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what's up guys Lew here and welcome to my unusual style iPad 3 review that's right I'm still calling it the iPad 3 just like I did in my unboxing if you haven't seen my unboxing video and you want to see this device up close and personal I'll put a link to that video somewhere in the annotations as well as down in the description so here you have it this is the latest iPad the third generation iPad and it is very similar to the last generation iPad that I have right beside it in white then the new one I have is in black but they're both 16 gigs and from a layout perspective they're basically identical you've got your eyesight camera that's been improved and now they're calling it an iSight camera should perform similarly now to the iPhone 4 you got your power switch up top you've got a microphone up top headphone jack 30 pin connector on the bottom volume rocker and hold switch that's basically it for hardware except for in my opinion the biggest improvement which is the new screen while most people are going to agree with me the new screen and as I mentioned in the unboxing video it's basically impossible for me to show you on camera what this quality is like in person reason being that well first of all this video depending on how I upload it but say for example even if it's in 1080p this the resolution on this screen surpasses 1080p and then on top of that it's all the all these pixels smashed into a nine point seven inch frame meaning that the distance of space between each pixel is not very much so the eyes ability to actually resolve this data on on this tiny little screen is limited but they're still calling it retina and that's because of the distance that you're likely going to hold this iPad at so anyways I don't want to get too too technical with this because the reason I'm doing this kind of review right here is because of the number of questions I get that that break down very simply like Lou do I need to upgrade to the latest iPad is it worth the money which one should I get I've already got the iPad 2 should I get the iPad 3 and is the iPad 3 better than some random and right tablet those are the main questions so I thought I'm gonna put you put together a review in that style because as you guys know the standard sort of review process is just to list the specs to list the data that stuff's available to anybody you can look at a spec sheet anywhere on Apple's website and you can look at a hundred other reviews that are going to be done that way and so I'm gonna do it my way I'm gonna break it down for you guys in very simple terms if I were you if you were me what the hell how should it be done and for those that follow the channel you know I get to play with a lot of gadgets so I have a little bit of experience but I still like to consider myself a regular consumer at the end of the day and I want to tell you whether or not you should be compelled to get the latest one so my short answer I don't know if it's a short answer I don't know if I'm capable of a short answer but if you own one of these if you own the last generation iPad then I say no I say you're already okay you're up to snuff you've got most of what you need and until you take a look at this one you won't even know what the hell you're missing out on it which isn't very much but then once you take a look at one of these then you think oh I had to have that beautiful display so on and so forth that's a natural sort of human reaction but in reality right now there isn't very much that can take advantage of this new pixel density like I mentioned earlier and so what that means is you're buying a gadget for today you know especially if you're the person that wants to buy the latest and greatest you're not buying the gadget for a year from now when apps come out that properly distribute data around the screen so that you can finally take advantage of that added resolution know you're not buying your gadgets that you buy it right now and in that event you're probably better to save a few bucks you're probably gonna be able to get these ipad tools used for a great price right now and there's still a very good tablet especially if they're your first tablet it's a very cohesive experience there are a lot of fun to use they're really easy to pick up and get working with you have a huge app catalog Apple has really put together a great user experience and part of it has to do with how ubiquitous the device is the number of users that are out there mean the apps get developed for it so on and so forth you know it's a very healthy ecosystem so the improved camera well who the hell cares because if you're walking around shooting photos like this if you're walking around doing this let me tell you something you're an asshole no I'm just kidding not an asshole but I mean you're gonna intimidate people this is not a very comfortable look people see you walking around like that and pointing this thing in their direction they haven't seen that before they're not comfortable with it and most people who are gonna buy one of these already have a smartphone here's my Galaxy Nexus not the best camera on the market but at least as good as the one on this latest iPad and that's a lot more comfortable people are used to it taking photographs as a social endeavor and therefore people's comfort level matters and so if you've got a smartphone use that camera we don't need a super high quality camera in this device now one more thing I know I've been blabbering on here and as you guys can tell I'm pumped up about this subject you know tablets have taken over the marketplace they're a huge success a huge hit and a lot of people are loving them but I do I do want to say a few words about Android and that's why I've got my Galaxy Tab 10 one out here you know I use all these devices I really try and look at them from a regular users perspective I'm to think about the user experience etc and to be honest with you this device here actually got a lot of use from me for a while but the trouble is that there is not a healthy ecosystem I'm sure you all know that Android and tablets it's still a relatively new endeavor and as a result this turns in at least for me turns into sort of a glorified touch interface web browser it's access to the web access to a web browser and that's fine you know access to my gmail that's fine because I mean that's a big percentage of how I use these other things too obviously but for the average user who picks up an Android tablet I think at this point in time you might be disappointed you might be disappointed in the sense that there isn't that healthy thriving ecosystem that you can sort of explore off the bat and see and sort of decide how you're going to use this new device in your life so that's been a bit of a discussion on tablets I don't know if you guys are gonna love this video or hate this video I hope you love this video it's a little bit different as I said before it is not your average iPad review you know like I said before if you want to see beautiful beautiful visuals and whatnot you can watch my unboxing video but I wanted to give you guys my interpretation from a user's perspective do you need to run out and buy the iPad 3 my answer is simple for all of you know you don't need to do it if you don't have a tablet already look for an iPad 2 you can get a great value on one you're going to get nine-tenths of the performance and the experience that you'd get on this new iPad for a lot less money you might be able to even source one elf or half half the price one last thing before we go this does have improved graphics performance I know I didn't talk about I know I'm gonna have people saying you talk about the improved performance it does have improved graphics performance but there isn't too much on the market right now that can take advantage of it and that brings me back to my last point which is why would you spend your money sit around and wait I mean unless you're rich or something sit around and wait for something to take advantage of what you've got when you can get a great value on something like this one and the last thing before I go holy blabber fest Apple products iPads especially an iPhones for that matter retain their value really really well so if you buy one of these and you decide hey you know I want to upgrade at a later date I guarantee you there's going to be a lot of value left in the device so that is definitely something to consider you don't need to go all the way to the highest level you can start off a little bit slower and you can still get most of your value back when you decide to upgrade anyway guys I hope you enjoyed this if you did please like and favorite the video show me some love it's a little bit different as I said before but I just wanted to communicate my feelings to you guys I'm amped up I'm motivated about these products and I'll leave a comment down below tell me how you use your tablet and how much you like it and which one you're using etc and if you haven't subscribed yet please go ahead and do so and I will see you guys around the channel thanks for watching you guys make this content possible I'll see you in the next video later