The 2020 iPad Pro: A Comprehensive Review

When it comes to graphics performance, the 2020 iPad Pro is significantly better than its predecessor, with an estimated 1000 points improvement. This can be attributed to the iPad's new GPU architecture, which now has access to all eight GPU cores, giving users a noticeable boost in performance. In contrast, the 2020 iPad Pro's CPU power is almost identical to that of the 2018 e-12 chip, with Apple having fully unlocked the GPU on the 2020 model.

Another notable feature of the 2020 iPad Pro is its adoption of Wi-Fi 6 technology, also known as 802.11ax. This means that users with a compatible router and device can take advantage of enhanced wireless performance, including improved speed and efficiency when using multiple devices connected to the same network. While this feature may not be particularly exciting for casual users, it represents an important step forward in wireless technology.

For those who prefer a darker aesthetic, the 2020 iPad Pro offers several new wallpaper options, including dark wallpapers with light backgrounds and vice versa. These new wallpapers are just one of many visual enhancements that come with the latest model.

One accessory that is sure to generate excitement among users is the Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro. This full-size keyboard features a real backlit design with one millimeter of key travel, making it an ideal option for those who prefer a more tactile typing experience. The keyboard also includes a built-in trackpad with cursor support and gesture support, allowing users to navigate their device with ease.

The Magic Keyboard is not just limited to the iPad Pro, however; all iPad models that support iOS or iPadOS 13.4 can also take advantage of built-in mouse and trackpad support. This means that users can pinch to zoom in and out using the trackpad or click on buttons and navigate around Safari with ease. The cursor integration is deep within the operating system, making it a seamless experience for those who choose to use a mouse.

For those considering an upgrade from their 2018 iPad Pro, there are some compelling reasons to take a closer look at the new model. Even the entry-level model comes equipped with six gigabytes of RAM and 128 gigabytes of storage, providing users with ample resources for tasks such as video editing, photo manipulation, and other demanding applications.

The 2020 iPad Pro also features a dual-camera array with a wide-angle lens and an ultra-wide-angle lens, as well as a lidar scanner that promises to revolutionize the way we interact with our devices. While the software is still in its infancy when it comes to augmented reality capabilities, the hardware is undeniable, offering users a glimpse into what's to come for Apple's AR headset.

In conclusion, the 2020 iPad Pro represents a significant leap forward for Apple's mobile lineup, offering improved performance, new features, and enhanced accessories. Whether you're looking for a device for work or play, this iPad has something to offer.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video we considered the top 20 20 iPad pro features this new iPad features a new dual camera array with lidar scanner built-in potentially giving us a glimpse at the future of Apple hardware watch the full video for the details but first special thanks to our sponsor hyper so the iPad pro just received mouse and trackpad support making it ideal for professional workflows but no iPad pro is complete without the hyper drive USB C hub this 6 port hub available in both space grey and silver brings much-needed IO to your iPad pro you just plug it in like this that's all you do it's super slim it mounts flush against your iPad pro and you're instantly ready to tackle all sorts of i/o like 3.5 millimeter headphone jack SD card and microSD USB a and USBC pass-through charging as well and while other hubs only support 4k at 30 Hertz over HDMI hyper supports 4k at 60 Hertz yes trackpad support is finally here but no iPad pro is complete without the hyper drive click the link in the description to get yours today and special thanks to hyper for sponsoring nine-to-five Mac so here is the 20/20 iPad pro now a lot of people probably right off the bat dismiss this device as basically a clone of the 2018 model basically saying there there's really no reason to consider upgrading to this iPad pro and I definitely get that reasoning because honestly looking at this device there really isn't a huge leap between the previous generation in this model right here but that is not to say that you should automatically completely dismiss this iPad pro because what Apple's done here with the 2020 edition of the iPad pro is give us a sneak peek at what the future of the company looks like at least in some respects right and we know Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly believes in the future of augmented reality and that's really when you boil it all down that's what this upgrade is all about augmented reality really taking that to the next level now it's not fully baked yet third-party developers will still need to