Difference Between the iPad Air and 10.2" iPad 7th Gen. Spend the Extra $$? By Cason Asher

And, what's up everyone Jayson here, and today I'm going to talk about the differences between the iPad 7 generation, the 10.2-inch screen version and the iPad Air. Both of these are physically the same size and a lot of people are asking. What exactly are the differences between the two, especially because there's quite a big price difference, so I've got them both here in front of me, and I'm just going to do a little of comparison. So you can see exactly you know what the differences are and if it's worth paying the extra for the iPad Air or, if you'd, be just fine using the regular 10.2-inch iPad. At first glance, the most obvious difference between these two iPads is, of course, the price. The 7th generation iPad starts at $329 for the 32 gigabyte model, and you can upgrade that to 128 gigabytes, which is four times as much for $100.

More so 4:29 will get you. The hundred and twenty-eight gigabyte versions of this iPad. Now that still comes in under the $4.99 price of the entry-level iPad Air and that will get you 64 gigabytes of storage for an extra hundred and fifty dollars, you can upgrade that iPad to the 256 gigabyte model, so you get 256 gigabytes of storage for 649 on the iPad Air. So it's a bigger step up, but you're also getting quadruple the size of storage both ways. So those are the two price models that they have between the regular iPad and the iPad Air.

Both of these iPads support the Apple Pencil and now with the seventh generation iPad, the smart Keyboard. Both of these are super awesome accessories and I love both using both of them, but they're pretty expensive. The Apple Pencil starts at $99. This is the first generation Apple Pencil, not the second one. So it is the weird one that you charge by plugging into the bottom of the iPad, not magnetically on the side, but it starts at $99 and the iPad smart keyboard, which folds up as a cover, but I'll unfold as a keyboard is $149.

You don't necessarily have to buy the Apple branded smart keyboard. There are a lot of keyboards out there, but one thing that this guy has an advantage over most keyboards is that it uses the smart connector, which is now on both the iPad Air and the seven generation iPad. So this guy doesn't ever need to be charged. You don't have to pair it over Bluetooth or anything like that. If it's connected to your iPad, it's working, and it just works seamlessly, and it's awesome- I've been using both of these iPads side by side for a little while now, just so, I can see what areas you're going to notice the most difference between these two and the top three areas where I found the most contrast between these two iPads are in display quality storage capacity and processor power, and really in that order.

The biggest thing that I really enjoyed about the iPad Air over the seventh generation iPad is the display. Now, as far as resolution goes, both of them are very high resolution. I didn't have any problems between those two, but the original iPad does not have a laminated display. It's one really reflective to light in a way that the iPad Air is not. The iPad Air is perfect for use outdoors.

The 7th generation iPad is not bad to use outdoors, but it does reflect a lot more light, so it can be harder to use. You can see it in the display a lot more than you can on the iPad Air, and I'll try to show that in video, if I can, but the most annoying thing. For me personally, that I noticed between the two is the sound. You know this may be something that's not as applicable to people that don't use the Apple Pencil, but I love using my iPad for taking notes in class and when I use the Apple Pencil on both of these displays, the iPad 7 generation, with that air gap just makes more noise, it just clicks more, and it's just louder, I get used to it. It goes away, but it is annoying and not only can I hear it, but the surrounding people can hear it and when everyone else is writing with a pen on a piece of paper, and they can't hear anything, but you're over here tape, tapping away and your iPad, it can be a lot louder than the people around you next I'm going to talk about the storage capacity.

We kind of briefly touched on it at the beginning of the video, but there is quite a difference between the entry-level, seven generation iPads and the entry-level iPad Air in terms of storage quality, there's twice as much storage in the iPad Air. From the first price point, then there is on the seventh generation iPad start to 32 gigabytes on the 7 gen iPad and 64 gigabytes on the iPad Air.32 gigabytes is just not a lot. I haven't had this seventh generation I've had long enough to put everything I have on it and see if I run out of storage, but I've been using the iPad Air for a couple of months now, and I did purchase the 64 gigabyte version, because I wasn't planning on putting a bunch of stuff on it, but I've used well over 32 gigabytes on it already, so I know if I were using the seventh generation, iPad 32 gig model, as my main iPad I, would have well run out of storage by now, and I've only had it a couple of months, but the 64 gigabytes on the iPad Air is definitely manageable. For me, the last big huge difference that I would say between these two iPads is the processor power, and I'll be honest, saying that it's a huge difference is really quite a stretch using the seventh generation. iPad I did experience a couple slowdowns and one or two times that it did freeze up for one to two seconds and then just kept going, and I could tell that you know playing really cool.

You know like high-quality 3d games and stuff like that, is not exactly what this iPad was designed for. It does them well enough. I can't say that any problems that I've had with the seventh generation iPad have stopped me from me using it. All of them have worked themselves out in one to two seconds, so it really wasn't that big of a deal, but I've never experienced anything like that. On my iPad Air, it's been a smooth experience through and through the seventh generation.

iPad has the a10 fusion chip, which is actually the same processor as last year's model. So really the biggest difference between last year's 9.7-inch iPad and this year's 10.2-inch iPad is the screen size and I will say the 10.2 inch versus the nine point. Seven inches is a lot bigger. It makes quite a big difference, you're getting a lot more screen space, and it just feels like you've got more room to breathe, and so that was a really welcome change, but I guess. In order to save money, they decided that the processor didn't need to change and for right now it's okay.

