M4 iPad Pro - Is the BASE MODEL Worth it?

Hands on first look review of the new iPad Pro M4 with OLED Display. This new iPad is the thinnest iPad ever, and introduces many new features and improvements.
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[@warrenlange9160]

I am 85 and have IPHONE 15 and have 3 IPads 12.9 and have ordered IPAD PRO with 1TB plus key board , and pencil

[@fVNzO]

Thats why you are the goat!

[@j0404t]

Thank you for doing an 11 inch video. Tired of seeing only 13 reviews.

[@esthereley6808]

Sounds as if, for your uses, you only need an iPad Air at most. Artists are super excited about what both the new iPad Air and iPad Pro offers in terms of the new Apple Pencil Pro functions. People whose work relies on an iPad are the reviews that are most interesting. A lot of tech reviewers fail to see through these eyes.

[@Hof79905]

Microcenter has the M4 13 inch ipad pro for $1169. It is $131 cheaper than what Apple sells it for.

[@alexiszee5770]

Michael from the day I subscribed your channel I have enjoyed every video this one was no exception ....keep up the great work...can you do some more tips on iPhone and watch please 😀

[@maureenb7399]

Terrific and painless review! I now know I will stick with my M1/11 inch pro/256. It honestly does everything I need it to.

[@warrenlange9160]

I am impressed with you and your review

[@true2life73]

Thanks for a very thoughtful and honest review, Michael. I appreciate 🙏🏿 your style and logical/ critical thinking 🤔 perspective. Keep up the great work, and I just subbed!

[@highdefnews175]

I believe it supports 4K Pro Res if you attach external storage.

[@paulcap4235]

Excellent review Screen is good also for night study. If you have to.Not just entertainment.

[@Everyday-man]

What is the screen like after longer use? I use my ipad Pro 2020 11 inch, which is LCD for work and leisure. Emails, Teams, Excel, Word, movies, TV shows, procreate, and gaming. All combined, like 3 plus hours per day. Does the oled 1000 nits of brightness hurt your eyes with longer sittings??

[@buddmiesterthewise]

Yes. Thanks for the 11” review. Also for the document scanning. I have a 12.9 Pro and am thinking of the 11” with a keyboard- to replace my aging 12” Macbook.

[@johnsterling3345]

Great review Michael. The recorded microphone sound came across really good in sound quality. The speakers nearly sound the same as my 2018 iPad Pro. If there is a difference, I can’t tell.

[@dplj4428]

That camera thingy is for finetuning scan of documents. Not auto adjust for outdoors.

[@jimtipton8888]

Great review. I don't think you were too hard on it. You kept it real. My iPad experience dates to the original. I upgraded to this one for 2 reasons. The FaceTime camera position and the screen. I've abandoned the illusion long ago that the iPad will replace the MacBook. I use both and love both. This new M4 11" is really cool and for me it was worth the upgrade. Man are the blacks and whites pure and it's a little snappier than the M2 11" it replaced, but yeah you're right, it's just an iPad, and that's ok.

[@ilovejesus973]

How long is battery life?

[@gene430]

Good review.

[@manazon6945]

Wait. Is the 11 inch pro having the same dimensions as the 9th generation?

[@Mandodesk]

This terminal is for a least 5-6 years ?

[@warrenlange9160]

Hope you do a how to use this IPAD PRO

[@Andy-rc9db]

The problem, I think, is that it’s difficult to evaluate the iPad Pro without the keyboard and pencil (which, I know, makes it an even more expensive prospect). Without the peripherals, you have - as you say - got an expensive media consumption device. Add the peripherals and you have a powerful productivity machine. Personally, for my use case, the iPad Pro acts as both tablet (for media consumption) and a near full laptop replacement. I am able to complete 95% of my productivity tasks frictionlessly on the iPad itself (I write, work with RAW/ProRes, and some basic content creation with the Pencil). However, I do need a desktop for that final 5%. But, conversely, I couldn’t mirror my current workflow entirely on a desktop. So, for me, the two together are complementary. But, golly, it is an expensive device. And so I do agree that if Netflix, KZbin, or whatever, is your primary use case, get the M2 - or even an Air.

[@mikldude9376]

Good video mate , I think you where more than fair , obviously it is a power house and with an awesome display and it is a nice tablet , but personally i couldn’t care less about being thin or a few grams lighter , I would rather apple left if a bit chubby and updated the cameras , maybe added an extra port or two, even give it a tad more battery . Thanks for the review.

[@AR-uy8yr]

I need a tandem oled tv!

[@ytuser1985]

Technically the 10hz is actually 20hz for the processor due to the Tandem displays, and 120hz is 240hz, may this is why Apple needed M4?

