**Upgrading to the Latest iPad Pro: A Comprehensive Comparison**

When it comes to choosing the latest iPad Pro, there are several factors to consider, particularly when comparing the 2017 model to its newer counterparts. In this article, we'll delve into the key differences between the 2017 and 2020 iPad Pro models, highlighting improvements in performance, display technology, and overall design.

**Face ID vs Touch ID: A Major Upgrade**

One of the most noticeable differences between the 2017 and 2020 iPad Pro models is the presence of Face ID on the newer devices. Face ID is a significant improvement over the older Touch ID system, providing faster and more convenient biometric authentication. On the 2017 model, users were required to press their finger firmly onto the home button to unlock the device, whereas Face ID uses advanced machine learning algorithms to recognize the user's face with incredible accuracy. This feature is especially useful for those who wear glasses or have facial hair, as it eliminates the need for a physical home button.

The 2020 iPad Pro models also offer improved portrait mode selfies, thanks to their true depth camera system. The previous 7-megapixel camera on the 2017 model simply couldn't capture the same level of detail and depth as the newer cameras. With Face ID, users can now take stunning portraits with a beautiful bokeh effect that separates them from the background.

**USB-C vs Lightning: A Convenient Upgrade**

Another notable difference between the 2017 and 2020 iPad Pro models is the switch from Lightning to USB-C. The new USB-C port offers faster data transfer speeds, allowing users to connect devices like hubs, adapters, and microphones with ease. This feature is particularly useful for professionals who need to connect multiple peripherals at once.

However, it's worth noting that the 2020 iPad Pro models still lack a headphone jack, whereas the older model retained this feature. While some may see this as a loss, others will appreciate the convenience of wireless audio or the ability to connect headphones using USB-C adapters.

**Performance and Display: A Notable Upgrade**

The 2020 iPad Pro models boast significant improvements in performance and display technology compared to their predecessors. The new devices are capable of shooting at an incredible 240 frames per second at 1080p, whereas the previous generation could only achieve this feat at 720p. This significant upgrade will provide users with a smoother and more immersive experience when watching videos or playing games.

The 2020 iPad Pro models also feature larger displays, with the 11-inch model boasting an edge-to-edge liquid Retina display that stretches from corner to corner. In contrast, the 2017 model had a square, rectangular screen that protruded from the edges of the device. While Apple retained the same size for the 12.9-inch model as its predecessor, it significantly reduced the bezels on the newer devices, making them more portable and convenient to use.

**Size Comparison: A Significant Difference**

When compared side by side, the 2020 iPad Pro models are remarkably smaller than their predecessors, despite offering larger displays. The 11-inch model is only a hair smaller than the 10.5-inch device from 2017, while the 12.9-inch model has been reduced in size while maintaining its edge-to-edge display.

The new devices' sleeker design makes them significantly more portable and easier to carry around. When stacked on top of one another, the older tablet appears bulky and heavy in comparison to the newer models. This reduction in size is a testament to Apple's commitment to innovation and user experience.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, the 2020 iPad Pro models offer significant upgrades over their predecessors, particularly when it comes to performance, display technology, and design. With Face ID, USB-C connectivity, and edge-to-edge displays, these devices are sure to delight users who value convenience, portability, and exceptional visual quality.

