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How the new iPad Air stacks up against the competition

We compared Apple’s newest midtier tablet with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and the Microsoft Surface Pro 7. The starting price isn’t everything when you really start examining the specs.

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  1. iyaz akhtar

    September 16, 2020 at 12:13 pm

    Hey, guys. Seeing questions about performance. Once we get our hands on the new iPads, we will definitely revisit that.

  2. Y AB

    September 16, 2020 at 5:35 pm

    the surface pro 7 is a joke at its low config

    • eSCAPE

      September 16, 2020 at 6:21 pm

      Y AB exactly, cant run anything at those specs. Saying it’s a full windows laptop at those specs isn’t something to brag about

    • Y AB

      September 16, 2020 at 7:39 pm

      @eSCAPE you’d need to get the i5 8gb version to have a decent experience, I’m appealed that Microsoft is charging 749 for these absolute trash specs

  3. NoThankYou Tv

    September 16, 2020 at 5:45 pm

    Idk if I miss heard him but the iPad Air 2020 will have stereo speakers lol

  4. Michael Smith

    September 16, 2020 at 5:58 pm

    Apple is such a disappointment with the mind games they play with the base memory configurations. This is Apple, they shouldn’t be releasing hobbled devices.

  5. Junito Lopez

    September 16, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    Who buys Android tablets, anyway? They’re dead…….. Their app support are a joke…..

  6. Mynameisanafer

    September 16, 2020 at 6:46 pm

    Honestly the only thing that made me not buy it was that it just has 2 speakers I have the iPad Pro 10.5 model and I’m in love with the speakers this new iPad is all I need but speakers are one the things I care about the most they should have added 4 even though it wouldn’t even and iPad Air anymore

  7. srikanth vemula

    September 16, 2020 at 6:48 pm

    None of them is the answer

  8. MK#KOMP MMK

    September 16, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    Samsung wins very clear

  9. Dark Guardian

    September 16, 2020 at 7:19 pm

    I will never buy new with Apple.
    I will always be a couple generations behind.
    Everything still works.
    The prices doesn’t justify it.

    Being best on your block only last a year.
    Save your money.

  10. Deep Sin

    September 16, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    Looks like they just repackaged the ipad pro 11 from 2018

  11. vaibhav rathi

    September 16, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    and samsung has oled hdr screen that is just treat to behold

  12. Seth Setiadha

    September 16, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    I cant work with s7+ nor ipad. None of then where i can do programming. Have to go with surface pro

  13. Thomas Chen

    September 16, 2020 at 8:07 pm

    what competition?

  14. Wacky Potter

    September 16, 2020 at 8:11 pm

    Still go with Surface Tab because its literally a TABLET PC.

  15. JC B

    September 16, 2020 at 8:12 pm

    Let’s be real you can’t actually draw professionally on a surface or android tablet (no wonder they freaking give their pen), it is just not there. 2 Companies made it yet and it is wacom & apple anyother brands can only pretend giving a scratch of the same drawing feel, responsiveness and quality of what iPad and Wacom provide. Do not take me wrong I would have love the giant Microsoft studio to be a real option for me (and artists) or Samsung cheap entry tablet but you are better of with the iPad 8 seriously, ALL those brand sell premium prices but NOT ALL sell premium experience, do not waste your money my artist friends. To me the Apple Air sounds like amazing entry level drawing tablet and unless you do photography you’ll be fine with 64GB just get some cloud or a driver for what you are not working on 😉 !

  16. JC B

    September 16, 2020 at 8:16 pm

    Sorry CNET but you should get a more informed review for this type of products that as a artist feedback, because this is really just badly covering the art part.

  17. Kiran C

    September 16, 2020 at 8:26 pm

    I am shocked they didn’t charge extra for USB-c. Buy two versions, one with lightning port or USB-C, but extra $100 up charge.. ????

  18. chanworldwide

    September 16, 2020 at 8:36 pm

    you need a haircut 🙂

  19. A. Tommy

    September 16, 2020 at 8:47 pm

    No OLED and 120hz 64gb is a no go in 2020. ????

  20. Charles Bronson

    September 16, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    ROUNDED RECTANGLE!

  21. Yeti Mobley

    September 16, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Idk, I think I’d go pro for $50 more

  22. leicanoct

    September 16, 2020 at 11:37 pm

    A more interesting comparison would of been iPad Air vs iPad Pro.

  23. Clifton

    September 17, 2020 at 12:40 am

    Apple says, you can shoot 4k at 60fps on the iPad and iPhone. So what means you can record 6 videos before your storage is full on the huge 64gb!
    Come on Apple, the BlackBerry Playbook had 64gb back in 2011! Apple is a trillion dollar joke and people are fools for making then rich!

  24. Caio Raz

    September 17, 2020 at 1:19 am

    Power doesn’t matter to me. All I want is a good tablet/computer that runs ACTUAL software and web browsing. Here’s a way to break it down:

    iPad Air: Powerful but Restricted ✅❌❌
    Tab S7: Powerful Enough and Customizable ✅✅❌
    Pro 7: Professional but Lackluster ✅❌❌

  25. roxanne mcconn

    September 17, 2020 at 1:22 am

    I have the old iPad 9.7 I need to upgrade just don’t know which iPad to upgrade to

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