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iPad Air 4 and iPad 8 first impressions: Making sense of Apple’s newest iPads

Apple just announced updates to its iPad lineup. The fourth-generation iPad Air and eighth-generation entry-level iPad each got new processors and more. CNET’s Scott Stein breaks them down alongside the iPad Pro and helps make sense of it all.

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  1. Ernest Victor Chan

    September 16, 2020 at 12:02 am

    NIce iPad will buy

  2. treasure wuji

    September 16, 2020 at 12:02 am

    First view of an iPad video. Am I crazy or Apple fans stop being fans.

  3. Andrew Martinez

    September 16, 2020 at 12:04 am

    It’s technically an iPad Air 5…

  4. Beau Kyrst

    September 16, 2020 at 12:09 am

    iPad Air Pro..

    • kalvinye

      September 16, 2020 at 12:53 am

      iPad Pro air!

  5. Heckin Brandon

    September 16, 2020 at 12:10 am

    The bigger question here is “What’s the next iPad, 9 or are gonna skip that like the iPhone?”

    • Mr Chicken

      September 16, 2020 at 12:26 am

      no reason to skip number 9 on ipad

    • Panda Panda

      September 16, 2020 at 12:27 am

      Haha

    • Panda Panda

      September 16, 2020 at 12:28 am

      Tim also said this was 10th year of iPad ???? they didn’t skip ⏭ like iPhone ????

    • Omar Lucas

      September 16, 2020 at 1:04 am

      IPads are not numbered

  6. Luis Trujillo

    September 16, 2020 at 12:12 am

    Not having that pro motion display might be a deal-breaker for me…

    • kalvinye

      September 16, 2020 at 12:54 am

      What does it do?

    • Omar Lucas

      September 16, 2020 at 1:01 am

      Get a pro then.

    • Franz William

      September 16, 2020 at 1:03 am

      @kalvinye it’s basically the high refresh rate (120hz). smoother animation, scrolling, all that stuff

    • Guest

      September 16, 2020 at 1:04 am

      Bruh your already getting so much for only $700. And your gonna spend almosst $500 more to just get a second camera and pro motion?

  7. Kyle S.

    September 16, 2020 at 12:14 am

    Everyone: Look! It’s a new iPad

    Me: Oh now my iPad is old

  8. Radish Farmer

    September 16, 2020 at 12:20 am

    I always regret buying
    Apple products because they
    always release new things in
    months after I buy ’em.

    • Michael Black

      September 16, 2020 at 12:56 am

      Really? Samsung is worse

    • lemixion

      September 16, 2020 at 1:23 am

      i know right i have to trade in my air 3 now ugh

  9. nuyou21

    September 16, 2020 at 12:21 am

    Well, it’s time to say take my money Apple. I’m so glad I waited as the new iPad Air’s looking mighty fine. ????????????

    • Guest

      September 16, 2020 at 1:02 am

      I actually regret getting the ipad air 3 that was released last year ????. I shouldve listened to my parents and wait

    • galxer

      September 16, 2020 at 1:08 am

      Same,I was about to buy the iPad Air 3 but I chose to wait 🙂

    • Play With Bosco & Alvin Le

      September 16, 2020 at 1:15 am

      Lol

    • lemixion

      September 16, 2020 at 1:23 am

      ITS TIME TO TRADE IN MY AIR 3 SOBS

  10. Adamson Aquino

    September 16, 2020 at 12:26 am

    It’s boring and looks the same as old versions
    Only fools will buy it

    • Shahjada Fahim

      September 16, 2020 at 12:47 am

      Rught

  11. Stuart Holloway

    September 16, 2020 at 12:27 am

    iPad (consumption, reading)
    iPad Air (email, writing, browsing)
    iPad Pro (video editing, digital illustration, graphic designers)

  12. Jonathan Lau

    September 16, 2020 at 12:41 am

    I literally just bought the iPad 7th generation for school, should have waited for another month to buy iPad 8!

    • Sumit Rawal

      September 16, 2020 at 1:08 am

      try to return it if u bought few days ago

  13. jordan bailey

    September 16, 2020 at 12:42 am

    POS

  14. Bacon Pancakes

    September 16, 2020 at 12:46 am

    Your mic sounds muffled

  15. Peter

    September 16, 2020 at 12:54 am

    Very nice review, looking forward to the update with hands/on

  16. Sapphire Art

    September 16, 2020 at 12:55 am

    ???? who else bought an iPad Pro 2 week ago and this came out I’m actually super happy i have an iPad I’m great full nvm

  17. Mat Periuk

    September 16, 2020 at 1:00 am

    I really hate the apple naming system without version numbers.

  18. den entilenti

    September 16, 2020 at 1:06 am

    2:32 I like that???????? ????????❤️

  19. Mahesh

    September 16, 2020 at 1:07 am

    That finger print sensor is a huge pain in the butt when using. I use the old iPad with finger print sensor located at the front. I use it a lot when logging in to website and I use the 11 pro max Face ID to log in to websites too. Both has its pros and Cons but that finger print sensor at the top is only a huge Con. I hate every time I need to press the power button to take screen shot on the iPad, it’s just difficult to reach and not exactly on your eye line.

    Instead of spending on this iPad with 64 gb I would just go for the pro with 128 gb, face id and pro motion display. This iPad is just a farce. Eventually it won’t sell as good cause people who use the face id or old finger print sensor will start noticing it’s huge disadvantage.

  20. Pak Furious

    September 16, 2020 at 1:07 am

    32gb in 2020 is fuckin laughable

  21. Micheal Bay

    September 16, 2020 at 1:16 am

    Which Chinese or Indian Kashmiri concentration camp was this manufactured in? Looks flashy

  22. Brian Zhu

    September 16, 2020 at 1:18 am

    Should I get that or the macbook silicon for non intensive school work and watching youtube?

  23. Eric Ling

    September 16, 2020 at 1:18 am

    I still have an iPad 2, ya that’s right. Now I ma getting that green iPad Air… but first the PS5.

  24. Syahputra Wibowo

    September 16, 2020 at 1:22 am

    That green one for me!!!, it will match my green iPhone 11

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