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my wallet is rather unhappy with me at the moment but it's only fair to physically test the most powerful Windows tablet the surface pro 6 Microsoft's flagship tablet was just recently released running a full version of the Windows operating system just like a PC but in tablet form it's even got a little guilt in kickstand let's get started this 2018 surface pro six is currently $800 at best buy the exact same price as the 11 inch 2018 iPad pro the base surface does come with double the internal storage though the surface is also a tad larger with a twelve point three inch screen instead of the eleven and a bit thicker at 8.5 millimetres first the 5.9 on the iPad pro the two millimeter difference doesn't mean a whole lot to the naked eye though they're both very thin tablets but when two pieces of Technology compete it's only natural to compare them some of the surface pro thickness stems from its massive kickstand we'll see what that's made out of in a second but it's definitely no flimsy Nintendo switch peg it holds the surface pro and basically any viewing angle you want let's start with that durability test oh wait sorry the full file management system just opened up let me uh minimize that before anyone gets jealous let's start with a scratch test screens can be made out of a number of materials plastic wood scratched level-3 glass would start scratching at a 5 or 6 and sapphire would scratched level-8 glass can have different compositions tempered glass has the same hardness as regular glass but is less prone to fracturing looking at the imprints from my Mohs hardness picks the glass does appear to be a tad thicker than the iPads but we can still see the pressure transferring through the glass onto the LCD below as I was finishing up the level 7 scratches there was a tiny pop and the entire length of the tablet was hit with hairline fractures not a good start each fracture from the level 7 scratches basically spidered out to the four corners so a screen protector is probably a good idea with this one the surface pro 6 does not handle scratches or damage very well the side of the tablet has a proprietary magnetic charging port it would be nice to see a USB see over here but it does have a full size normal USB port along with the mini displayport for external monitors and stuff all tucked into the metal frame the bottom of the surface pro six has its little docking pins little gold circles that connect to a keyboard the surface does allow you to plug a mouse into the USB port just like you would on a real computer the iPad pro does not support amounts the frame of the surface pro six is made from metal but it's not anodized it's painted making it slightly more vulnerable to scratches I do prefer Apple's layer of anodizing over this paint stuff the power button is made from plastic along with the volume rocker also plastic and strangely enough the whole upper side of the tablet is made from plastic one place the iPad definitely wins is with the camera and this surface pro only has a five megapixel front facing camera tucked under the glass with an eight megapixel rear camera on the back also protected with this little circle of glass not overly impressive it does come with an expandable microSD card memory slot though which is a perk I feel like a computer or tablet should adapt itself to the user and not the other way around the front facing speaker grills are right next to our little headphone jack buddy thankfully he's still around this tablet has little useful perks all over the place each of the two front firing speakers rills have a little bit of mesh over the top but they're definitely secure these two speakers are probably no match for apple's four speakers but of course we're still talking about tablet speakers tiny speakers are always going to be tiny speakers the back of the surface pro 6 has quite a bit of real estate Microsoft has been pitching this tablet as a computer mostly because it is and not so much of a drawing easel but it looks like art can still happen I turn the Microsoft logo into a cute little turtle let me know what we should name him down in the comments the kickstand is made from metal you can see the shiny silver glistening through the paint layer there are two halves to the back panel though so a double session of our passage areas now in order we have the same shiny metal cover obtained here for the upper portion so the build quality and material is consistent on both halves what should we name the shark I went ahead and changed the background to a more suitable aquatic environment for the buddies we just created the surface pro six is using a twelve point three inch 1824 by twenty seven thirty six resolution LCD display which has a few more pixels than Apple's 16 68 by twenty three eighty eight but who's keeping track it lasted twelve seconds under the heat for my lighter and then fully recovered tablets are definitely in a whole different construction class than cell phones cell phones are by far the most abused pieces of technology on the planet but tablets are still mobile and still should be durable the bin test is next remember the screen has already been cracked from our scratch test when I commenced the bend the surface pro has some massive flex but does lock out and incredibly still works trying from the other side we get a very twisted tablet but with no catastrophic damage bending around to from the back pops the LCD loose from the side adhesive you can see the literal gap as the screen pops away from the tablet but the whole thing is still functioning it's pretty safe to say that the surface pro six can handle quite a bit more abuse than the iPad pro it could very well just be a weight issue the surface weighs 40% more than the iPad and that weight definitely adds to the structure it's still incredibly light of course there's just more structural material inside plus the surface doesn't have any flaws built into its weakest points like on the iPad with its massive bend near the plastic cutout and B crack exactly on top of the middle microphone hole intentionally adding structural flaws and a mobile product is a bad idea pretty basic stuff the surface pro 6 passes the bin test the thing that probably helps keep things solid the most though was the kickstand extra massive metal plates securely built into the tablet itself like a structural brace you can't go wrong with that let's do a quick jump inside there's no question left over about the build quality I'll keep it all consolidated into one video neither of these tablets were designed to be opened or repaired successfully and that's a story for another day warming up the adhesive does make it easier to remove the display even though it still gets sacrificed in the removal process either way the interesting thing to me though is that the surface pro six and still holding on to life with it's cracked lid up display while the iPad gave up the ghost in the very first second of the bin test finally pulling the screen away from the surface pro we get our first glimpse inside with its massive snaking copper heat pipes and big blocky batteries it's easy to tell that there's more Hardware and structure inside the surface pro then there is inside the very flat elongated guts of the Apple iPad Apple went for a thin lightweight design and sacrifice structure in the process while Microsoft packed their tablet with guts and metal not all tablets are created equal and there we have it a full computer in tablet form verse a smartphone in tablet form to me the iPad pro is just an overpowered hyped up flexible Netflix machine it sure does make artwork look good though hit that subscribe button if you haven't already and come hang out with me on Twitter thanks ton for watching and I'll see you around