iPad (2020) 8th Generation Vs iPad Air 3! (Comparison) (Review) By Simple Alpaca

Welcome back everyone guesses what the iPad 8th generation just came out, so we have to take a look at it, and we're going to go ahead and compare to the iPad Air 3 that came out kind of early last year, there's about a year and a half gap between these two iPads so kind of keep that in mind. What I'll tell you, though, is that when it comes down to it, the iPad 8th generation was a pretty decent upgrade internally outside there really wasn't too many big differences, but the iPad Air 3 and the iPad 10.2 inch share a lot of the similarities. You know there's a lot of same things going on between both of them. Now, if you own the iPad, air 3, obviously keep it, there's absolutely no reason to go for the iPad 10.2 inch. That could be a downgrade in some cases, but even if you have the iPad 8th generation, maybe obviously you shouldn't necessarily go for the iPad or 3 either, but in the case where you don't have either of these. What I can tell you is that price wise, the iPad Air 3, does cost a little more than the iPad 10.2 inch, but you can't even pick up the iPad Air 3 anymore. You can only really pick it up in the used market, maybe at Best Buy or somewhere.

You know if you can go and get it as an open box special or something with the iPad 8th gen. That thing is selling for 329, which is a pretty cheap price to pay compared to a lot of the other competition. So definitely keep that in mind. Now, starting off with the front the iPad Air 3 has a 10.5 inch IPS panel, so it is bigger than the iPad 8th gen. Now that resolution is 1668 by 2224, and it's a really good-looking panel, you have true tone on it.

It looks perfect, there's very some bezels around it. However, there is a top bezel and a bottom bezel with the home button. It's not like completely bezel-less like we have on most other devices. You know like other iPads and stuff, but it's still totally. Okay, I'm totally.

Okay, with the way this panel looks- and I think it actually looks pretty good- it was a really good-looking device. It shares the same body as the iPad Pro 2nd gen and for sure, at the end of the day, it looks good. It performs good in terms of the panel. Furthermore, it doesn't have that 120 hertz refresh rate, but it still looks good for the most part where the iPad 8th generation has that 1620 by 2160 panel and that one is 10.2 inches so a little smaller and the overall iPad is smaller than the iPad Air 3. On top of that, a huge thing to keep in mind is that the iPad 10.2 inch has the home button as well. So it shares pretty much the same design language.

You do have a little thicker bezels on the side, so kind of keep that in mind. You know I mean that's really not that big of a deal, but that may be something that you might want to look into as before you buy it. But again it's not really that big of a deal to me. It may be a big deal to you, but that's something you're going to have to figure out and in terms of the panels. You know they look really, really good and, of course, between both the iPad Air 3 probably has a better looking one, but I still think the iPad 8's generation has a pretty good-looking panel too, on the bottom of lightning ports on both and on the back single camera.

Setups both have the aluminum build and both like, I said before, look really, really good. I don't really have any preference to which one feels better. I feel like the iPad 3 gives the impression that it feels a little more expensive, but that's not even necessarily the case, because the iPad 8th generation still feels and looks perfect as well, and that's a huge advantage for both these iPads. They both look really, really good and they both feel very, very good. When you look at a lot of other competition out in the market- and you look at basically all the other iPads and tablets, you will see that they all share pretty much the same design language, and they all feel extremely premium and, like I said before, that is an extremely huge asset for both of these devices.

So when it comes down to it, I like both- I prefer both, but definitely I think the iPad Air 3 may be the better looking one and better feeling one when it comes down to it. So in terms of that, that really pretty much covers it up for the most part now hating on the software, the software experience and the software longevity. First, the software experience is exactly the same they're both getting the same amount of versions of software for the most part, at least for the time being. Now. The best advantage for both these iPads is that they both have that Apple A12 bionic chip, which is extremely important to note main reason, because they're both going to be getting the exact same software updates.

So when the iPad Air 3 gets the next version of software, the iPad 8th generation is going to be getting that 2 same day same exact time. But a major thing to keep in mind about that is that, with the iPad 8th generation, you are going to be technically paying less money for a device that will technically last you just as long as a device that was more expensive last year, which is really, really impressive and because they share that same chipset, there's a lot of similarities in the internal as well. I'll, definitely tell you with iPadOS. It's been a great experience. I like it a lot.

It's always been pretty stable. I haven't really had too many problems with it. I'm not going to sit here and say it's perfect, but it's not like horrible either and, like I said, I think I've had a pretty decent time with it with the iPad 8th generation and the 7th gen, even the 6th gen. It ran iPadOS, extremely fine and with the iPad Air 3, it ran iPadOS extremely fine too. So when it comes down to it, I'll definitely tell you, I like iPadOS and the fact that both these are going to be lasting for quite a bit of time in the software department is a really huge asset for sure.

So, in terms of the software experience that really pretty much covers it up there, too now hating on the performance side of things. This is actually really really fascinating. So the iPad Air 3 has the apple, a12, bionic chip, a hex core CPU and three gigs of ram on both the models with the iPad 8th generation also has the apple 12 bionic chips like we stated it also has a hex core CPU, but on top of that it also has three gags of ram, and that is extremely weird how they both share exactly the same internals for the most part. So what this means is for the most part that the iPad Air, 3 and the iPad 8th generation are probably going to be the exact same performance when it comes down to it. Now there could be a couple of differences here and there you know.

