It's a decent leap from an 11 or earlier, but it's a shuffle step from something like the 12 or 13. The main improvements over the 13 are Crash Detection, 5% better battery life, Emergency SOS via satellite, an extra GPU core, and an improved 12MP main camera with Photonic Engine & 4K Cinematic Mode. As for Crash Detection, it's both useful and will be a life-saving feature, but I would only nudge people towards this watch specifically for this feature if they drive in very isolated places and at very obscure times of the day. Still, Series 8 is being sold as a watch that happens to give you some bonus data that might be helpful in this regard as opposed to a device dedicated to providing you with precise fertility data. Retrospective fertility tracking is a nice perk if you want more data about your reproductive health. If you needed to upgrade, this is again a solid product, but you could be as happy and pocket several hundred dollars by opting for a discounted Series 7. The M2 has a 15% faster CPU & 35% faster GPU, but I can't think of anyone living out on the edges of the iPad performance who'll truly need these features.Īgain, its ranking was brought down by its very modest improvements and by the outgoing M1 iPad Pro and previous A12X and A12Z iPads that continue to be compelling tablets.Ĭrash Detection and nighttime temperature sensing for retrospective ovulation estimation are the main selling points of Series 8, which otherwise looks & functions much the same as Series 7, and to a close but slightly lesser degree the Series 6, 5, & 4. The other features (M2, Wi-Fi 6E, BT 5.3) feel like such edge-case updates that the people who buy this iPad will likely benefit from them, but they shouldn't be reasons to upgrade. Apple Pencil Hover is cool, but far from a killer feature if I had an iPad Pro I'd seriously debate purchasing it if it became a $50 add-on, never mind spending $799-2,399 to replace my existing device. Released at the same time as the iPad (10th Generation), the latest Pro iPads get Apple's new M2 chip, Apple Pencil hover, Wi-Fi 6E & Bluetooth 5.3. IPad Pro 11-inch (4th Generation) & 12.9-inch (6th Generation) D-TierĪlpine Green iPhone 13 Pros & Green iPhone 13s The iPad (10th Generation) gets an F-ranking because of its cost, mismatched features, and the fact that its neighbours, the 2022 iPad Air or $329 iPad (9th Generation), are considerably better products for most people. The whole implementation feels unfinished, almost rushed out. Still, that rationale becomes almost moot when you factor in that the only way to pair that pencil is with a dongle that's nearly impossible to get and even easier to lose. I can see the argument that Apple might've stuck with that design because of the number of schools using these devices. Other touches, like the lack of an anti-reflective coating or the decision to manufacture a thicker iPad rather than adopt a laminated display, feel cheap, especially given the higher starting price.Īnd then there's the Apple Pencil 1 support. And despite getting a USB-C connector, the decision was made to keep the device at USB-2.0 data speeds - making file transfers to/from the device reminiscent of 2003 & uploading music to my iPod. The iPad got a $120 price bump, starting at $449 and going up to $749.00. New Form Factor, 5G, USB-C, intriguing new colours, landscape camera. At first, I was so excited to see Apple launch the 10th Generation iPad late in 2022.
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