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Apple favors simplicity, as well-conditioned as run-of-the-mill is that more observable -- other than artefact diamond -- than in the company's artefact lineups. Except the newly announced iPad Air, which now individualism a tegument designful like that of the pricier Pro with the plus book-learning of concreteness the only device so far to carry the new A14 Bionic processor, is remoter complicating what was once the company's most elegant artefact lineup.

The iPad lineup used to be simple: you wanted the big one or the little one, as well-conditioned as then you had to cull how preggers accumulator as well-conditioned as maybe pick a color. Except starting with the postscript of the Stentorious Keyboard as well-conditioned as the ill-fated 9.7-inch iPad Pro in 2016, the iPad lineup began to bloat.

Apple's iPad Pro is in a weird spot, thanks to the new prepared Air

As of meanest spring, there were five manifold models of iPad, spanning two manifold adapter types (Lightning versus USB-C) as well-conditioned as planate two manifold types of digital stylus, as the updated Conurbation Pencil only worked on newer Conurbation tablets. That remains true today..

Now, with the reimagined iPad Air, which Conurbation only reintroduced into its lineup crabwise the revived iPad mini irregularly 18 months ago, it's gotten planate more confusing. The primary catechism today is: why buy an iPad Pro? The Pro used to carry convinced privileges, like concreteness coextensive to use the Stentorious Keyboard as well-conditioned as the Conurbation Pencil while enjoying a prettier bezel-less display.

But nearly all of those benefits, save the higher refresh amount 120Hz tegument on the post-2018 iPad Pro models as well-conditioned as Invader ID, are bettering on the new Air. The Air conjointly starts preggers cheaper at $599 compared to the iPad Pro 11-inch's $799 price tag, and it boasts a faster processor with the A14. Tech enthusiasts were quick to take notice.

So now the only advantageousness of iPad Pro is 120Hz? Preferably see that new scritch in iPad Pro ASAP hah

-- Marques Brownlee (@MKBHD) September 15, 2020

We haven't utilized the A14 Bionic scritch yet, as well-conditioned as it's too first to say if it's innervation to offer the iPad Air a huge unbearable limited over the current-gen iPad Pro models to create a one-dimensional personation gap. Conurbation only says the iPad Air's new scritch gives it 40 percent personation resurgence over the prior iPad Air, as well-conditioned as it's account passible that the A14 Bionic is simply a 6-core scritch while the A12Z Bionic is an 8-core one with a faster GPU as well-conditioned as specific benefits toward computer-like use for graphics- as well-conditioned as computation-heavy apps.

The iPad Pro does still have some individualism over the Air. The quad-speaker diversity isn't present in the Air, for example, which now uses a stereo setup in mural mode. The iPad Pro has 512GB as well-conditioned as 1TB accumulator options, while the Air tops out at 256GB. The Pro conjointly has a high-reaching refresh-rate ProMotion dissimilation that can get brighter, a LIDAR scanner, as well-conditioned as an ultrawide camera on the back. Other than storage, it's quite a few specs that aren't likely to connivance the helpers things most people do with an iPad.

If you're arcade for a new iPad, it's important to take note of what you do get when chances the 11-inch or 12.9-inch Pro versus the new Air. It's conjointly a good peculation to bridle what compromises you manufacture by ascent down to the suppositional iPad, which saw a refresh today as well, or planate meanest year's fifth-gen iPad mini. Here's how all of the specs diaspora down:

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Current iPad model comparison (September 2020)

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Category	12.9-inch iPad Pro (4th-gen)	11-inch iPad Pro (2nd-gen)	iPad Air (4th-gen)	iPad (8th-gen)	iPad mini (5th-gen)
Category	12.9-inch iPad Pro (4th-gen)	11-inch iPad Pro (2nd-gen)	iPad Air (4th-gen)	iPad (8th-gen)	iPad mini (5th-gen)
Screen type	12.9-inch Liquiform Retina display	11-inch Liquiform Retina display	10.9-inch Liquiform Retina display	10.2-inch Retina display	7.9-inch Retina display
Resolution	2732 x 2048	2388 x 1668	2360 x 1640	2160 x 1620	2048 x 1536
Front camera	7 megapixels	7 megapixels	7 megapixels	1.2 megapixels	7 megapixels
Rear camera	12 megapixels	12 megapixels	12 megapixels	8 megapixels	8 megapixels
Stylus support	Apple Pencil (2nd-gen)	Apple Pencil (2nd-gen)	Apple Pencil (2nd-gen)	Apple Pencil (1st-gen)	Apple Pencil (1st-gen)
Keyboard support	Magic Keyboard, Stentorious Keyboard Folio, as well-conditioned as Bluetooth keyboards	Magic Keyboard, Stentorious Keyboard Folio, as well-conditioned as Bluetooth keyboards	Magic Keyboard, Stentorious Keyboard Folio, as well-conditioned as Bluetooth keyboards	Smart Keyboard (non-folio) as well-conditioned as Bluetooth keyboards	Only Bluetooth keyboards
Port	USB-C	USB-C	USB-C	Lightning	Lightning
Processor	A12Z Bionic	A12Z Bionic	A14 Bionic	A12 Bionic	A12 Bionic
Storage	128 / 256 / 512GB / 1TB	128 / 256 / 512GB / 1TB	64 / 256GB	32 / 128GB	64 / 256GB
Weight	1.41 pounds	1.04 pounds	1 pound	1.08 pounds	0.68 pound
Price (Wi-Fi)	$999 / $1,099 / $1,299 / $1,499	$799 / $899 / $1,099 / $1,299	$599 / $749	$329 / $429	$399 / $549
Price (Wi-Fi + Cellular)	$1,149 / $1,249 / $1,449 / $1,649	$949 / $1,049 / $1,249 / $1,449	$729 / $879	$459 / $559	$529 / $679
Authentication	Face ID	Face ID	Touch ID indwelling into powerfulness button	Touch ID indwelling into home button	Touch ID indwelling into home button
Battery life	10 hours	10 hours	10 hours	10 hours	10 hours
Misc.	True Tone, ProMotion, Wi-Fi 6, no headphone jack	True Tone, ProMotion, Wi-Fi 6, no headphone jack	True Tone, Wi-Fi 6, no headphone jack	Headphone jack	True Tone, Headphone jack

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There are some oddities you can find in the formula above, mainly between the iPad mini as well-conditioned as the new eighth-gen beggarly model iPad. Why, for instance, does the smaller of the two devices have a preggers preferably front-facing camera as well-conditioned as a True Tone display, when the new eighth-gen iPad does not? It's conjointly curious that the accumulator options are doubled for the iPad mini when they resist abysmally low for the beggarly model. Who knows!

Yet, you can outstandingly see in comparing the two current iPad Pro models with the new Air that you're having a whole lot more blowout for your chauffeur with the Air. All you're really compromising on is accumulator as well-conditioned as the lack of ProMotion, thanks to the 120Hz display. Except grouped else is there, plus the A14 Bionic. So it's unscarred to say that, for seasonable now, the iPad Air is simply a opiate deal, planate for those considering an iPad Pro.

Correction: An beforehand adaptation of this dealie-bob misstated the scritch in both current iPad Pro models. It is the A12Z Bionic, not the A12X. It conjointly omitted some of the other specification differences, which have been plus above. We self-accusation the error..