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hey how's it going guys this is Dave 2d and this is my review of the iPad pro so when this product was first announced in September I think the question I was on everyone's mind was who is this product for because it's not as powerful as like a laptop like a macbook pro and it's a really large tablet so who can actually use this thing as a daily device so I picked up a few of them I've used mine for a little bit over a week hear my thoughts alright quick unboxing here you open up the box you get the iPad pro pamphlets lightning cable and a 12 watt wall plug the iPad pro is pretty big but after using it for a week I'm used to its size it's still big but I don't find it too big for any of the things that I do with it it's weight is a different story it's still kind of heavy and it comes in at just over a pound and a half so it's not the most comfortable device to use in one hand but it's still remarkably well balanced like seriously one of the top 5 best balance devices ever aesthetically it's pretty similar to the current generation of iPad so for the rest of the video I'm going to be focusing on user experiences so for this section of the video I'm going to loosely define work as work that isn't creative work things like emails working with the Microsoft Office suite or basically anything that people do on a laptop for a regular desk job so the keyboard I chose is the Logitech create it's a little bulky but I prefer the typing experience on this keyboard over the Apple keyboard it's also a little cheaper and it has some keyboard shortcuts and a home button but it still only has one position when you prop up the device the backlighting is pretty nice it's not something I absolutely need but I miss it when it's gone so if you plan to type a lot I think this is a better keyboard so these keyboards attached using a physical connection here it's a faster more reliable connection and it can provide power to the keyboard for things like backlighting I use the iPad pro for a week as my only computer at work so reading and replying to emails there's no problem typing is great on this keyboard and doing stuff in a web browser also works well working on spreadsheets and pages works surprisingly well and multitasking with the split screen feature is okay it's not as good as a true split screen on a laptop but it works there's no trackpad so you often have to lift your arm up to interact with the screen to navigate but with the Logitech keyboard there are some shortcuts and a home button so it's not too bad now typing with the device on my lap was not a good experience I think it kind of stems from the keyboard cover only having one position of tilt but yeah I couldn't type on it comfortably but if you really want to use the iPad pro as like a laptop replacement for work you can probably do it if you have really light computer needs but you're making a bunch of sacrifices and you'll likely be more productive using just a regular laptop ii Center I wanted to look at was using the iPad pro as a laptop replacement for students so with the Logitech keyboard case and the pencil the whole package is around three pounds if you use the Apple keyboard it's a little lighter but it's still not a particularly lightweight package there are definitely lighter options for students I've used a lot of stylus products out there and the Apple pencil is my favorite to work with but it's not perfect for one I don't like how it charges charges using the Lightning port and when you do the pencil is kind of forced up on an angle like this it doesn't put too much stress on the connector but it's still kind of unsettling right you can also charge it using the regular lightning cable if you use the included adapter but this thing is super small and in Prague in Toulouse mine in a week fortunately it does charge quickly so you only have to keep it in a weird position for a bit and other iOS devices with the Lightning port will also charge the pencil and it also doubles as a terrible selfie stick if you need one and after using the new surface pen so much I kind of missed that eraser on the back and lastly I really noticed the lack of a storage area for the pencil so I tend to lose pens and pencils really easily and I need to be extra careful but the idea of losing a hundred dollar pencil sucks you just got to remember to be careful with this thing now despite these issues this pencil writes and draws really well with the pending functions really well with the Notes app and taking handwritten notes is fast and it's easy to set up split screen for note-taking while having a website open public a course syllabus or maybe some kind of reference but not every app allows split screen like this so if you have a specific app that you're using for reference like an an added behalf or something you may not be able to do split screen notes if the developer hasn't implemented it yet when you're not in class media consumption is really impressive on surface pro it's got fantastic screen really awesome sound but keep in mind it's a really large tablet to hold so after watching Netflix you might just chill when you're playing games the visual experience is really good for games that can take advantage of the high resolution but with any kind of like gyroscope based games it's again pretty awkward to play because of the size now battery life on this thing is