Whether you're a content creator, professional, or simply someone looking for a high-quality tablet, the 2020 iPad Pro models are an excellent choice. To learn more about pricing and availability, be sure to check out our Apple Insider Price Guide, which is updated daily with the latest deals and discounts on all Apple gear.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and today we're talking about the 20/20 iPad pro but this time we're gonna compare it against the 2017 iPad pros that's right we have the ten and a half inch versus eleven inch iPad pro and our new twelve point nine inch versus the 2017 twelve point nine inch iPad pro so we're gonna break these things down look at the design differences in performance differences between the 2017 models and the brand-new 2020s let's go ahead and just dive into it first we're gonna give you a general breakdown between the 2017 models and the 2020 models just going to have respect and performance differences and then we're to get into the specifics on the smaller ten and a half versus 11 and the twelve point nine versus twelve point nine starting off with the design itself now the 2018 model got a redesign and the 2020 models stuck with that has the squared off edges around the side that liquid Retina display in the center which does cut down on reflections compared to the 2017 model but all that has held over only inside we're going from the a 10x fusion to the new a 12 Z Bionic processor so what does that mean in terms of performance well we ran the Geekbench 5.1 test on both units when it comes to the GPM CPU test we got a 7 to 54 and a 20 to 22 for the single and multi-core test on the 17 iPad pro looking at the 20/20 I've had pros we earned a 11 17 for the single core in a 46 94 the multi-core so we're going 754 to 11 17 and 22 22 to 46 90 that's a pretty big jump between generations we then turned to the graphics to do the compute Geekbench test and on the 2017 iPad pro we earned a 65 81 which jumps between 90 to 896 on the brand-new models that is a huge jump that is a 50% gain roughly from the 2017 to the 2020 iPad pros so what's contributing to those especially on that multi-core test when we go up to the 20/20 iPad pros it is an eight core design in six gigs of ram so you're definitely makes a difference in those performance benchmarks as well as opening tabs or opening a lot of tabs in Safari Allah open windows a lot of memory intensive tasks are going to be better suited for the 20/20 iPad pros versus the 2017 so huge performance gains from the 2017 to the 20/20 iPad pro so a big difference between the 2020 and the 2017 iPad pros is also going to be the cameras so looking at a 2017 and a 20/20 iPad pro you can instantly see the difference the 2017 model only has a single camera on the back that is a 12 megapixel camera sitting there next to the true tone flash on the newer 20/20 I pad pros we have three different lenses going on here we have the 12 megapixel wide-angle lens then a 10 megapixel ultra wide lens camera and then we have the lidar scanner so there's a lot more going on on the camera bump on the 20/20 iPad pros the lidar scanner isn't necessarily a camera it's used for more augmented reality and other mixed reality features but it's going to be a very cool device that's going to come into play with things like the measure app which are far more accurate on the updated iPads than the old ones while we're talking about cameras a couple other things there are five studio-quality microphones on the updated ipads and only two microphones on the 2017 ipads and those updated cameras on the 20/20 ipad pro are capable of shooting 4k video at 24 30 and 60 frames per second 2017 was only capable of 30 and it can shoot a slow-mo video at 240 frames per second at 1080p whereas the previous s 2017 generation could only shoot 240 frames per second in slow-mo at 720p and 1080p was capped at 120 frames per second moving along with substantial differences obviously we're going between face ID on the new models and touch ID here on the older generation 2017 miles so that's a definite improvement I love face ID it's so much easier to get into especially on my iPad web works both in portrait and landscape orientation it is very fast to get into and because that true depth camera system it enables portrait mode selfies where's the previous 7 7 megapixel camera on the 17 just does not do port remotes you're just left with regular photos they don't look all that great so the portrait mode effect is definitely preferred on the updated model as well as the stronger authentication we're also going from a lightning to USB see so lightning on the 17 2020 model has USBC on there allows you to plug in hubs and adapters as well as microphones a hard drives really anything over USB see you can now connect to iPad pro it's great to have around one thing that the iPad pro 2020 doesn't have though is a headphone jack is completely absent on there and that is still retained on the 17 so 2017 I'll still has the headphone jack hanging around on top another minor difference between the two is that the new models start out with 128 gigs of internal storage instead of 64 and they can be