announced some brand new devices and among those was the successor to the

Surface Pro 3, the Surface Pro 4. Also announced was the Surface Book. Not

really the scope of this video to discuss that particular device but it is

certainly exciting. Let's talk about how the iPad Pro and the Surface Pro 4

compare. So first of all, why compare these two products? They're obviously

very different.

Well the reason is they have both been designed with productivity in mind and

both manufacturers are basically pushing them or marking them as productivity

devices. They are both also roughly the same size, they have touch screens and pens

that provide excellent digital inking. They also start at very similar

price points. So that means that a lot of people are going to be comparing these

two devices and wondering which one is right for them. Now

first things first we're going to talk about the facts things that we can

actually definitively say are similar between these two devices and things

that we can say one is better than the other. But stick around because in the

second half of the video we're going to be going over some more commentary about

these two devices and that's where things really get interesting. So first

of all, size. Just a moment ago I said these two devices are roughly the same

size and that is pretty impressive considering what the Surface Pro 4 can

actually do. So the Surface Pro 4 comes in at .33 inches thick and is weighing in

at one point six seven pounds

meanwhile the iPad Pro is coming in at .27 inches thick, so five one hundredths

of an inch thinner than the Surface Pro 4 and is weighing in at one point by four

pounds. So as well a little bit thinner and a little bit lighter. In terms of the

other dimensions these two devices don't really compare as well

Microsoft is going after the 3:2 aspect ratio which basically they

equate that to being like a pad of paper that you would use an 8.5

by 11 sheet of paper or like a note pad that you were right on

whereas the iPad is going after the more square 4:3 ratio. However both

of them have 12 inch class screens The iPad coming in at 12.9 inches and the

Surface Pro 4 coming in at 12.3 inches. Now let's talk about hardware components

Both of these devices have extremely high resolution displays. You're not

going to see a pixel on either of these displays but they don't have exactly the

same resolution and again that's mostly due to their aspect ratios. The Surface

Pro 4 features a 2736 by 1824 resolution coming in at 267 PPI. While

the iPad Pro features a similar 2732 by 2048 resolution display technically

superior but again that has to do with the aspect ratio. The iPad Pro is a bit

wider when it comes to processing components. The Surface Pro 4 is

running a sixth generation Intel Core processor goes all the way from core M

up to a core i7 depending on the configuration that you purchased and

depending on configuration you purchase you also have integrated graphics

available on that hardware. So you can get anywhere between 4 gigabytes of

RAM and 16 gigabytes of RAM. Anywhere from 128 gigabytes of onboard storage

going all the way up to one terabyte. Couple that with the fact that you also

have the option to insert a microSD card technically with support up to 2

terabytes although those cards are not exist today.

Now the iPad Pro is running Apple's latest generation A9X chipset

along with its own proprietary dedicated graphics. Although Apple doesn't give out

these numbers it looks like the iPad Pro is using 4 gigabytes of RAM and you

can purchase this in configurations of either 32 gigabytes or 128

gigabytes of storage with nothing in between and no option to expand the

memory. Both of these devices have their own proprietary biometric scanners.

The Surface Pro 4 has facial recognition which is said to be enterprise-class

security. And the iPad

has Apple's excellent TouchID built right into the home button. Now, both

manufacturers in the past have really failed to deliver high-quality cameras

on these devices which is OK, I mean they're targeting devices people really

shouldn't be taking pictures with them, but both of them will be fine for streaming

video during FaceTime or Skype calling. The Surface has the latest wi-fi

radios along with Bluetooth 4.0. The iPad Pro has a little bit better hardware in

terms of connectivity. They also have the latest generation wi-fi radios Bluetooth

4.2 and also the option of purchasing a device with connectivity for 4G LTE and

HSPA+. The Surface Pro 4 also features a continuous kickstand hands

that will enable you to use the device like a laptop propped up propped up on

your desk or in bed or things like that. The iPad Pro does not. The Surface Pro 4

features two front facing stereo speakers which have Dolby sound built in

if they're anything like the Surface Pro 3 speakers they will be you know

pretty good. They do get pretty loud these are said to be louder

The iPad Profeatures some very interesting speakers there's actually

one speaker in each corner and it will dynamically change the audio depending

on how you hold the device to also deliver stereo sound and Apple claims

that these speakers are much louder than those in the iPad Air 2. Alright now

let's talk about the accessories and in this case is really what makes these

devices special these are tablets but they're huge you really need great

accessories to make them useful since you're not really going to be holding

them in your hands and interacting with them that way most of the time now both

of these tablets do have first party accessories available when it comes to

Microsoft the ship the device with the surface pen which is entering technology

which Microsoft now owns to deliver 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity in the