[@williammclean6594]

Do you think that the 16 GB RAM version is worth it? There's not a lot of games on Apple that can like take advantage of it. Plus you would probably be streaming from your Xbox or Playstation. Also, not a lot of apps dont seem to need the 16 gigs either. And from what I've heard, there's only marginal upgrades

[@TreyDongzz]

I think that’s what WWDC will show, so if you wait another week to order, you can still get within apple’s 14 day return policy if you need to upgrade or not 😂

[@williammclean6594]

@@TreyDongzz yeah I saw another video recently that said don't buy an iPad for what it is in the future. Buy one for what it is now. Because the guy bought an M2 pro thinking that they would announce something at that event last year, but it never came. I think they'll just add some minor updates to the OS, but they're not going to put mac os on iPad

[@Adamoji]

Feels a little weird to be referring to a $1000 computer as "base model". Like it gives the connotation that it's underpowered or lacks features somehow. I mean, there is no better version of the iPad Pro to get. Sure you can get more storage, but the performance and features aren't going to be any different if you get the 256gb or the 2Tb. So why call it "base model?" I don't know. Seems odd to me. When I think of base model I think of the 10th generation iPad.

[@Ryuuie]

The 1TB and 2TB versions get one more core to play with and 16GB of RAM vs one less core in the CPU and 8GB of RAM in the 256GB and 512GB. It very well could have a performance change in the right situations especially with the extra RAM.

[@gwvaio]

It’s literally the base model. Why would you call it anything else? To make yourself feel better? A base model BMW is still a base model before you add any bells or whistles to it.

[@Cujobob]

You do get a small bump in performance for the 1/2 tb versions with the extra processing core and RAM. I think it’s something like 14%, though, nothing huge.

[@Andy-rc9db]

@@CujobobEven then, that boost is only in multicore performance. Everything else, single core, GPU, read/write speeds, is practically the same between the base and the 1TB. My assumption is that iPadOS is the bottleneck preventing true gains from that additional core and RAM, and so, unless WWDC introduces fairly fundamental changes to how apps are configured, the smart money is on the base model.

[@Cujobob]

@@Andy-rc9db there’s no bottleneck. The apps haven’t optimized for it, most likely, or the extra RAM just isn’t needed for most things because the OS is so light.

[@dberk023]

All I wanted was the OLED. The basic iPad M4 11" was enough for me.

[@Evil.Totoro]

I don’t think that’s correct about the camera, multiple channels have reported that the camera is from the iPhone 11 which came out in 2019.

[@kwickstr]

Maybe a step towards a multi OS platform. iPad + iPad Pro Keyboard = MacOS.

[@remo9418]

Avevo preso il 13 lo trovato scomodo per il mio utilizzo tornato al 11 pollici troppo comodo

[@alexanderfelke]

The new design is the fancy background… the rest is as expected.

[@mikldude9376]

I saw another tablet comparison with the front facing camera in a room with out studio lights , and the m4 iPad selfie video camera was just god awful , truly bad , just me , but I think apple dropped the ball with the cameras on the allegedly “ Pro iPad M4”. No doubt the cameras were sacrificed for the thinner form factor and cheaper unit manufacturing price not that it is cheap 😊.

[@AlienFactor]

I have the M2 iPad Pro 12.9 256 GB/16 ram and will not be upgraded

[@bridgetweaver-hicks8086]

I guess you take pictures with the iPad

[@bb1111116]

This is for content creators who prefer a pure touch interface.

[@patrickgamboa7270]

If I am only doing it for note taking, schdeuling, emaling, storing lots of important PDFs (not more than 2-3GB), lots of ePub iBooks, no photo/videos and no gaming, editing from my external storage photos and videos, I guess this base model is okay? Anyone have any thoughts if I should stick to this 256GB or upgrade to 512GB based on my criteria?

[@cia4gent128]

I got the 256gb…it’s more than enough! if you do gaming a lot then get the 512gb…

[@patrickgamboa7270]

@@cia4gent128 Thanks for your input! Not really, I don't really play games on tablets at all, prefer more to play on my PC, this iPad Pro M4 that I will get will be more focused on business apps for my online business, reading books, and storing PDFs, I have iCloud 2TB and my Macbook Pro where I can store contents there on the iCloud and sync over Apple Files and iBooks :)

[@Everyday-man]

256 should be enough, just note the read and write rite speeds of the 512 is faster and the obvious that its double the storage. If you can afford it, 512gb is a better options, it’s the one i want. I currently have 256gb on my 2020 iPad Pro and it did the job, but having more room for photos, videos , documents is way better. But i do not like iCloud, i like things on my own device.

