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hey guys johnathan it with TLD hope you guys are doing well and thumbs up if you guys are enjoying the tech craziness that is amongst us today obviously being the launch of the new iPad air and yesterday finally and officially the new Nexus 5 went on sale although it did sell out shortly thereafter I do however have one of those on the way so definitely stay tuned if you want coverage on that now as far as this video goes not only do I have an unboxing but also a comparison of both these space gray and silver iPad air now chances are if you were looking for an iPad air you more than likely got one it was nowhere near as crazy as the iPhone 5s launched there was an abundance of these things so if you did pick one up let me know what size color and configuration when they comment it down below we're going to begin first with these space grey box and go ahead and pop the cap on that well then go ahead and rinse repeat do the exact same thing with the silver model and then take a closer look inside so first up is the box so literature removing that reveals the USB to lightning cable now inside that box you get a little documentation a little QuickStart guide on the iPad and of course the Apple stickers aside from that you get the USB wall charger which is actually now 12 watts as opposed to 10 on the previous iPads and that wraps up the accessories and unlike an iPhone or iPod there are zero headphones included come on Tim Cook people are dropping five plus Benjamin's for these things you get at least throw a bone or smear pods so jump it into the main attraction we'll take a closer look at both of the ipad air's again they come in two colors now in space grey slash black which is my personal favorite and then silver and white which is super classy so obviously the iPad air is thinner it's faster it's lighter but as far as the screen goes both the resolution and the size are exactly the same as the previous generation iPad so we're looking at nine point seven inches with a resolution of 2048 by 1536 so no upgrades here compared to the previous two generations of the iPad now the actual changes happened to both the form factor and the weight and after messing with it for a little while it honestly feels and looks like a big iPad Mini and I'm actually curious to see how that translates over to usage for me especially because I've always preferred the iPad Mini form factor over the full-size iPad because when it came to use in mobile there was an iPad or a laptop I usually prefer to laptop just because I usually needed that for productivity and for the power so that actually leads me to talk about the actual name itself the iPad air because that kind of just came out of left field but one would think with an iPad air what will come next an iPad pro there's been some talk and some rumors of an iPad war on the 12 inch range geared more towards prosumer activities I'm not sure if I would give up a laptop for that but at the very least it should be very interesting let me know if you're interested or not interested with a comment down below so jumping back to the iPad air like I talked about it does take after the iPad Mini in terms of design and form factor so we now see two separate speakers right in the middle as opposed to one on the left hand side like we saw in previous generation iPads that'll give you guys an idea of how the iPad air looks compared to its predecessor here's how they look side-by-side and you can see the iPad 4th generation really looks boxy compared to the iPad air and if you still really couldn't tell the difference between those two just stack the iPad air on top of the previous iPad and now you should really be able to see the difference now getting back to comparing the colors in why I prefer Space Gray over silver it's actually less to do with the actual back color and more to do with the front bezel I've always preferred a black bezel on a tablet as opposed to white simply because you get more immersed in the content you're consuming whether you're watching a movie or YouTube we're playing a game the black bezel just seems to fit more naturally whereas the white can be a little distracting so do take note of that that of course is my opinion but if you really want to see the two side-by-side in person I would suggest going and checking them out for yourself now as fancy-pants as the iPad air seems one thing it does not have is the same touch ID fingerprint reader as the iPhone 5s now I'm not sure that's gonna be a deal-breaker but because I did get used to it on the iPhone 5s it was a little bit weird not having it I did find myself wanting to unlock it with my thumb and it said I would have to swipe enter the password like a caveman and you guys kind of get the picture so do you guys think that was a big mistake on Apple's part not including it on the iPad air or do you think it's not that big of a deal on a tablet where I could see use out of this as multiple profiles on the iPad simply just unlock it with a thumb but of course we don't see those on the iPad yet or iOS 7 for that matter so that is obviously maybe gonna come in the future taking a little deeper look at the iPad air we of course have a 5 megapixel shooter on the back that shoots 1080p video I have personally not been a fan of taking photos or video with a tablet now if you feel otherwise it is obviously there for you to use but that is just me now at the heart of the iPad air and what makes it so dang fast is the 64-bit a7 processor and from what I've learned it's actually overclocked slightly higher than that on the iPhone 5s so it's absolutely gonna tear through performance and games it also does feature the m7 coprocessor which is the sidekick to the a7 chip and computes only motion data not sure how useful that would be on a tablet simply because I don't see myself walking around with it but I'm sure more uses will come down the road now jumping back into gaming and that's actually more where I noticed the lightness of the iPad air I'm real quick before you start judging me it is really hard to play a game looking through your screen trying to record yourself so go easy on me but at all seriousness when you're turning when you're staring and just holding it up for extended periods of time that's when you start to appreciate the overall lightness if you're coming from an iPad Mini for example it's not the end-all be-all in terms of lightness but it is definitely a huge and nice improvement over the previous models so that about wraps up the unboxing first look in comparison hopefully you guys enjoyed the video if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to hit that like button it is much much appreciated as I'm sure you guys probably already saw I did also pick up the Smart Cover for the iPad air so if you're interested in seeing a review on that definitely let me know with a comment down below aside from that if you guys have any questions or you want to get a hold of me I'll have Twitter Facebook and Google+ links down below along with the gear that I used to create these videos Twitter and Google+ are pretty awesome for having a conversation so go and say hi I'm more than likely to say hi back if I see it again this is Jonathan with TLD let me know your favorite feature on the new iPad air and I will see you guys later