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    How to pick the best Apple tablet for you

    AdminBy AdminMay 7, 2025 Technology
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    How to pick the best Apple tablet for you

    Screen size: 11 inches or 13 inches | Display resolution: 2420 x 1668 (11-inch), 2752 x 2064 (13-inch) | Storage: Up to 2TB | RAM: Up to 16GB | Weight: 0.98 pounds (11-inch), 1.28 pounds (13-inch) | Battery life: Up to 10 hours | Front camera: 12MP | Rear camera: 12MP

    Read our full Apple iPad Pro (M4) review

    The latest iPad Pro is the most expensive iPad and more tablet than most people need, full stop. But if you have cash to burn, are determined to use an iPad as your main mobile computer or just want the most technically impressive iPad possible, this is it.

    We gave the new iPad Pro a score of 84 in our review. Like the iPad Air, it comes in 11- and 13-inch models: The former starts at $999, while the latter starts at $1,299. That’s prohibitively expensive for most people, but for the money you get a number of premium, if inessential, upgrades over Apple’s other tablets.

    The most significant of these is the Pros’ “tandem OLED” display. Compared to the LCD screen on the iPad Air, this produces richer colors and deeper, more uniform black tones. Gaming and scrolling web pages look more fluid thanks to its faster 120Hz refresh rate. It can also get significantly brighter, reaching up to 1,000 nits in SDR and up to 1,600 nits with HDR highlights.

    This is where the “tandem” part comes in. Essentially, Apple is stacking two OLED panels on top of one another to improve peak brightness, which is often a (relative) weakness of traditional OLED displays. It’s a breakthrough, but all you really need to know is that this screen is an absolute delight — one of the best we’ve seen on any consumer device, let alone a tablet. For watching movies or editing media, you really can’t do better. This same display tech is used on both the 11- and 13-inch iPad Pro, unlike previous models, so which one is best merely comes down to personal preference.

    The design here is broadly similar to that of the iPad Air, but slightly thinner and lighter. The difference isn’t huge on paper, but the Pros’ slimmed-down frames make them just that little bit easier to hold. This is particularly meaningful with the 13-inch model.

    The other headline upgrade is Apple’s M4 SoC. If the M3 is overkill for the vast majority of casual and pro-level iPad tasks, then the M4 is mega-kill; it easily chewed through just about anything we threw at it. But it should be even more futureproof, and it’ll save a few seconds here and there if your work involves high-res media editing, heavy use of machine learning and the like.

    Beyond that, the base iPad Pro has 256GB of storage, which is twice as much as any other iPad. Like the M3 Air, it also supports advanced features like hardware-accelerated ray tracing on its GPU, which could aid lighting in future games, plus a faster neural engine, which should help with the AI features Apple has planned for the years ahead.

    If you really want to max things out, note that the 1TB and 2TB configurations have twice as much RAM (16GB) and use a technically more powerful version of the M4 with an extra performance core unlocked. Jumping to one of those SKUs costs a minimum of $1,599, though — and that’s before you add accessories. Those looking to use the iPad Pro as a (very expensive) media consumption device don’t need this, but if you work with memory-hungry apps or need the absolute best, just note it’ll cost you.

    The iPad Pro is the only iPad with Face ID, which remains a bit more convenient than reaching for a fingerprint scanner. It’s the only one with a Thunderbolt USB-C port, which is technically faster for transferring large files. It sounds more robust than the Air, with four built-in speakers instead of two. Its camera system isn’t that different, but it includes a flash for more easily scanning documents, and it can record video in Apple’s ProRes format. Its front camera is on the long edge, too. As for accessories, the Pro alone can use Apple’s best Magic Keyboard, which itself is wildly expensive but has a more premium aluminum finish, backlit keys and haptic feedback alongside a larger trackpad and a row of function keys. It also supports the Pencil Pro stylus (but not the second-gen Pencil).

    If most of these features sound niche to you, well, yeah, that’s the idea. Unless you’re willing to pay for that terrific OLED screen, the iPad Air gets close enough for a much more palatable price. And though the iPad Pro is a class-leading tablet, it is ultimately still an iPad. Certain creative professionals can use it just fine as a laptop replacement, but for most, iPadOS still makes multitasking and other computer-y tasks more convoluted than they are on a Mac. Judging by the features Apple has added in iPadOS 18, that’s not changing anytime soon. (The buzziest non-AI addition there? A new calculator app.) That said, the Pro is a wonderful iPad — fast, slim and luxurious. And expensive.

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