awesome I could easily hit eight or nine hours on a full charge so if you bring it to class it'll last you the full day so the bottom line is this for students yeah you could replace your laptop with the iPad pro if you really wanted to but it wouldn't be my first choice like if you want a device with a stylus input for school I'd recommend the surface pro over the iPad pro mostly for flexibility like if you ever need to use your device with a projector or share a file with someone with a USB key or something it's going to be a lot easier on a surface product than the iPad pro so the iPad pro was marketed to media creators this is my friend Philly he makes the background music tracks for the channel in his spare time and he uses a device called the machine to recently the company launched an app for iOS called high machine - and I got Philly to come over and play with a new app on the iPad pro so he uses it on his phone but the first thing he commented on was that the larger screen size was awesome like this is really nice for more accurate inputs and just seeing what you're doing because everything's more spacious but it still had issues with pressing two buttons at once when he was creating a track but the best thing to him were the speakers these speakers are loud and surprisingly good obviously not as good as a quality external speaker but noticeably better than any iPad before so it's got four speakers that adjust their output based on the orientation of the iPad so Philly spent 40 minutes making the track that you're listening to right now and he really liked the experience it's not as good as the real physical machine - but this is super portable and a lot of fun using the pencil for artwork is a blast I think it's the best feature of the iPad pro and in some ways it's like the best stylus I've ever used most pen input devices have a very unnatural taper to the tip but the Apple pencil has a similar taper to a regular pencil and it feels more natural when you use it especially when you're shading it's not identical to shading with an actual pencil but it's a really good simulation and no other stylus feels like this so my mom came over to visit and just out of curiosity I got her to try the pencil and this is someone who literally never used any kind of digital drawing device before and she picked it up really easily and enjoyed it a lot there's still some lag when you're drawing it's not really noticeable in the Apple Notes app but when you use something like Adobe sketch there is some lag almost unnoticeable but it's there now a friend of mine drew a couple things and when you're using the brush it's a lot of fun now it's super cool to see something like this on an iPad but it's a very similar drawing experience to the current surface lineup the twelve point nine inch screen is gorgeous it's super high-res at 2732 by 2048 so it's got great color accuracy and viewing angles so with a great screen like this and a really well implemented pencil the hardware is perfect for photo editing at least light photo editing see what the name like the iPad pro having that pro moniker implies use by professionals so people who create media to make a living and the hardware is pro status it's powerful and it's built really well but in order for hardware to be used as a tool by professionals the software has to be just as good and right now it's not a lot of the apps feel really limited and it holds the iPad pro back from being used by professionals it gives you portability and it's a fun device but for most media professionals it's probably not worth it to drop $1,000 to use a gimped version of a program that you already have on your desktop see I can't even make this YouTube video that you're watching right now on the iPad pro at least not efficiently and have app or game development is your thing there's no Xcode app for iOS so there's no easy way to code on the iPad pro unless you're like super hardcore and you just want to use a text editor but this really is just the beginning for the iPad pro and I think over time developers will put in the effort to make some really cool apps but in the meantime there's still a lot of cool stuff you can do on it ok so the iPad pro can be used for a ton of different things but to me the ideal user is like an illustrator or an artist or someone who works with 2d or 3d creative material if you use it for that it's an awesome device the battery life is awesome the pen is awesome it's a really fun experience to draw and create on this thing but if you aren't you're not getting good value out of the products because it's an expensive iPad and if you're not using it to its full potential and there's probably other devices out there that are a better fit that being said if you are a professional media creator I wouldn't use this thing exclusively I wouldn't even try using it because you're going to get frustrated the apps aren't there yet they can be if Adobe kind of picks up the game and make some really baller apps I think this can replace at least some people's workflow but as it stands right now you'll have to go back to your desktop apps quite a bit it's more of like a complementary device right now and it's not like a replacement device like the way the surface pro or the surface book can be that's the end of this review hope you guys liked it thumbs if you did Subsidy loved it it's been nice and I'll see you guys next time