In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Apple officially released the iPad Air 4 tablet. This time, the iPad Air 4 changed its usual monotonous appearance and added three vibrant colors of rose gold, blue and green for the first time, bringing a touch of freshness to this series. The iPad Air 4 cleverly integrated the Touch ID module originally at the bottom of the screen into the power button, freeing up space to create the possibility of a full-screen design.
Since the iPad Air 4 looks very similar to the iPad Pro series, many users are wondering whether this new product is worth buying. Therefore, today we will compare these two products and briefly talk about the difference in their parameters, and whether this difference is worth the extra money for users to buy the Pro series.
Screen: All are top-notch Liquid Retina panels
As the representative of thin and light iPad, the screen is the biggest change in Air 4 this time.
The iPad Air 4 is equipped with the same Liquid Retina screen as the iPad Pro. This top-level IPS LCD screen still has excellent display effects, supports P3 wide color gamut and original color display, and is also equipped with anti-reflective coating and anti-oil and anti-fingerprint coating. Unlike the iPad Pro, the peak brightness of the iPad Air 4 screen is only 500 nits, while the peak brightness of the iPad Pro is 600 nits. However, if it is not used in the sun, this difference is not enough to make a very obvious difference in the user experience.
In addition, the iPad Air 4 does not have ProMotion variable refresh rate technology installed, and the 60Hz screen refresh rate remains the same as the previous generation. In addition to smoother sliding and better gaming effects, the high refresh rate of the iPad Pro will give you a smoother experience when using the Apple Pencil when creating content such as drawing.
As for the difference in screen borders between the two that everyone is very concerned about, according to feedback from various media that participated in Apple's new product media tasting event, the screen border of iPad Air 4 is indeed slightly wider than that of iPad Pro, and the difference between the 10.9-inch screen and the 11-inch screen may lie in this.
Top: iPad Air 4 Bottom: iPad Pro 2020 Image source watermark
Processor: Is the A14 more powerful?
Unlike the usual first release on the iPhone, Apple chose to equip the iPad Air 4 with the new 5nm A14 Bionic chip. According to the official website and the press conference, the A14 is equipped with a six-core CPU and a quad-core GPU, and its performance has increased by 40% and 30% respectively compared to the previous generation iPad Air 3. Many friends will have questions, is the A14 chip stronger than the A12Z?
Since the iPad Air 4 has not yet been released, we cannot compare the two devices by running the same benchmarks. However, based on the above data, we can make a rough comparison.
According to the running score data on AnTuTu's official website, the running score data of the iPad Air 3 equipped with an A12 processor is as follows:
We calculate according to the theoretical value:
CPU:147444*1.4≈206422
GPU:201751*1.3≈262276
Assuming that the storage combination of iPad Air 4 is the same as that of iPad Pro 2020 (6GB+256GB), the theoretical running score of iPad Air 4 is 655304 points, which is only 87.2% of that of iPad Pro 2020.
If the storage score is not counted, the processor score (CPU+GPU) of iPad Air 4 is only about 83% of that of iPad Pro 2020. In terms of performance, iPad Air 4 is not as good as iPad Pro 2020.
Theoretically, the 5nm A14 Bionic chip is better than the 7nm A12Z Bionic chip in terms of power consumption and temperature control. However, the A14 Bionic has a six-core CPU and a four-core GPU, while the A12Z has an eight-core CPU and an eight-core GPU. In terms of the number of cores, the A12Z wins. More cores usually mean more powerful performance. It can be said that the A12Z was born for performance.
In addition, there have been reports recently that in order to widen the gap with the iPad Pro, the performance of the iPad Air 4's A14 Bionic chip may be limited, but this rumor can only be confirmed after actual testing of the actual machine.
After the above calculations, we can roughly calculate that the A14 Bionic is not as powerful as the A12Z. If this is one of the factors affecting your choice, then the above simple analysis may help you.
Price: iPad Pro is actually "great value"
The prices of iPad Pro 2020 and iPad Air 4 are shown in the figure. Since the sizes are similar, only the prices of the 11-inch iPad Pro and iPad Air 4 are compared.
From this table, we can draw the following conclusions:
If you buy an iPad just to use it for watching iQiyi and don't use it for a long time, then the iPad Air 4 with a starting price of 64GB is enough.
If you are a student who often uses iPad (or a user who can enjoy education discounts), and 64GB is not enough for you, iPad Pro is undoubtedly a better choice. The iPad Air 4 256GB version is priced at 5399 yuan, and the iPad Pro 128GB is priced at 5829 yuan (if you catch the back-to-school season event, you will get headphones for free), which is actually cheaper than the iPad Air 4. If you can't enjoy the education discount, the 430 yuan price difference is also worth paying.
If you are a heavy iPad user and use iPad for daily content creation, iPad Pro is the right choice.
If you just want to buy a tablet that is fun to use, iPad Pro is also recommended.
Conclusion: If you have to choose between the two, choose iPad Pro
After coming to these conclusions, I was a little surprised and deeply felt the awkwardness of the current positioning of iPad Air 4. Apart from the starting price of iPad Air 4, I can't find any reason to recommend other configurations. Apple says it can handle 4K video, and so can iPad Pro; Apple says A14 has explosive performance, while A12Z processor has better performance; iPad Air 4 supports the second-generation Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard, which iPad Pro has already supported; iPad Pro also has variable refresh rate technology that iPad Air 4 does not have, an extra ultra-wide-angle lens and LiDAR sensor, while iPad Air 4 does not even have a flash.
In addition, the iPad Air 4 only has two speakers, while the iPad Pro has four. In terms of audio and video effects, the former is hard to compare with the iPad Pro.
Users who can spend 4799 yuan to buy an iPad do so in order to buy an excellent tablet. Besides being attracted by the colorful colors of the iPad Air 4, it is not easy to stop yourself from adding more money to buy an iPad Pro. After all, "being able to use" and "being happy with it" are two different things.
Yes, of these two products, I recommend iPad Pro. The reason is that the starting price of iPad Air 4 is nearly 1,000 yuan higher than the previous generation, even though the performance is not much improved. If you can enjoy the education discount, this conclusion will be even more obvious.
Perhaps the only things that can save the iPad Air 4 from its embarrassing situation are the e-commerce festival and pdd.
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