The Truth about Apple's Nano Etched Glass - (M4 iPad Pro)

on this year's M4 iPads you know Apple's

thinnest products ever Apple has two

different types of glass the 13-in iPad

we reviewed earlier has the regular

glossy glass that we see on all the

iPhones and previous iPads but if you're

willing to spend a tad extra apple has a

very special Nano texture display on the

1 and 2 tbte versions like I've

purchased here on this 11in glass is

kind of my thing and I enjoy exploring

all of its intricate properties this

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later at first glance this thing is

wild not only is it a completely

different visual experience but the

texture is also much softer than the

regular glossy glass my fingers slide

slipping softly over the Sleek surface

like a ship surfing the smooth Seas

before snagging on the shiny surround

the texture is glorious but visually

with the Mac coating all the colors do

seem to pop a bit less which is a shame

since it feels phenomenal Inside the Box

we get an Apple branded polishing cloth

we'll tear this down in a second and

there's the same color matching charging

cable and 20 W charging brick that we

saw with a 13 in also keep in mind that

this smaller 11-in iPad Pro with its

tinier footprint is actually 2 mm

thicker than the 13 still ridiculously

thin but we'll get to that later we know

the new Nano Rich glass looks different

and feels different but does it scratch

or damage any different laying out the

most scale of hardness we can start

seeing something new at a level three

instead of nothing happening like on

regular glass this time we see that the

nanotextured edge glass is filing down

my most three pick like a cheese grater

on cheese or a nail filer on nails or

sandpaper on wood or a 9 to5 on my wheel

to live and when we get to a level four

we see what appears to be actual damage

on the display which is scientifically

impossible since we know the glass is

level five or six and this m four pick

is a level four taking the approved

Apple cleaning cloth to the Nano texture

removes the copper filings of the level

three but does not remove the permanent

marks from level four not even with

alcohol do they disappear I assume just

like sandpaper eventually wears out

while woodworking these nanom

microscopic etch mountains are either

knocked down by my level four pick or

the level four pick has become

permanently embedded in the Nano texture

via material transfer either way visual

damage has been done and that damage is

permanent seeing what other real life

objects might have the same effect on

this portable piece of technology keys

do leave some very visible dust behind

but get 99% cleaned up with the Apple

cloth the quarter as well gets sanded

down by the Apple grit sandpaper but

again wipes completely away the Philips

head steel construction screw leaves a

very permanent scratch mark on the iPad

glass that does not clean off the open

safety pin is fine and my Jerry rig

Razer knife with its stainless steel

blade also leaves a very permanent

marking on the glass keep in mind that

all of these objects would do zero

damage and leave zero markings on the

regular glossy glass that Apple usually

uses it's only on this Nano etge glass

that the damage occurs good information

to have for sure keep metal objects away

from the Nano texture if you're wanting

to preserve its pristine presentation

now in the past Apple has said to only

use the genuine Apple polishing cloth to

clean its nanotexture

displays and up until this moment it has

done a good job job it appears to be

made from a normal soft nonabrasive

microfiber cloth material the only

difference between this cloth and a

regular microfiber is that this one is

dual layered and cost $19 if I were to

use a generic microfiber cloth that cost

a few pennies nothing appears to happen

on the screen and again if I use a

slightly more premium debrand cloth no

damage occurs nor do any markings appear

or rub off from the blue Workshop towel

or even and I'm sure someone at the

Genius Bar has fainted by now a paper

towel besides leaving behind a tad more

dust than a generic microfiber pretty

much any cleaning cloth will work for

the iPad as long as it's not steel wool

which now that I mention it sounds kind

of fun now at this point we would

normally scratch the frame to see what

material it's made from but since we

already checked the larger 13in I'm sure

they're both the exact same but old

habits die hard the left side with his

plastic pencil Pearl mounting location

and individual volume buttons has a

microphone hole off center near the

bottom I would suggest to Apple to move

all their microphone holes off center

like this but that's just me this top

microphone hole at the most vulnerable

point in the structure became one of the

failure points of the 13-in iPad we'll

see if it's going to haunt the 11-in

version here in a second the long empty

right side of the M4 iPad Pro is also

made from metal and does not appear to

be compromised with microphone holes the

bottom has two more loudspeakers and the

USBC Port the back of the M4 iPad has a

12 megap camera a 3D light R scanner and

a quad LED dual tone flash rest in peace

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one thing that remained the same between

the 11 and 13in iPad Pros is the tandem

OLED they have the same 264 pixels per

inch 120 HZ refresh rate the 11 just has

a tadas real estate and of course on my

version the nanoedge glass on top

they're both surprising flame resistant

even after 30 seconds there is no damage

as we know glass is glass but while I

don't think the nanoedge glass is going

to improve the overall structure I don't

think it's going to do any harm either

the 11-in iPad Pro is 2 mm thicker and

during the bin test every fraction of a

millimeter helps when B from the back

there is quite a bit of flex and the

glass pinches the skin from my fingers

which is fair enough some technology

does fight back and when bent from the

front again much bending but no damage

Apple has solved and fixed the hamburger

style folding of the ultra thin M4 iPad

Pros thumbs up for that even vertical

hot dog style bending appears to be

stronger than the 13-in with both the

first and second bends leaving the tavit

slightly warped but still intact it's

only on the third bend that the

microphone up top comes back to haunt us

my hands were sitting slightly on the

upper half of the tablet so that might

be a factor but the matte nanotexture

glass is indeed shattered all the way

through the entirety of the device and a

quick little bin near the bottom that

finishes the job as we commence the

postmortem autopsy to determine the

cause of death it's a mystery we can

visibly see the exact layout and

location of Apple Central reinforced

cowling over the

motherboard we have two NE cracks along

either side of that Central spine which

and we'll have to check in a second I

think mirrors exactly how they larger

13-in iPad Pro also broke rolling the

glass covered tandem OLED off to the

side like a can of sardines we get our

first look at the large dual batteries

that give us a total of

8,160 milliamp hours and 31.2 N wat

hours I'll remove 12 Phillips head

screws to get access to Apple Central

cowling it's incredible that this ultra

thin tiny piece of metal can keep the

iPad from snapping in half long ways a

nitty bitty piece of Hardware doing

incredibly good at its

job pulling off the copper shielding

from the motherboard we get our second

look at the Apple M4 chip both the iPad

Pros look very similar inside different

speaker layouts and a smaller battery

but when we take a peek at the backside

looking of course beyond my

photorealistic depiction of the Savannah

we can see both iPads cracked in the

exact same spots the crack extends from

the charging port to the right side of

the keyboard connection pins around the

right side of the Apple bikes and up and

around all the way to the microphone

hole up top if Apple removed that

microphone hole and added a

perpendicular cowling to the insides I'd

be out of business so please Tim forget

everything I just said and thanks a t

for watching I'll see you around