upgraded to a whole terabyte in there whereas the 2017 ipad pro's started at 64 and could only go up to 512 now let's look at the specific sizes next to each other so we have 10 and a half inch iPad pro versus the 11 inch iPad pro now you pretty much have seen this stuff before if you've seen the 2017 versus 2018 but just to show it off again these tablets are pretty much the same size they're very close in size to one another it is just a hair smaller for the 20/20 you can see how it overhangs just a little bit the older model there but you're getting a larger screen size because that's the edge to edge liquid Retina display so from the front it's a drastic difference you're getting an extra half inch of screen size there on the 20/20 iPad pros versus the square rectangular screen of the 2017 iPad pros so really nice change there in terms of more screen in pretty much the same size when we get to the 12 point 9 inch model the difference as you and Laura drastic obviously Apple didn't take the same size device and increase the screen like it did with the 11 inch going from 10 and 1/2 to 11 it kept the same size screen so it's still 12 point 9 inch on the old 2017 and on the 20/20 what Apple did was they just reduced those bezels by a ton so it reduced the entire overall size of the tablet so if we stack these on top of one another you can see how much a difference there is just of that previous tablet just sticking out on both the side here and on the top it's a huge difference it makes that twelve point nine inch model far more portable and far more convenient to use using the older one just felt a little bit heavier in your hand a little bit just bigger and bulkier you're getting a substantial size difference going for that 2017 to the 2020 so I really love how they've changed from the 2017 to 2018 and again here in the 2020 so that about sums it up those are the biggest differences between the 2017 iPad pros and the 20/20 iPad pros they're both incredible lines of tablets but there's a lot of improvements on the 2018 and 2020 models over those 2017 so if you have a 2017 iPad pro and you didn't pick up the 2018 you've been holding off well now is the time to upgrade the 20/20 iPad pros are amazing there's a huge difference in performance in size and displays in everything so we love the new iPad pros if you want to grab one for yourself follow the links down below in the description the Apple Insider price guide is absolutely the best way to find the best savings on all of Apple's gear hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple insider in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you laterwelcome everyone it is Andrew here from Apple Insider and today we're talking about the 20/20 iPad pro but this time we're gonna compare it against the 2017 iPad pros that's right we have the ten and a half inch versus eleven inch iPad pro and our new twelve point nine inch versus the 2017 twelve point nine inch iPad pro so we're gonna break these things down look at the design differences in performance differences between the 2017 models and the brand-new 2020s let's go ahead and just dive into it first we're gonna give you a general breakdown between the 2017 models and the 2020 models just going to have respect and performance differences and then we're to get into the specifics on the smaller ten and a half versus 11 and the twelve point nine versus twelve point nine starting off with the design itself now the 2018 model got a redesign and the 2020 models stuck with that has the squared off edges around the side that liquid Retina display in the center which does cut down on reflections compared to the 2017 model but all that has held over only inside we're going from the a 10x fusion to the new a 12 Z Bionic processor so what does that mean in terms of performance well we ran the Geekbench 5.1 test on both units when it comes to the GPM CPU test we got a 7 to 54 and a 20 to 22 for the single and multi-core test on the 17 iPad pro looking at the 20/20 I've had pros we earned a 11 17 for the single core in a 46 94 the multi-core so we're going 754 to 11 17 and 22 22 to 46 90 that's a pretty big jump between generations we then turned to the graphics to do the compute Geekbench test and on the 2017 iPad pro we earned a 65 81 which jumps between 90 to 896 on the brand-new models that is a huge jump that is a 50% gain roughly from the 2017 to the 2020 iPad pros so what's contributing to those especially on that multi-core test when we go up to the 20/20 iPad pros it is an eight core design in six gigs of ram so you're definitely makes a difference in those performance benchmarks as well as opening tabs or opening a lot of tabs in Safari Allah open windows a lot of memory intensive tasks are going to be better suited for the 20/20 iPad pros versus the 2017 so huge performance gains from the 2017 to the 20/20 iPad pro so a big difference between the 2020 and the 2017 iPad pros is also going to be the cameras so looking at a 2017 and a 20/20 iPad pro you can instantly see the difference the 2017 model only has a single camera on the back that is a 12 megapixel camera sitting there next to the true tone flash on