11-inch vs 13-inch iPad | How to Make the Right Choice 

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I agree 100%. Thanks for sharing!

For watching videos the 13-inch is more immersive, especially for movies (not to say 11-inches is bad), but for reading the 11-inch is the winner for me (you can read with the 13-inch, bit it just feels a bit awkward juggling a laptop-sized screen in your hands). But maybe consider your use case - like if you’re reading with your iPad, how many hours is it for each day? And then compare that to how long you spend typing with the keyboard during the day to see which use case will benefit you more

@@sukhdeepsm Ok. Yes the 11 inch is easier to hold while reading. Regarding videos I have seen some youtube videos that the 13 inch doesn't really give 2 extra inches for video. You get more black bars up and below. Is that true ? because when you zoom to fill the screen you lose some content, so I don't prefer zooming especially youtube videos.

@@81179venky yeah so because the aspect ratios are different the 13 inch does have bigger bars at the top on most 16:9 videos - you can sort of see the difference in the B-roll I included towards the end when I mentioned the 13-inch iPad feeling like a TV. Despite this though I still found the 13-inch to be more immersive than the 11-inch for consuming content, and I didn’t feel the need to ever zoom in on content

@@sukhdeepsm Thank you.

Good question. I studied a behavioural economics module at university, and I’d say the iPad was sufficient for basically all the tasks I had to do (note-taking, reading dozens (!) of papers, annotating PDFs, collaborating on a group assignment through Teams etc.), but I always regretted not having extra screen space on my 11-inch (especially when going to seminars) so based on that I’d say 13-inch is the way to go - assuming your course doesn’t require any specific software/apps that only runs on a laptop but not iPad

@@sukhdeepsm Thank you so much!

If the iPad is going to be your main computer I’d personally be leaning towards the 13-inch, it just feels better for productivity imo. Equally, I’m a huge external monitor fan. I think the ability to just plug your iPad straight into a display and turn it into a >21-inch screen is a game changer and definitely worth investing in if you study a lot at home. If I could only pick between the 13-inch iPad or the 11-inch + external monitor, I’d probably go 11-inch + external monitor since that gives you the best of both worlds. Also, if you’re getting the Magic Keyboard case alongside the iPad you could probably get away without using an external keyboard/trackpad and save some money there if that’s of any relief. Hope this helps.

@@sukhdeepsm ok thanks, yeah now I am a bit stuck, because I think the 13 inch is better than the 11 inch, but the monitor could be more beneficial. However my needs will mostly be for school work, note taking for school, and general RU-vid and relaxing, so what do you think? Do I need to get a monitor? Or is the 13 inch better instead?

If you’re mostly using your iPad for note-taking the 13 inch is probably the better option, sure you don’t get as much screen real estate as with a monitor, but hey it’s not like you can use your Apple Pencil to draw on an external display, so it wouldn’t really benefit your use case. And for general content consumption, most affordable monitors come with LCD displays and speakers that pale in comparison to the OLED display and 4-speaker sound system you get on the iPad Pro. But that’s just my take.

@@sukhdeepsm yeah i agree, so you think the 13 inch then? I will try them both out in the apple store anyway but I will be mainly on the look for the 13 inch one

@@suli_xli yeah that would be my recommendation. But yes, definitely check both out in store to see what it would be like multitasking with both screens and drawing with the pencil

Personally I’d go for the 11 inch - as nice as the 13 inch is for watching content, trying to hold a tablet that big in your hands in bed will probably get fatiguing quite quickly

@@sukhdeepsm Appreciate the quick and valid response with reasoning! I’ll definely be going with the 11 inch now. Also you earned a sub.

Thank you - glad to have helped

Agreed, specially after the wwdc this year for iPadOS is a joke. But the pencil for note taking is so good

Yeah ngl it was a bummer that there were no major iPadOS announcements (I’m guessing it’s because most of their resources were focused on all the AI stuff)