[@patrickgamboa7270]

@Everyday-man Wow the write speed on the 512GB is really big? I saw a video of Max Tech on the 256 vs 1TB, not much of a difference there for performance of apps, but is the read write speed you are refering to like the external hard drive speed? part of my business when using the iPad Pro is photo and video editing off an external hard drive like my Sandisk or Samsung SSD

[@Everyday-man]

@@patrickgamboa7270 The same as the 1tb I believe in read and write speed, sorry i didn’t mean a lot faster than the 256gb, but it is a bit faster from my understanding. From what you described, honestly you’ll likely be happy with the 256. Iva been using my 256gb for 4 years now. But i do have games, videos on my device. So i have to delete or larger files or apps to make room for new ones occasionally. I think if you can afford the 512 get it, if not the 256 will still be fantastic.

[@HarukiYamamoto]

You don’t need 1TB to watch Netflix.

[@Andy-rc9db]

Agreed. Though that additional storage and performance *may* be helpful to content creators and those who are working with RAW/ProRes… Albeit, the ability to work from an external hard drive somewhat mitigates the limitations of the base model(s).

[@stpav2698]

Guys, listen… this is insane! No m4 pro , no air !! Just go for pro m2!!! It’s like 700$ 11 / 900$ 12.9

[@michaelhall9146]

No thanks. I paid $323 for an 11 inch M4 iPad Pro 512 GB and Apple Pencil pro after using my gift cards and Apple Cash and using the student discount.

[@gwvaio]

lol apple is selling us a computer piece by piece

[@notreallyworried]

Magical piece of glass doesn't sound cringey, I would describe most great tablets that way.

[@apuertorican1773]

My ipad pro 6th gen is still like new. Im skipping this nonsense and waiting to see next year or 2

[@user-ct8zg4nb3g]

A curious question: Are there people over eighty years of age who are very elderly people who own modern smart phones?!!!!

[@Ryuuie]

My mother owned a Pixel 5 and she was 85. She used it for video calls and normal phone calls. She also took pictures with it.

[@user-ct8zg4nb3g]

@@Ryuuie What do you have now?

[@Ryuuie]

@@user-ct8zg4nb3g My mother passed last August unfortunately but I personally have an iPhone 15 Pro Max.

[@quigley301]

Yes, but I was an IT specialist for over 50 years

[@quats12]

My 90-year-old mother has an iPhone 13 Pro. She uses MacBook Air as well. She is very lucky that she has all cognitive capabilities. She still sews, writes books and paints.

[@completesalvation1755]

This is future proof tech that will not be out of date 6 mo later. the horsepower of this Ipad makes it capable of handling the artificial intelligence Apple has in mind to implement. I believe there will be a point where the IPad will become more Versatile and useful than any laptop without a touchscreen. The review was good until about the 19 min mark when the video became critical and a personal opinion on who this is for.

[@russellpad]

your ipad has a dead pixel

[@jeysmoothies]

You were too tough on it you make it seem bad. It’s awesome sure it has some omissions but it makes up for it with the chip, display and maybe future os

[@RogerZoul]

I think the iPad is for anyone who wants it and will figure out how to use it. This guys is too lazy to learn to use it well so he just talks about using a laptop without even giving the keyboard and pencil a shot. The ipad is actually more flexible than any device with a permanently attached keyboard, but he can’t see that due to his closed mind, even when the ipad is faster and would have time. Be very careful of whom you get advice from.

[@Dirtyharry70585]

sounds like a tin can, display beautiful, iPods for movies. microcenter M4=$1170...M2=$980

[@cia4gent128]

What? This iPad sounds better than the newest MacBooks! Lol and i got the 11” 256gb for $999 and the m2 base storage is 128gb.

[@chiefjudge8456]

OLED is a massive downgrade from MiniLED (don't think the previous 11 inch had it, only the larger one). Very disappointing from Apple.

[@cia4gent128]

What are you smoking?! The oled has better colors and inky blacks! and much brighter full screen! tell me one thing that the miniled is better at than the oled?! 🤣🤣

[@Everyday-man]

MiniLED is a beautiful screen, but Oled isn’t a downgrade. In many ways it’s an upgrade, Oled has actual true blacks instead on a darker grey/Blueish black and no more blooming. Oled also uses less power consumption, along side the M4 chip is the reason it was able to reduce weight / battery yet keep the same battery length.

[@jimtipton8888]

I would disagree. The mini LED was great but nothing like the Tandem OLED. On the M4 pure blacks and pure whites are like nothing else.

[@Cujobob]

This OLED is quite a bit better. The OLED is actually brighter and has better contrast. It’s also going to use less energy since it turns off pixels (which allowed them to make the device thinner). The response times are also significantly improved.

[@chiefjudge8456]

@@cia4gent128 OLED is too dim for a good HDR experience, has burn-in issues, and has poor text quality due to BGR pixel layout. Apple tried to bandage fix the low brightness of OLED by stacking two panels, but this will just introduce more failure points and longevity issues over time. OLED is a fundamentally flawed technology and it doesn't hold a candle to MiniLED at all, which can hit 3000+ nits in brightness with true blacks and essentially no blooming if the zone count is high.