update their applications and really AR is still sort of in its infancy but this is a big leap forward for the technology as a whole as we're going to discuss in this video so as you can see we're doing the unboxing here we have the getting started guide we have some regulatory information of course you have the apple stickers inside the box as well thumbs up for those bad boys all right let's see what else is in the box we have our 18 watt power adapter this is a USBC charger it is a fast charger so you can see the USB C port there and we also have our USB c2 USBC cable a one meter cable is going to connect to that power adapter with the other hand going into the iPad pro alright so let's go ahead and unwrap the iPad pro and discuss the top new features so here's our iPad pro in the hand let's go ahead and take the wrapper off just pull like that slide it out of the wrapper and there we go so again 20/20 iPad pro looking awfully similar to the 2018 model - one obvious difference now you do have the smart connector still right at the bottom of the device you have your Apple logo and then you have several microphones one here on the side two on the top and on each side you have two speakers to give you a total of four for a quad speaker setup one of my favorite things about the iPad pro is the sound quality you have your side button of course you have your USB C port which allows you to charge the device and connect accessories you also have the magnetic attachment / inductive charger for your second generation Apple pencil you have a pair of volume buttons and on this Wi-Fi only iPad I have the Wi-Fi antenna at the top and here is the big difference you have a dual camera module similar to the camera module you find on the iPhone 11 so you get a wide and an ultra-wide camera you also get a lighter our scanner with a brighter true tone flash we'll talk more about that lidar scanner later and another microphone and on front of course you get the true def camera system which allows you to use face ID biometric authentication alright so let's get to the new features you get double the storage on the 20/20 iPad pro for the same entry-level price so for this 11 inch model which comes in at $799 you get 128 gigabytes of flash storage instead of just 64 gigabytes like you had on the 2018 model for the exact same price so that is a really welcome addition because 64 gigabytes on an iPad always felt like it just wasn't always enough whereas 128 gigabytes is pretty generous for an entry-level tier and even if you're editing video or you're editing tons of raw photos 128 gigabytes of storage is still a lot of storage I mean think about this the entry-level MacBook Pro from last year came 128 gigabytes of storage as well the most noticeable new feature is of course the new dual camera system so like the iPhone 11 which features a similar system you get not only a wide-angle camera but an ultra wide camera to go along with that and while the hardware isn't as nice or as capable as what you'll find on the iPhone 11 this is still a really nice upgrade to get a 12 megapixel wide-angle shooter a 10 megapixel ultra wide shooter with the slightly wider field of view and compared to the iPhone 11 with less overall resolution but the really cool thing is the software integration so with the simple tap you can seamlessly relatively switch between cameras you can also slide your finger like this to zoom in and out it almost functions like you have one zoom lens on the back of your iPad Apple does a really good job in software hiding the transition you can still tell see how you kind of like jumps right there you can still tell the transition but I still think it's a pretty good software in fact making it seem like this is just one camera you're dealing with instead of two individual cameras with their own characteristics in our full review we'll do more in-depth analysis on the camera comparing it with the previous generation iPad compare with the iPhone 11 thumbs up if you want to see that now here is the sleeper feature for this new iPad pro the lidar scanner lidar stands for a light detection and ranging in other words the scanner uses lasers to help measure distance via light reflective 'ti this can measure reflective light up to 16 feet away in an instant what's the result well being able to map out environments like this quickly as you can see here from AR IQ 3.5 so the lidar scanner allows for quick detection quick onboarding with scene geometry that lets you create a topological map of your space with labels identifying things like floors walls ceiling windows seats and more other iOS devices rely solely on relatively inaccurate cameras to learn about your environment but with the lidar scanner it's able to get this information quickly and with a much better understanding of real world objects in your environment it also results in much better occlusion for better obstruction behind inanimate objects and people and this provides a much more convincing sense of immersion in an augmented environment now some of these features are just native benefits of having this new 20/20 iPad pro for instance