casual drawing I. Think the support of Apple Pencil is something that a lot of people are going to use, there's more and more apps that support the Apple Pencil, and personally I found myself using it for basic sketches or just marking things up, but especially when it comes to photoshop mobile when you're using the healing brush for stuff.

That actually makes the tablet experience much faster than a computer. The only complaint that I do have, though, is that for a tablet that was released in 2019 by Apple. It still. Charges like this and I do understand that there is the Apple Pencil 2, that is, for the iPad Pro and kind of the higher-end model, but I would have liked to have seen Apple Pencil to support on these two iPads as well, because from the standpoint of an iPad user, a lot of people do end up upgrading from the iPad Air to the iPad Pro as they kind of get used to the ecosystem and want to do more advanced work on their tablets. So I think it just would have made sense to have one Apple Pencil for the entire lineup, especially for those who plan to potentially upgrade to the higher-end model in the future.

So they won't have to spend the extra money all over again. I think when it comes to other types of technology, including computers or smartphones, whether it's iOS, Android, Windows or Mac, people do have their own preferences. Benin comes to tablets. I still feel like the iOS market is still dominating, even though a lot of the incremental spec bumps on tablets and smartphones nowadays may not be as important as they used to be I. Think in this case, with the new iPads and its 800 processor, there is a significant improvement.

The performance on the iPad Mini, for example, is up to three times faster and graphics are up to nine times, whereas the iPad Air saw a 70% generational boost in performance and twice the graphics capability for everyday tasks. This doesn't really matter. I mean the iPad Mini before was perfectly fine for emails and web browsing and consuming media. But for this to be a perfect productivity machine, whether you're using different types of software to take notes, do computational stuff some photo editing as well as a little of video editing in 1080p, for example this year with the 8 well Bionic processor. This enables these tablets to be able to do that.

Some of the apps that I personally really like to use is notability and that allows you to draw out things using the Apple Pencil, but also type things out very quickly and I. Think formatting is just something that is very important when it comes to taking notes just very quickly and easily, because at the end of the day, if the notes aren't organized, and you're, probably not going to go back and study from them, procreates also perfect out for any artists out there who are looking to draw things on a tablet and just for digital art. I feel like the iPad is a really, really good tool. As someone like myself, who really likes to do, photo editing, and especially on like a tablet or smartphone, because it's fast, simple and portable I also found that Photoshop and Lightroom was really nice to use on the tablet. Experience using the pencil being able to use stuff like the Healing Brush to draw out certain parts where there might be dust on a product, for example, is very easy for anyone who wants to do like casual video, editing, just stitching together some home and family videos.

Lima fusion is also a great app for that in the iPad Air, and many are able to handle that as well as long as you're, not putting in like red raw footage or 4k. If you're looking to do more serious video editing, then the iPad Pro is going to be the model for you, as that is able to handle 4k footage to some degree. Some other apps that you might find useful with the iPad using the pencil is also calculator which allows you to just write down your calculations, and it will do it for you instantly, if you're into gaming, on a tablet or for your kids, then the newest games with great graphics such as NBA, 2k, 19 or blades they're, also ones that I found were very nice to play, especially on the iPad Mini. So, overall, what I'm, really trying to say is from a specs' standpoint. The Apple 8 well Bionic processor, on these two tablets, make it more than capable for pretty much every task you want to throw at it.

But if you're really serious into photo and video editing, then the iPad Pro would make more sense. As for the display, the iPad Mini has a resolution of 2048 by 1536. The iPad Air, on the other hand, has a screen size of 10.5 inches and a resolution of 2224 by 1668 they're, both laminated and have a p3 color space and I will say the overall color and vibrancy and sharpness is perfectly fine for a tablet. I've never had any complaints about it and the fact that the screen is laminated is very good, especially when you're using the Apple Pencil. Of course, the iPad Pro does have 120 Hertz refresh rate, which is noticeable when you look very closely, but I honestly think for like 95% of people out there, you won't notice a difference when it comes to the lack of faster refresh rate.

These two iPads also have true tone L, which is good to see, and I find myself using that a lot on the iPhone when it comes to just sensing the white balance of the lighting situation, you're in or in some cases, turn it to a warmer color setting, so it doesn't have as much strain on your eyes. One of the accessories that is made available for the iPad Air, though, is a smart keyboard, and it is pretty much the same as the one found on the iPad Pro in the previous two years, and I've personally been a huge fan of it. I mean easily with my iPad Pro all the time, and it just has like nice, tactile keys a nice sized keyboard, and this essentially makes it a two-in-one experience. The only complaint that I do have, though, is the fact that this keyboard is only one angle. You can't kind of change the angles of it, and it is also very expensive, but it is a first-party accessory and attaches to the bottom of the iPad and doesn't need any external charging.

So at the end of the day, do I think the iPad Air or the iPad Mini, is something that students should consider as an everyday school computer that could actually replace a laptop and I think. The answer nowadays is: yes. I mean this computer with the keyboard and the Apple Pencil. If you're someone who really needs it is gonna, come in at a price point below $800, especially if you applied the EDU discount for students, even though the iPad Pro form factor and the display going to the edge is something that I personally really enjoy. I do feel like it is extremely expensive and after adding the keyboard and the pencil comes in at a price point that really makes you second think your decision whether you should get a baseline computer or a tablet if you're looking to sell an old computer and go completely to a tablet.

Experience like this I do feel like you will be missing out on some things, but if you're looking for something that is good to take to school for notes and doing some productivity, your school projects and everything like that, but have your social media as well as Netflix, YouTube and everything on it. Then the iPad is something that I can really recommend and I. Think the air model is the one that you should go for, even though the iPad Mini finally got its spec bump, which is perfect to see. I think the one that I would recommend to most people are the iPad Air, so unless you're looking to get an iPad for your kid or looking to play more games as opposed to doing productivity, the iPad Air, with the large keyboard and just the large screen and everything like that, I think will give you the better experience with that being said, I still kind of want the iPad Mini as like a remote for my camera and just monitoring, and the fact that it's just so small but has a lot of power in 2019 is great deceive. But the smarter option is to get the air, especially because it is only $100 more otherwise.

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Source : Justin Tse