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finally use an iPad Air for work-related activities out of the box. Display By far, the most important feature on any iPad is the display. That’s what you’ll be looking at all the time, so it needs to be great. Needless to say, both iPad models have wonderful displays. And, as you would expect, the iPad Pro’s display is slightly better, but not by much. The 2020 iPad Air comes with a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display with a resolution of 2360 by 1640 pixels. The iPad Pro, on the other hand, comes with two different displays. The 11-inch model has a Liquid Retina display with a resolution of 2388 by 1668 pixels, whereas the 12.9-inch model iPad Pro comes with a Liquid Retina Display with a 2732 by 2048 resolution. As you can see, both iPad Pro models have slightly better displays, with a better resolution and more brightness. That being said, the iPad Air doesn’t fall behind and it’s not as good by just a few pixels. Another thing that’s worth mentioning is that, unlike both iPad Pro models, the iPad Air’s display doesn’t have ProMotion technology. ProMotion is a feature that adjusts the display to the movement of the content you’re looking at. This means that it adjusts the refresh rate of the screen, to take it all the way up to 120Hz when it’s needed. This is what makes the animations on the iPad Pro run smoother than in any other device, but it’s something that most people won’t notice unless you’re comparing them side by side. This isn’t, by any means, a deal-breaker. Cameras The biggest update to the 2020 iPad Pro was new cameras. Apple added two camera lenses to the back of both iPad Pro models. Both the 11-inch and the 12.9-inch models have 12MP wide and 10MP ultra-wide cameras, whereas the iPad Air only comes with a single 12MP wide camera on the back. On the front, the iPad Pro models have a TrueDepth Camera, with portrait mode, Portrait Lighting, and Animoji and Memoji available. The iPad Air, on the other hand, has a FaceTime HD front-facing camera with none of the features listed above. In case you’re wondering, you’re right, most people don’t use their iPad to take pictures. But in a world where more and more people are doing business or taking classes online or joining Zoom meetings, having a better camera is a must during these times. Another feature missing on the 2020 iPad Air is the LiDAR Scanner. The Light Detection and Ranging scanner, or LiDAR for short, is a new feature Apple implemented in this year’s iPad Pro models and the new iPhone 12 Pro models. This feature helps your device measure the distance of the surrounding objects, making your device more accurate to use in augmented reality. Apple is betting big on the LiDAR Scanner, but as of right now, there aren’t many features for most casual consumers. Sure, there are some great AR games you can play on your iPad, but other than that we haven’t seen many uses for this feature. Still, augmented reality, or AR, is the future and Apple knows it. It’s one of those features that you’ll need later, and you’ll be glad to have it already. Chip Surprisingly, Apple decided to give the iPad Air a better chip than the one found in the iPad Pro models. Both iPad Pro models have an A12Z Bionic chip, which was a tiny improvement from the A12X Bionic Chip the 3rd-generation iPad Pro had. This was a let down for many people who were expecting this year’s iPad Pro to have at least the A13 Bionic Chip, which was the same one the last year’s iPhone 11 had. On the other hand, the 2020 iPad Air received the brand new