some of the occlusion the quicker onboarding etc but to take full advantage of the new benefits third-party developers are going to have to update their apps now Apple has its measure app which provides a pretty good demonstration of some of the new features the app has been upgraded with more in depth measurement details you can even quickly access details on prior measurements just like that that's really cool but here's what's really neat about the new measure app watch what happens when I put the camera closer to my existing measurement and notice how the tick marks automatically appear to make it easier to calculate the distance between the two points that is really cool and when you lift your iPad the tick marks go away put it back down they reappear this is some real futuristic looking stuff right here and that's not all things still alight our scanner the new measure app is able to recognize angles and actually snap to those angles to make it easier to measure things like the corners of walls furniture whatever the case may be able to snap you'll see a little yellow line I don't know if you can make it out here but my measure lines actually snapping to that angle on the box and here's something really cool it will automatically calculate the height of a person in a jiffy so here's why this is so cool we know apples working on an augmented reality headset in our first glimpse of the lidar scanner in the 20/20 iPad Pro really shows how it takes augmented reality to the next level I have no doubt in my mind we'll see you lidar or at least a similar technology in Apple's upcoming augmented reality headset and I also have no doubt that we're gonna see some really cool AR apps coming down the pipeline eventually it's just gonna take a while for the software to catch up now on the 2018 iPad only the top tier one terabyte model featured six gigabytes of RAM well on the 20/20 iPad pro all storage tiers even the entry level tier gets six gigabytes of RAM that's gonna be great for video editing multitasking graphics applications etc in previous iPad pro models we usually got a pretty significant jump in CPU and graphics performance but here only the graphics really stand the benefit and it's only by a little bit on the 20/20 iPad you now get access to all eight GPU cores so that's gonna give you a little bit better performance when it comes to graph as you can see here about a thousand points better than the 20/20 iPad pro and when it comes to CPU power it's actually exactly the same basically 1:1 the a 12 Z in the new iPad pro is basically just a slightly more powerful version of the 2018 e 12 X system on a chip and that's thanks to Apple fully unlocking the GPU on the 20/20 iPad the 20/20 iPad pro is the first iPad to support 802 11 a X also known as Wi-Fi 6 that's following the iPhone 11 lineups adoption of the enhanced wireless protocol late last year in the off chance that you have around that supports y56 you'll be able to tap into added performance benefits perhaps a slight speed boost and better efficiency when using multiple devices connected to a single network and like every new major iOS device released there are new wallpapers you get for this time around too dark wallpapers into light wallpapers so here is one of the dark one of the lights and let's look at the other two let's go back and here is the light for this one and then we'll switch over to the dark mode there we go what do you guys think about these new wallpapers let me know down below in the comments now interestingly enough the iPad pro is actually sort of overshadowed by an accessory that is this of course the magic keyboard for iPad pro it features a real full-size backlit keyboard with one millimeter of key travel which is going to be amazing the type own it features a built-in trackpad with cursor support gesture support that also is amazing it also features a floating hinge design allowing you to achieve the perfect viewing angle unfortunately it is not out just yet but once it is you can rest assured that we will be getting this keyboard and we will be reviewing it so if you want to see that let me know down below in the comment section but it's coming anyway because I just can't wait to try it and then finally the iPad now has built-in Mouse and trackpad support which makes sense given the keyboard launch but what's cool is that this is available for all iPad models that support iOS or iPad OS 13.4 so it's not just an iPad pro feature although iPad pro owners are probably the ones that are going to be taking advantage of cursor support and iPad OS 13 point for the most given the fact that there is that also looking magic keyboard with integrated trackpad so this allows you to do things like pinch to zoom in and out right there on the trackpad it also supports a mouse as well you have all sorts of gestures that you can use of course you can click on buttons and things like that but you can also navigate around Safari there gestures for multi tasky navigating around the OS it is not some tacked on feature no this is deep cursor integration in the OS so ladies and gentlemen the 20/20 iPad pro if you've