Apple iPad (2017) Unboxing and First Look By Slashdot

This is the 2017 nine point, seven-inch iPad that Apple quietly released last week. Apple is calling it quite simply the iPad, but it's a relatively cheap iPad. That has a lot of the same and some improved features over the iPad Air 2, so we'll be calling it the 2017 iPad to help you differentiate it from the others. This iPad starts at three hundred and twenty-nine dollars for the 32 gigabytes variant, which is very affordable for an iPad. If you consider the price of a device to be a feature, then the 2017 iPad, the best feature is the price. We can take a look at some other features by first unboxing, the device after we remove the plastic wrap and slide out.

The top of the box will find the iPad sitting right on top. Underneath there is a user guide, an u. s. wall wart and a lightning cable. The iPad itself doesn't feature any new radical design language when compared to the iPad Air 2.

The dimensions are nearly identical. However. The 2017 iPad is 1.4 millimeters thicker, coming in at 7.5 millimeters thick compared to 6.1 millimeters thick, and it is 7% heavier I will say. The difference is noticeable, but I don't think it's a deal-breaker by any means you still have a thin and portable build construction with premium materials like metal and glass. Once again for the price, there is little to complain about.

One thing: I did notice right away. Was the home button? It's a mechanical button that physically moves one press, it's not the static capacitive buttons found in the iPhone, 7 or 7, plus, not a big deal. Just an observation. Really, it still features touch ID 2, which is nice now. The biggest difference between the iPad Pro 9.7 inch and 2017 iPad is with the display. This is where you'll see Apple kind of cut some corners to ultimately bring the price down.

The four by three aspect, ratio and 2048 by 1536 resolution can be found on both iPads the iPad Pro nine point. Seven inches does, however, feature a fully laminated display. Anti-Reflective coating wide color display gamut and true tone display which the 2017 iPad does have and yeah. When you look up close, you can see some of these lacking features. I will say, though the display still looks good thanks to be dense resolution.

It also gets very bright. Some say that the new model is actually a little brighter than the previous iPad, but I cannot confirm that in this video, but generally speaking, it does get very bright and images and content in general looks quite good on this display. The iPad is running the latest version of iOS 10, that being iOS 10 point 3 and features the a9 third generation shipped with the embedded m9 motion coprocessor. It's one notch behind the a9x chip found in the pro models, but it's faster than the a8x chip found in the iPad Air 2. So in this case, not only is it cheaper, but it's also faster.

The 8 megapixel rear and 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera sensors are the same as the ones found in the iPad Air 2. The quality of the images captured via these sensors are worse than the sensors found in the newer, more expensive iPad pros, but for casual use they should perform just fine. The smartphone in your pocket, it'll likely perform better in this department and I would recommend using it because it is probably going to be less wielding than something like an iPad. What's neat is that the battery is tactically larger in the new iPad, but both the 2017, iPad and iPad Air 2 will get up to 10 hours of web browsing according to Apple. Finally, the speakers are located on the bottom.

They sound good, but they aren't front-facing, and they don't output sound at the same caliber as the iPad Pro, and it's quad speaker setup. They sound good, but it could always be better. Overall. The 2017 iPad is a very welcomed successor to the iPad Air 2 for 330 dollars. It's at a very competitive price tag that will make it even harder for Android tablets to gain any sort of market share.

Personally I'm, not a big tablet. User I tend to get more work done with a laptop like the MacBook, but I'm looking forward to further testing this device out to see how or if I'm able to integrate it into my daily routine or my daily workflow, we should have a full review for you guys in the coming weeks, but I will say that, if you're looking into a new tablet, you'll want to seriously look into the new iPad, as it offers a lot of bang for your buck, at least on paper and when compared to apples previous 9.7-inch iPads with that said, let me know your thoughts of the 2017 iPad. Do you like what Apple is offering for the price? Do you think based off form or for the price? Let us know what you're thinking in the comments down below, as always I'm BO HD from own. com. Thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed this video and I will see you right back here in the next one, see ya.

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