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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d so the nine point seven inch iPad pro has a lot in common with the iPad air 2 there's a lot of new features but it also costs quite a bit more so let's take a look at them to see if it's worth the extra money aesthetically they look pretty similar they have the same casing the same bezel same home button the same first-gen fingerprint sensor same thickness same weight even the battery life is the same you can get the nine point seven inch iPad pro in rose gold if that's your thing but the most notable differences on the outside are really just the two extra speakers the smart connection and the camera bump on the inside we have a more powerful CPU he uses the same chip as the bigger iPad pro but that one had four gigs of RAM this has two gigs like the iPad air 2 now we're not powering as many pixels as the big iPad pro so the reduced ram doesn't affect performance running benchmarks you can see that it scores way better than the iPad air 2 but when I use it I mean it feels a little faster it's just that the benchmarks made it seem like it would be a huge performance bump and it's not using it with split screen it has a more noticeable performance increase the iPad air 2 still doesn't feel slow or anything but the nine point seven inch iPad pro has a little more punch there still isn't an app that would let me edit one of my YouTube videos on the iPad I mean I would love to I think the processor on the iPad pro could handle it but the app still aren't there and I feel like that's the case for a lot of pro users we're still waiting for those apps the nine point seven inch iPad pro can also use the smart keyboard and the Apple pencil so this smart keyboard is smaller and I thought would be cramped but it's not the thing is I don't love the typing experience the key travels a little too short for me and it's missing things that third-party keyboards have like shortcut keys and backlighting the Apple pencil is one of my favorite input devices on any platform and it works exactly the same way as the big iPad pro very responsive tilt sensitive shading nearly lag free it's awesome so keyboards on iPads aren't a new thing but if you want to draw or if you want to have prop pen input the 9.7 inch ipad is your better choice the iPad air 2 has a pair of speakers that sound okay like the bass isn't really there and both the mids and highs sound a little muddy their stereo but since the speakers are on one side you never get proper stereo sound in landscape mode the 9.7 inch iPad pro has four speakers they're louder they create a more immersive experience but most importantly they just sound better much cleaner mids and highs and pretty nice bass it doesn't sound as good as the twelve point nine inch iPad pro and still very respectable there's a new screen the resolution is the same as the iPad air 2 but it's improved and basically every other way it has a professional-grade color gamut the same DCI p3 that's on the 5k iMac essentially it displays more of the colors that the human eye can perceive so it's supposedly 25% more colors which sounds like a lot and I can see that the colors look a little richer without being oversaturated but it's a pretty mild improvement it also features the new true tone display where sensors around the screen detect the lighting in your environment and then it adjusts the screen to have like a warmer or cooler tint it's supposed to mimic how ambient light reflects off a piece of paper I've been using tablets for years and I've never wanted this feature before but now that I've used this I like it a lot just be sure to turn it off if you're doing color accurate work the screen is also 20% brighter it's immediately noticeable and that's always a welcome upgrade in my books and lastly there's a new type of anti reflective coating so the iPad air 2 already had some kind of anti reflection but this new one is supposed to be better by 40% so combined with the brighter panel it's noticeably better for outdoor use now overall it's nicely improved screen but the iPad air 2 display still looks really awesome it has a great rear facing camera now 12 megapixels it's the same as the iPhone 6 and it can take 4k videos now it also has a cam bump but somehow it doesn't wobble at all when it's lying flat the more interesting camera to me is the front-facing camera because a lot of people use their iPads for FaceTime and if you do you'll appreciate this upgraded camera the iPad air had a 1.2 megapixel camera this one's 5 megapixels and the video quality just looks so much better it also has that retina flash for selfies now the reason why I made this video is because of pricing the iPad air 2 is $400 for the 16 gig model the 9.7 inch iPad pro is $600 for the 32 gig model now if you take storage differences into account it's like $150 price increase but it's still much cheaper than the $800 big iPad pro so is it worth it see the nine point seven inch iPad pro still can't replace a laptop for most people but it's a powerful tablet with some new features the usage experience is pretty similar to an iPad air 2 unless you're using the Apple pencil and that's kind of where the decision lies once you buy the Apple pencil and you've paid the price premium for the pro you're looking at like a $250 premium over the iPad air 2 that's a pretty big amount so if you're a hundred percent sure you're going to make good use of that alpha pencil then I'd say go for it the iPad pro is awesome but if you're not I'd stick with the iPad air 2 it's still a really good tablet that's the end of this video I hope you guys liked it give me some thumbs if you liked it and some subs if you loved it it's been nice I'll see you guys next time you