the newer 20/20 I pad pros we have three different lenses going on here we have the 12 megapixel wide-angle lens then a 10 megapixel ultra wide lens camera and then we have the lidar scanner so there's a lot more going on on the camera bump on the 20/20 iPad pros the lidar scanner isn't necessarily a camera it's used for more augmented reality and other mixed reality features but it's going to be a very cool device that's going to come into play with things like the measure app which are far more accurate on the updated iPads than the old ones while we're talking about cameras a couple other things there are five studio-quality microphones on the updated ipads and only two microphones on the 2017 ipads and those updated cameras on the 20/20 ipad pro are capable of shooting 4k video at 24 30 and 60 frames per second 2017 was only capable of 30 and it can shoot a slow-mo video at 240 frames per second at 1080p whereas the previous s 2017 generation could only shoot 240 frames per second in slow-mo at 720p and 1080p was capped at 120 frames per second moving along with substantial differences obviously we're going between face ID on the new models and touch ID here on the older generation 2017 miles so that's a definite improvement I love face ID it's so much easier to get into especially on my iPad web works both in portrait and landscape orientation it is very fast to get into and because that true depth camera system it enables portrait mode selfies where's the previous 7 7 megapixel camera on the 17 just does not do port remotes you're just left with regular photos they don't look all that great so the portrait mode effect is definitely preferred on the updated model as well as the stronger authentication we're also going from a lightning to USB see so lightning on the 17 2020 model has USBC on there allows you to plug in hubs and adapters as well as microphones a hard drives really anything over USB see you can now connect to iPad pro it's great to have around one thing that the iPad pro 2020 doesn't have though is a headphone jack is completely absent on there and that is still retained on the 17 so 2017 I'll still has the headphone jack hanging around on top another minor difference between the two is that the new models start out with 128 gigs of internal storage instead of 64 and they can be upgraded to a whole terabyte in there whereas the 2017 ipad pro's started at 64 and could only go up to 512 now let's look at the specific sizes next to each other so we have 10 and a half inch iPad pro versus the 11 inch iPad pro now you pretty much have seen this stuff before if you've seen the 2017 versus 2018 but just to show it off again these tablets are pretty much the same size they're very close in size to one another it is just a hair smaller for the 20/20 you can see how it overhangs just a little bit the older model there but you're getting a larger screen size because that's the edge to edge liquid Retina display so from the front it's a drastic difference you're getting an extra half inch of screen size there on the 20/20 iPad pros versus the square rectangular screen of the 2017 iPad pros so really nice change there in terms of more screen in pretty much the same size when we get to the 12 point 9 inch model the difference as you and Laura drastic obviously Apple didn't take the same size device and increase the screen like it did with the 11 inch going from 10 and 1/2 to 11 it kept the same size screen so it's still 12 point 9 inch on the old 2017 and on the 20/20 what Apple did was they just reduced those bezels by a ton so it reduced the entire overall size of the tablet so if we stack these on top of one another you can see how much a difference there is just of that previous tablet just sticking out on both the side here and on the top it's a huge difference it makes that twelve point nine inch model far more portable and far more convenient to use using the older one just felt a little bit heavier in your hand a little bit just bigger and bulkier you're getting a substantial size difference going for that 2017 to the 2020 so I really love how they've changed from the 2017 to 2018 and again here in the 2020 so that about sums it up those are the biggest differences between the 2017 iPad pros and the 20/20 iPad pros they're both incredible lines of tablets but there's a lot of improvements on the 2018 and 2020 models over those 2017 so if you have a 2017 iPad pro and you didn't pick up the 2018 you've been holding off well now is the time to upgrade the 20/20 iPad pros are amazing there's a huge difference in performance in size and displays in everything so we love the new iPad pros if you want to grab one for yourself follow the links down below in the description the Apple Insider price guide is absolutely the best way to find the best savings on all of Apple's gear hey everyone did you guys like that video be sure to click on that like button so we can create content that we know that you guys want to see and follow Apple insider in all social media channels if you want the best prices on any Apple gear check out the Apple insider price guide that is updated daily and until next time we'll see you later\n"