yet to upgrade to the 2018 iPad pro obviously this is one you want to look at because even the entry-level model comes with not only six gigabytes of RAM but it also comes with 128 gigabytes of storage you get that dual camera array with a wide-angle an ultra wide-angle camera you get the lidar scanner which is going to give you that awesome augmented reality support obviously not quite there yet the software still needs to catch up but those that already have the 2018 iPad pro even with all these additional features there's not a lot that this iPad does now that the 2018 model doesn't do so with that in mind it's probably not worth the upgrade especially considering that the magic keyboard actually works with the 2018 iPad pro as well that being said this new lidar scanner has so much potential for augmented reality and I think it really does give us a sneak preview of what to expect from Apple in the future with regard to that AR headset and more let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section about the 20/20 iPad and stay tuned we'll have a full review be sure to hit the thumbs up button if you appreciate this video and subscribe for more videos like this this is Jeff with the 905 Mac special thanks to hyper for sponsoring 905 Mac on YouTube head over to hyper shop comm and get your hyperdrive USBC up for iPad pro it's a six port hub that adds all sorts of i/o to your iPad pro this alone with the new trackpad support makes the iPad pro a bonafide workhorse once again go to hyper shop comm to get your hyperdrive USBC hub today youin this video we considered the top 20 20 iPad pro features this new iPad features a new dual camera array with lidar scanner built-in potentially giving us a glimpse at the future of Apple hardware watch the full video for the details but first special thanks to our sponsor hyper so the iPad pro just received mouse and trackpad support making it ideal for professional workflows but no iPad pro is complete without the hyper drive USB C hub this 6 port hub available in both space grey and silver brings much-needed IO to your iPad pro you just plug it in like this that's all you do it's super slim it mounts flush against your iPad pro and you're instantly ready to tackle all sorts of i/o like 3.5 millimeter headphone jack SD card and microSD USB a and USBC pass-through charging as well and while other hubs only support 4k at 30 Hertz over HDMI hyper supports 4k at 60 Hertz yes trackpad support is finally here but no iPad pro is complete without the hyper drive click the link in the description to get yours today and special thanks to hyper for sponsoring nine-to-five Mac so here is the 20/20 iPad pro now a lot of people probably right off the bat dismiss this device as basically a clone of the 2018 model basically saying there there's really no reason to consider upgrading to this iPad pro and I definitely get that reasoning because honestly looking at this device there really isn't a huge leap between the previous generation in this model right here but that is not to say that you should automatically completely dismiss this iPad pro because what Apple's done here with the 2020 edition of the iPad pro is give us a sneak peek at what the future of the company looks like at least in some respects right and we know Apple CEO Tim Cook strongly believes in the future of augmented reality and that's really when you boil it all down that's what this upgrade is all about augmented reality really taking that to the next level now it's not fully baked yet third-party developers will still need to update their applications and really AR is still sort of in its infancy but this is a big leap forward for the technology as a whole as we're going to discuss in this video so as you can see we're doing the unboxing here we have the getting started guide we have some regulatory information of course you have the apple stickers inside the box as well thumbs up for those bad boys all right let's see what else is in the box we have our 18 watt power adapter this is a USBC charger it is a fast charger so you can see the USB C port there and we also have our USB c2 USBC cable a one meter cable is going to connect to that power adapter with the other hand going into the iPad pro alright so let's go ahead and unwrap the iPad pro and discuss the top new features so here's our iPad pro in the hand let's go ahead and take the wrapper off just pull like that slide it out of the wrapper and there we go so again 20/20 iPad pro looking awfully similar to the 2018 model - one obvious difference now you do have the smart connector still right at the bottom of the device you have your Apple logo and then you have several microphones one here on the side two on the top and on each side you have two speakers to give you a total of four for a quad speaker setup one of my favorite things about the iPad pro is the sound quality you have your side button of course you have your USB C port which allows you to charge the device and connect accessories you also have the magnetic attachment / inductive charger for your second generation Apple pencil you have a pair of volume buttons