M4 iPad Pro 6 Months Later - Worth the Upgrade?

Really loved the review ❤ I am looking at the iPad Pro M1 or the M4 Pro as a companion to my M2 Macbook Air this review really helped to make a decision. And I hope you feel better soon. Also loved the Japan Pictures

I've got a iPad Pro 2020 (12.9) and as I am not a power user (note taking, photo editing and content consumption), it still feels quite responsive and can take all the tasks I'm demanding. And even if it's not an Oled screen, it remains a wonderfull screen so no need to change for me.

Do you think it would be worth switching to this from an iPad Air? I have a recent Air so it's not that old or anything

Thanks as always for the great content! I was 5th in line the day the iPad M4 11" launched. and even now that the honeymoon period is over, I am still in love with it. I also had a 12.9" and I will never go back. Love the size of the 11", I pack it with me everyday.

I’ve never owned an iPad Pro before, these holidays I’ll pick up this M4 one, in the store it looked amazing! Let’s see how it goes 😊

yeah this is severely kneecapped by os
i bought the base m4 mac mini for that reason, ironically the exact same hardware spec (1tb ipad)

Thanks for the honest update. As nice as that OLED screen is I don't see any other compelling reason to upgrade from my M1 iPad Air.

Is it worth the upgrade? If you’re using an iPad Pro with an LCD screen yes, if you already have an M1 or M2 12.9 inch and are looking to upgrade to M4 I’d say no. The jump from LCD to mini-LED was much more significant than the jump from mini-LED to OLED

I only notice heath with one app: Adobe Lightroom. Very quickly the iPad becomes incredibly warm. It doesn't matter if you're only viewing or editing pictures. I assume it has something to do with Lightroom constantly connecting with the Adobe server and doing this in the most inefficient way possible.

My M1 11 inch Ipad pro still great !!!

I upgraded from an 11” 2020 iPad pro so I didn’t have an M chip but even still my iPad was working fine. The oled screen alone though was worth it to me 😄 Especially since I like to read a lot of manga which is black and white, it just pops so much nicer on this screen✨ plus I got $350 for my trade in so it was a good deal for me

Subscribed! Always great content 💪🏾

Now that m3 and m2 MacBook airs have defaulted to. 16gb of ram. Not sure if i want to keep my 10.5 inch iPad Pro and get a MacBook Air or get a iPad Pro m4.
I already daily drive this iPad but the MacBook Air with 16gb base is tempting.

I switched to an Ipad Mini but it was to small. So i switched back and to regret it! Such a great Ipad!!

I replaced my iPad Mini 6th gen and M1 iPad Pro 12.9-inch 2TB with M4 iPad Pro 11-inch for similar reasons. I went for the 1TB model and have already filled over 60% of its storage capacity - mostly with games, Logic Pro plus sound libraries, and music. I was amazed how light and manageable the 11-inch M4 iPad Pro is over the larger 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro, especially when the magic keyboard is attached, and when the keyboard is folded with Apple pencil still attached, it readily fits into a zipped 11/12-inch padded laptop sleeve and then into a rucksack. The UK should get Apple Intelligence in iPad OS 18.2 which is due for release sometime in December.

I think I’m ready to upgrade my 12Z 11 in pro, being on the M4 seems like the only way to not be even more limited by the IPadOS plus I want cellular.

I have the 11 inch M4 and upgraded from the 12.9 m2. Screen and battery life are a really nice upgrade. Very fast too

I sold my iPad mini 6 a year ago and I picked up the OLED about a months ago and gotten the iPad mini 7 alongside it and now I have both 😂 the screen on the OLED is just too nice but using the mini on the go is fun.

I got one reluctantly and man its awesome. The screen is just so damn beautiful. Well worth it considering its cheaper than the iphone right now!

I love the M4 iPad. Apple knocked it out of the park. It is a joy to use. I think it is much better than the new mini

Still on the M1 Pro. I think the 13” M2 Air is a more logical upgrade choice for me.

Tom glad you’re back

You deserve 1 million subscribers these videos are so incredibly well done, helpful and entertaining to watch! Have a fantastic christmas and feel better!

Nanotexture display and the squeeze feature are gamechangers for me.

Thinking I need to upgrade to the M4 soon. Not that my current 12.9 needs to be replaced, but also pondering the 11” Pro. Good video as always. Props for pushing through not feeling well and posting. 🙌🏼

While i love this M4 iPad, i dont see much difference between the M1 or M2 iPad in terms of speed. Screen looks great, but so are the others. I dont regret getting it though … I still love the extra power, wish they made more apps to make use of the power …

I have the 2020 iPad Pro 11 inch LCD ( A12Z Bionic Chip ) Pre M series. I am going to wait for the next iteration, which should be 2025 end of the year ish, which would make it 18 months after M4 release. Ive heard that the M5 will have a little more GPU upgrade focused for us, as the M4 was more CPU focused.
Rumours are swinging towards 12-16g RAM on base model. This would all fit in my mind, Apple have realised the need for more RAM to accommodate Apple AI and they have been slowly pushing into the Gaming space since M1 and a little more harder since M3/4. IOS are getting some AAA games and more to come, so for me the M5 looks to be great. Ive also read that its ment to be 2nm more transistors, more raw power whilst also being more energy efficient.