If, basically, you know if you're trying to load up one app- and you know little differences in the background and with software and this, and that like there could be a little of couple differences but with the iPad or three I found it to be an perfect performing device. Like I stated before, if I open it up, if I did anything with it, it was pretty much. You know good to go, and this was a very good mid-tier iPad for last year. I thought you know it ran perfectly fine. It had the latest chipset when it came out.

It didn't have like the a12x or a12z or whatever it's called, but it had a perfect. You know chipset, for the most part and with the iPad 8th generation, it's pretty much the exact same setup. You know, but this time instead of the most expensive iPad is definitely a cheaper iPad. On top of that, which is really cool and what's even better than that, is that it's not that expensive. First, for 329 you can get an perfect performing iPad, which, like I said before, is a huge asset when you're coming down to this specific price range.

Now, if you're, a student or anything, it might be a good idea for you to get the bigger size screen. If you have the option, if you're writing a lot of notes, and you're watching a lot of videos and lectures and stuff, then it may be better off having a better display and a bigger display on top of that, but I'm sure a majority of people too, with the iPad 8th generation, it's going to be a big iPad, 2, and I feel like if you're you know, trying to watch videos and take notes and all this other stuff you're going to have a perfect time on the iPad 8th generation as well. So when it comes down to the performance, you know the sheer performance, I'll probably say the iPad 8 and the iPad Air 3 probably are around the same. But when it comes down to you know the experience like I said, you may have a better experience with a little of a bigger display and a better display overall than a lower end or cheaper or smaller display. So keep that in mind.

It is what it is, but that's pretty much how it sums that up now hitting on the cameras they both have single cameras on the back, and they're, both pretty much the exact same setup, both eight megapixel sensors. They can do 1080p at 30 frames and nobody's going to be filming like a full-on video on this thing, they're not going to be doing anything crazy. It's pretty much the same camera setup that we have on an iPhone 6, so kind of keep that in mind, or maybe even like an iPhone 5. It's not like a horrible camera setup. Furthermore, it will take photos and videos and stuff, but I probably wouldn't recommend anybody like filming videos on it.

You know if you're trying to do anything crazy. This probably wouldn't be the camera. Now, on the front, you do have a 1.2 megapixel camera on the iPad, 8th generation, but a 7 megapixel camera on the iPad Air 3. So if you're doing a lot of Zoom calls, if you're doing a lot of different things like that, possibly getting that higher end 7 megapixel camera setup will probably do you better in the long run like I said, if you're doing a lot of Zoom calls and face times and webcam stuff, then it may be better if you just get that iPad or 3 for that bigger and better camera setup on the front and that lower end camera on the iPad 8 generation. So that's another big thing to keep in mind, but in terms of the camera that pretty much covers it up now, ending it off with the battery life.

The iPad Air 3 has an 8 134 million bar battery. The iPad 8th generation has an around that same size, battery size, 2, I'm assuming you know. We don't have the 4 million power yet for the iPad 8th generation, but I've always found with the iPad based models. You know the seven eighth, and you know the six gen iPads. Those have had a perfect battery life for the most part, and I've had a perfect experience with them.

So I'll probably tell you with that specific iPad, you might actually have better battery life on the lower end iPad, 8th generation than on the know more expensive kind of iPad Air 3. So another thing to keep in mind. I don't know it's totally up to you, how you're going to determine that, but that's kind of what I saw here now to kind of sum up the video and to answer the question of which iPad should you get? Should you get the iPad 8th generation, or should you get the iPad Air 3? Now, let me break it down for your real, quick with the iPad or 3. I found it to be a perfect iPad, and you know last year it was a little more expensive. I think it was 4.99 right now you can pick them up for a little cheaper. The performance is great.

The screen looks great, and I think, if you're going to look between both of these, those are two of the main assets that you're probably going to look for. You know with the iPad or 3 you're going to be getting a better looking front panel for sure and just the way it looks in the front and on top of that you're going to be getting a better looking front camera battery life is probably going to be about the same. If anything, the iPad 8 will probably have better battery life, and the iPad 8 is cheaper as well. Performance is almost going to be identically the same on both, so you're, not necessarily going to be going. You know to one over the other.

Just for you know, performance, or you know the software experience or software life cycle, or anything like that. They're both going to be lasting for the exact same amount of time, but I think the best way to put it is, if you have the iPad Air 3, keep it. If you have the iPad 8th generation, keep it whichever one you can get for the easiest. You know way, then, by all means get it. If you have to go out of your way to pick up an iPad or 3, I probably wouldn't recommend it.

You know what I mean like if you have to go one bay and keep searching for days and days and days on end to find one for a good price, then maybe it's not the best way to go about doing it, but possibly getting the iPad.8Th generation could be a perfect thing as well. You can just go on Apple's website and just buy it there it's way less, and I would probably recommend a lot of people to go pick up the iPad 82 if you want to go for it. So that's really how I would kind of sum up this whole entire video, if you guys have any other questions or anything. Let me know in the comment section below hit the like button, not me so much, but definitely hit that subscribe button, every single subscriber that we get really discount. So me so much for you guys get that also check out the other links down in the description as well.

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