and on this Wi-Fi only iPad I have the Wi-Fi antenna at the top and here is the big difference you have a dual camera module similar to the camera module you find on the iPhone 11 so you get a wide and an ultra-wide camera you also get a lighter our scanner with a brighter true tone flash we'll talk more about that lidar scanner later and another microphone and on front of course you get the true def camera system which allows you to use face ID biometric authentication alright so let's get to the new features you get double the storage on the 20/20 iPad pro for the same entry-level price so for this 11 inch model which comes in at $799 you get 128 gigabytes of flash storage instead of just 64 gigabytes like you had on the 2018 model for the exact same price so that is a really welcome addition because 64 gigabytes on an iPad always felt like it just wasn't always enough whereas 128 gigabytes is pretty generous for an entry-level tier and even if you're editing video or you're editing tons of raw photos 128 gigabytes of storage is still a lot of storage I mean think about this the entry-level MacBook Pro from last year came 128 gigabytes of storage as well the most noticeable new feature is of course the new dual camera system so like the iPhone 11 which features a similar system you get not only a wide-angle camera but an ultra wide camera to go along with that and while the hardware isn't as nice or as capable as what you'll find on the iPhone 11 this is still a really nice upgrade to get a 12 megapixel wide-angle shooter a 10 megapixel ultra wide shooter with the slightly wider field of view and compared to the iPhone 11 with less overall resolution but the really cool thing is the software integration so with the simple tap you can seamlessly relatively switch between cameras you can also slide your finger like this to zoom in and out it almost functions like you have one zoom lens on the back of your iPad Apple does a really good job in software hiding the transition you can still tell see how you kind of like jumps right there you can still tell the transition but I still think it's a pretty good software in fact making it seem like this is just one camera you're dealing with instead of two individual cameras with their own characteristics in our full review we'll do more in-depth analysis on the camera comparing it with the previous generation iPad compare with the iPhone 11 thumbs up if you want to see that now here is the sleeper feature for this new iPad pro the lidar scanner lidar stands for a light detection and ranging in other words the scanner uses lasers to help measure distance via light reflective 'ti this can measure reflective light up to 16 feet away in an instant what's the result well being able to map out environments like this quickly as you can see here from AR IQ 3.5 so the lidar scanner allows for quick detection quick onboarding with scene geometry that lets you create a topological map of your space with labels identifying things like floors walls ceiling windows seats and more other iOS devices rely solely on relatively inaccurate cameras to learn about your environment but with the lidar scanner it's able to get this information quickly and with a much better understanding of real world objects in your environment it also results in much better occlusion for better obstruction behind inanimate objects and people and this provides a much more convincing sense of immersion in an augmented environment now some of these features are just native benefits of having this new 20/20 iPad pro for instance some of the occlusion the quicker onboarding etc but to take full advantage of the new benefits third-party developers are going to have to update their apps now Apple has its measure app which provides a pretty good demonstration of some of the new features the app has been upgraded with more in depth measurement details you can even quickly access details on prior measurements just like that that's really cool but here's what's really neat about the new measure app watch what happens when I put the camera closer to my existing measurement and notice how the tick marks automatically appear to make it easier to calculate the distance between the two points that is really cool and when you lift your iPad the tick marks go away put it back down they reappear this is some real futuristic looking stuff right here and that's not all things still alight our scanner the new measure app is able to recognize angles and actually snap to those angles to make it easier to measure things like the corners of walls furniture whatever the case may be able to snap you'll see a little yellow line I don't know if you can make it out here but my measure lines actually snapping to that angle on the box and here's something really cool it will automatically calculate the height of a person in a jiffy so here's why this is so cool we know apples working on an augmented reality headset in our first glimpse of the lidar scanner in the 20/20 iPad Pro really shows how it takes augmented reality to the next level I have no doubt in my mind we'll see you lidar or at least a similar