I have a question. Why would you use your iPad mini over your cell phone? Is there something the ipad offers that an iPhone doesn't? Did you do art on your iPad mini when you would take it around with you?

I edited most of my videos on my iPad Pro m4 11inch

this has been my first ipad and i adore it, so light and the battery is incredible, however i dont use it enough :(
trying to think of reasons to reach for it more

I absolutely love my 11" M4, I just really wish Apple had done more with iPadOS 18 in terms of improving Stage Manager.

iPad Pro m4 is too amazing that I directly bought 2 size of them , 13 and 11 😅 but the luxury experience really feels nice! 😊🎉

Bring on the 200K. Hope you’re feeling better soon buddy. 🙌🏻

Spot on. I have a second hand M1 iPad pro, and my partner the M4. I do envy how thin her iPad is, and how good the display is. The magic keyboard is nice, but it's so heavy I'd never carry it. With even a thin folio case on both iPads you no longer notice the weight difference, and the M1 is plenty fast enough for doing iPad things. M4 is faster, but you can't really tell. It's got great speakers, great bluetooth range for Airpods, promotion, faceID - in truth I have no reason to upgrade (well apart from the 3 days when the sun shines in England and I'm using it outside). I still want the M4, I lust after it, it's a magical piece of engineering, but cannot justify it at all, especially at the ludicrous price - and I'd have to replace my pencil 2 with a overpriced pencil pro to boot.
It might be worth it if you could actually make use of the M4 in productivity tasks. I too really hoped Apple would make good on this promise. I'm still appalled at how bad stage manager and external monitor/device support is. Four windows per stage. Why? No reason. Try doing a Zoom call with an external ultrawide display, and USB camera/mic. It's such a bad experience. Display scaling is laughable, and can't be adjusted. Mic camera support is all over the place. Apps crash. Try downloading some content in one app, then using another app, and realise your downloads stalled because iPadOS basically doesn't allow multitasking. Try listening to Apple music while using another app. As soon as the foreground app makes a sound, your music stops. No audio mixing. Seriously, Windows 3.1 handled audio better than this in the early 90s. Then there's the files app, and file handling in general, hobbled browsers, hobbled apps designed for iPhone. All this means that for me iPad is just a companion to a mac, and as such, $1000 is a crazy starting price.
If you can use it to create art, music, or video, then there are pretty good pro apps for this, and maybe it can stretch the M4 a little bit, and so upgrading may be worth it. For the rest of us, it's just an iPad. I think the 11" M1 Pro is still the sweet spot, because it's half the price of M4 second hand, it hasn't got any limitations like 60Hz display or touch ID, or only 64GB storage. I use mine all the time, and it's a fab iPad.

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I, for the most part, agree with his point. I had the 11 inch M1 Pro and honestly only “upgraded” cause I got a good deal. I say upgraded in quotations cause it probably was more like a lateral move cause I got an M2 13 inch Air to replace it. I mainly did it for the additional screen size as the iPad is now my only computing device besides my work laptop.

I found this really interesting Thanks
Just off to find your 13” vs 11” video now.
I have been hankering after a pro since the day they launched. I was running a iPad 3 the first Retina display until it was sidelined by obsolescence. Since then I have been making do with my IPhone 12 Pro.
I can’t decide whether I want the 13 or the 11 256 or 512 M4 or M1 second hand maybe with a bundled pencil and magic kb, for possibly half the price.
I will use it as a tv and for hobby photo and video editing and as a replacement for my also obsolete 2010
11” MacBook Air which I hated for its small size.

These videos are SO INSPIRATIONAL! I love them and they inspire my videos. Thank you so much.

200 off now 😂I upgraded from 2020 iPad Pro to 2024 today

Do not buy cellular if you do not need it but think you might use it, it SIGNIFICANTLY reduces bend durability, My mom sat on mine thank god i have apple care and the frame seperated from the antenna line and bent like it was a portable curved monitor 😂 Apple needs to stop with the thin it wasnt even heavy or thick before but it does feel nice to hold

Thanks for the video. I’m starting college, which note app are you using to write notes or is there one you like that incorporates And note taking. I do find my Apple Pencil has a lag in syncing with my medical charting system jane. Not sure if this is a jane system glitch of Apple Pencil /ipad lag

And here's me still on my m1 ipad pro, glad to know I'm not missing out on too much. If they ever decided they can dual boot into macOS on an ipad pro (to make it pro) then I would have jumped on this device in a heartbeat (but I know I know, they wouldn't want to eat into their mac book series but I still wish it had that ability).

To the video question. Not for me.

I have the 11 inch but it has a grainy effect on the screen:/