screen using the surface pen which again is included they also have their own

first party keyboards which are said to be fantastic we haven't had a chance to

get our hands on those yet but my talk claims that it the thinnest and lightest

of their

type covers yet and then also that it is a better typing experience and that

looks to be the case they also have a large trackpad since these services

software does support native mouse control Apple has the Apple pencil that

can be used in conjunction with the iPad Pro two supposedly deliver really

excellent thinking we haven't had a chance to try this out yet and really

it's the first time that Apple has ever done this so we'll have to see how great

it is I'm guessing that it's going to be really good it's going to be a great

experience for artists especially just likely services have been in the past

now each of these pens from different manufacturers have their own kind of

special unique twist on them

the latest generation servicemen from Microsoft does have an eraser on the

back end of it so you can just turn the plane around to start of racing and it

also has a couple of buttons for selecting and doing other things like

launching one note on the Apple pencil does not have a dedicated a racer but

it's unique because it offers till sensitivity so you in certain

applications will be able to tilt the pencil to one angle to get a different

fact this will be most useful when it comes to artistic applications how

useful I'm not really sure I know I do a lot of 2d work in Photoshop and I prefer

to have more specific control but there are some natural artists out there that

try to make digital art that

is more natural feeling so that may be a good thing for some artists not really

important for most people though when it comes to storage the Microsoft Surface

pen can just be magnetically attached to the side of the device will have to see

how strong that connection really is apple offers no form of connection at

all the servers pen is very superior in terms of its battery life said to last

for about a year

my current service men with my service pro 3 I've never had to change the

batteries and I've had it for a year half so absolutely believe Microsoft

claimed the Apple pencil will need to be charged probably every few days by heavy

users and the way you charge it is by plugging it into the end of your iPad

which seems dangerous for a lot of reasons I imagine people are gonna be

breaking that Apple will probably have to find a different way to charge it

with a next-generation device now both of these devices when coupled with their

pen do support palm recognition so they should be pretty much on par in terms of

the artistic experience when you're using these silences when it comes to

performance it's difficult to really compare these two devices because

they're handling completely different operating systems Windows 10 is a

desktop operating system which uses more memory to just keep things going

iPad obviously one day mobile operating system so in terms of performance when

you're measuring the benchmark it'll be hard to really comparable for both of

these devices will perform exceptionally well at the task that they are really

designed to do service pro for on the one hand will be excellent for editing

photos videos

surfing the web creating documents things like that that had pro on the

other hand will probably be very good and very fast when it comes to browsing

the web watching video is creating digital art and some dedicated

applications that are made for that on the iPad pro so they will both perform

exceptionally well based on what they're really designed to do so let's start

with price because this is where things get really crazy to be fair the Apple

iPad pro and does start at a lower price point of the $100 whereas Microsoft's

surface pro four starts at

$900 however there's a big gap in terms of what you get at $800 Apple's iPad Pro

offers only 32 gigabytes of storage and includes no accessories that means even

the Apple pencil you don't get that in the box

Microsoft Surface pro four starts with 128 gigabytes of storage although it

will obviously be closer to about ninety-five after the operating system

and Microsoft after they have installed when you take it out of the box but they

also do include the surface pen so right off the bat for $100 extra you also get

the pen which Apple charges $100 for and you get a lot more storage in reality

few if any people should be buying the iPad pro at the $800 configuration 32

gigabytes is simply not enough storage for the kinds of things are going to be

doing on this device this device has a huge high resolution display

applications are gonna take a ton of space and it actually going to be using

it to do things like anything movies creating digital art the things that

Apple wants to sell this device to New to enable you to do you shouldn't be

using a 32 gigabyte model if your gonna be editing movies for instance you're

gonna have absolutely no room you're constantly gonna be transferring files

on and off of the device so no one who in their right mind would even consider

buying a 32 gigabyte model so if you ask me

we have to leave that device completely out of the equation that's just for

people who maybe are too impatient to wait for the next option to be available

if they can't get a pre pre order in for the 128 gigabyte version so you go ahead

and purchase the iPad pro in the 128 gigabytes variant and do not include the

pencil that actually makes it more expensive than the 128 gigabytes variant

of the surface Pro for and again that doesn't include the pen so for $900 you

can purchase a service pro for getting 128 gigabytes of storage and have a pen

included for $950 you can purchase the

28 gigabyte variant of the iPad pro and still not have the pen however we should

also consider that nobody is going to purchase the surface Pro for without the

keyboard so we need to add another $130 to the prices there so that put these

devices a little closer to being on parity with each other that had Pro can

be used without a keyboard and I think it's likely people will purchase it and

not by the keyboard whereas that's completely really not even an option

when it comes to the surface Pro for however there's another crucial thing

that we should be considering when you're comparing these two devices both

of these claimed to be productivity devices the surface Pro for does a good

job of being that first of all it has needed keyboard and mouse support the

operating system Apple does a pretty good job with keyboard support but not

support is non-existent which means that if you're going to be using this device

in a productivity landscape you're constantly going to meet meeting to

reach up and touch the screen also apples keyboard option supplies a

kickstand keep the device up but it doesn't have adjustable angles so that

means it's going to be difficult to use it on your lap it looks like it's going

to be unstable Microsoft on the other hand has had a few tries at this and it

seems like they've got the formula correct here not only does the kickstand

work really well normal individuals lap but they also have a nice feature built

into the keyboard their folds up so that it's a nice typing angle and it's more

stable on your lap if I was going to be purchasing one of these devices and I

probably will in the near future I have a few different things in mind

I'm going to need to do with it 41 I edit a lot of video so there has to be

some great software and great hardware to make that possible I'm also going to

be creating 2d art writing articles and then also editing of photographs if you

ask me it's clear which of these devices is better for that now even if you think