technology in Apple's upcoming augmented reality headset and I also have no doubt that we're gonna see some really cool AR apps coming down the pipeline eventually it's just gonna take a while for the software to catch up now on the 2018 iPad only the top tier one terabyte model featured six gigabytes of RAM well on the 20/20 iPad pro all storage tiers even the entry level tier gets six gigabytes of RAM that's gonna be great for video editing multitasking graphics applications etc in previous iPad pro models we usually got a pretty significant jump in CPU and graphics performance but here only the graphics really stand the benefit and it's only by a little bit on the 20/20 iPad you now get access to all eight GPU cores so that's gonna give you a little bit better performance when it comes to graph as you can see here about a thousand points better than the 20/20 iPad pro and when it comes to CPU power it's actually exactly the same basically 1:1 the a 12 Z in the new iPad pro is basically just a slightly more powerful version of the 2018 e 12 X system on a chip and that's thanks to Apple fully unlocking the GPU on the 20/20 iPad the 20/20 iPad pro is the first iPad to support 802 11 a X also known as Wi-Fi 6 that's following the iPhone 11 lineups adoption of the enhanced wireless protocol late last year in the off chance that you have around that supports y56 you'll be able to tap into added performance benefits perhaps a slight speed boost and better efficiency when using multiple devices connected to a single network and like every new major iOS device released there are new wallpapers you get for this time around too dark wallpapers into light wallpapers so here is one of the dark one of the lights and let's look at the other two let's go back and here is the light for this one and then we'll switch over to the dark mode there we go what do you guys think about these new wallpapers let me know down below in the comments now interestingly enough the iPad pro is actually sort of overshadowed by an accessory that is this of course the magic keyboard for iPad pro it features a real full-size backlit keyboard with one millimeter of key travel which is going to be amazing the type own it features a built-in trackpad with cursor support gesture support that also is amazing it also features a floating hinge design allowing you to achieve the perfect viewing angle unfortunately it is not out just yet but once it is you can rest assured that we will be getting this keyboard and we will be reviewing it so if you want to see that let me know down below in the comment section but it's coming anyway because I just can't wait to try it and then finally the iPad now has built-in Mouse and trackpad support which makes sense given the keyboard launch but what's cool is that this is available for all iPad models that support iOS or iPad OS 13.4 so it's not just an iPad pro feature although iPad pro owners are probably the ones that are going to be taking advantage of cursor support and iPad OS 13 point for the most given the fact that there is that also looking magic keyboard with integrated trackpad so this allows you to do things like pinch to zoom in and out right there on the trackpad it also supports a mouse as well you have all sorts of gestures that you can use of course you can click on buttons and things like that but you can also navigate around Safari there gestures for multi tasky navigating around the OS it is not some tacked on feature no this is deep cursor integration in the OS so ladies and gentlemen the 20/20 iPad pro if you've yet to upgrade to the 2018 iPad pro obviously this is one you want to look at because even the entry-level model comes with not only six gigabytes of RAM but it also comes with 128 gigabytes of storage you get that dual camera array with a wide-angle an ultra wide-angle camera you get the lidar scanner which is going to give you that awesome augmented reality support obviously not quite there yet the software still needs to catch up but those that already have the 2018 iPad pro even with all these additional features there's not a lot that this iPad does now that the 2018 model doesn't do so with that in mind it's probably not worth the upgrade especially considering that the magic keyboard actually works with the 2018 iPad pro as well that being said this new lidar scanner has so much potential for augmented reality and I think it really does give us a sneak preview of what to expect from Apple in the future with regard to that AR headset and more let me know what you guys think down below in the comment section about the 20/20 iPad and stay tuned we'll have a full review be sure to hit the thumbs up button if you appreciate this video and subscribe for more videos like this this is Jeff with the 905 Mac special thanks to hyper for sponsoring 905 Mac on YouTube head over to hyper shop comm and get your hyperdrive USBC up for iPad pro it's a six port hub that adds all sorts of i/o to your iPad pro this alone with the new trackpad support makes the iPad pro a bonafide workhorse once again go to hyper shop comm to get your hyperdrive USBC hub today you\n"