Most of the things that I do are plenty capable on the seventh gen iPad, but I am worried about the future, because, if I'm already experiencing a couple slowdowns and a couple freeze, ups sometimes and the iPad just came out a year from now two years from now three years from now, is it going to be the same story or is it going to be unbearable to use on the iPad Air, which has the Apple A12 Bionic chip I'm a noticed any of that? So if you just don't want to worry about it at all, the iPad Air hasn't ever hiccup dumped me once, and I've. Had it a couple of months now, I've only had been iPad about a week now, and I've already noticed a couple slowdowns. So it's just something to keep in mind. I wouldn't say it's the biggest deal in the world. It's not like night and day the iPad seventh-generation is so slow and the iPad Air so fast, really they're, not that big of a difference.

I just have noticed a couple slowdowns with the seventh gen iPad. Now for a couple of other smaller differences that you are, you may notice between the two iPads that really make much an effect on me at all. Firstly, the screens are different sizes. The 7th generation iPad has that 10.2-inch screen, while the iPad Air has a 10.5-inch screen. So that's a point three inch difference, and while it is noticeable when you're looking at them side-by-side, it really isn't in day-to-day usage, if I'm, just using the iPad SEMOC generation, not looking at my iPad Air, like I, don't really notice that this screen is smaller, it just doesn't feel smaller.

It really feels like the same level and same if I'm, using my iPad Air I. Don't like notice like this screen is bigger it just it feels very similar, so I'm I really wouldn't say if you're really dead-set on screen size matters that that's going to be worth the extra money for the iPad Air. If everything else doesn't matter, the 10.2-inch screen on the iPad 7 generation is still great, and it feels like a lot more room to work with, especially coming from a nine point. Seven-inch iPad, so you're going to be happy with either one of them in terms of screen. Size you're also maybe notice a difference in both weight and thickness between these iPads.

Since the iPad Air doesn't have that air gap between the screen and the glass, it is a little thinner than the seventh generation iPad. It's really not all that much thinner, but I can notice it when I'm holding them, but in the same way that I don't really notice the screen size difference when one's away from the other I don't really notice the thickness difference that much either I can definitely notice it when I'm holding them both together. I'm like okay, this one's a lot thicker than this one, but when I'm just carrying one or the surrounding other, don't really notice like. Oh, this one feels so thick or oh, this one feels so thin. So, that's not really that big of a difference either weight is a little of a different story.

The 7th generation iPad is a bit heavier than the iPad Air and I can notice it, especially when I'm holding the ball together, but even when I'm away from the other one when I'm just holding the 7th generation iPad, it feels quite a bit heavier to hold. Then the iPad Air not like it's going to weigh you down, and it's like super heavy. It's really not that big of a deal, but it is something that I noticed and appreciate every time I switch back to my iPad Air I'm, like oh, my gosh I forgot how big I dig I forgot, how light this thing was, and it's its super nice to just be able to carry that thing around. The iPad Air just feels like the perfect iPad honestly, even with the Smart Cover I, can feel that this iPad seventh-generation is heavier than the iPad Air, and it's just another one of those things, and I'm like oh I love that I have my iPad Air, it's just so light, and it just feels nice. In my hand, this just feels weightier.

It just feels like it's got more behind it, and maybe you like that, maybe you're looking for something that just has more weight to it. Just feels more like it's secure in your hands. In that case the seventh generation iPad is heavier and thicker, so it might be just what you're looking for so those are my biggest takeaways and biggest differences between the seventh generation iPad and the iPad Air. Why did I choose the iPad Air? Well, firstly, because I knew that I was going to be writing on it. A lot I was taking notes in class and stuff, like that.

I had the sixth-generation 9.7-inch iPad before my iPad Air, and so I had experience with how loud that display was when I was using the Apple Pencil on it, and while it was never a huge problem, I really was looking for an upgrade that was going to take that away and make it easier for me to use my iPad for taking notes and was less reflective. The display quality was the biggest thing for me and why I chose to go with the iPad Air and I. Don't regret it I love that thing so much the other qualities of it like the better processor, the higher storage capacity. That kind of stuff is definitely a bonus, and those are things that you really should take into consideration before purchasing either of these iPads. But besides that, the other differences are really negligible.

So if you don't care too much about the laminated display, and you feel like either a get away with 32 gigabytes of storage or be, you are okay with spending 429 dollars and getting the 128 gigabytes of storage, which is still a great deal. Then you're going to be totally fine with the seventh generation iPad. The processor difference is not that big. If you're playing like big heavy titles of games and stuff like that, then it might be worth getting the iPad Air because it's got a better processor, but in that case you're, probably not looking at the seventh generation iPad anyway. If your main use for your iPad is, you know, watching videos streaming, Netflix YouTube, that kind of stuff reading website articles things like that seven generation iPad is totally fine, and I would definitely recommend it.

It works super well, but the iPad Air is just an overall better experience in pretty much every way that doesn't mean that the seventh generation iPad is bad at anything. It's just that this is definitely an upgrade and I would definitely recommend the iPad Air if you've got the money to spend and if you are looking for just the best iPad experience overall I chose the iPad Air, but I'm definitely saying that the seventh generation iPad is a good product. So ultimately, the decision on what to buy is up to you, but you're not going to be disappointed either way thanks so much for watching and have a great rest of your day right.

Source : Cason Asher