
It retains that excellent build quality that we mentioned above, as well as all the tricks of iOS 11, so if you just want a tablet rather than something that's a fully fledged MacBook replacement then the standard iPad might be the best value buy for you (it starts at half the price of its more illustrious siblings, the lowest starting price for an iPad ever). It's impossible to argue that the regular iPad Apple also launched in 2017 is anywhere near the iPad Pros in terms of power or features, but it also happens to be hundreds of dollars less.
Internals: Apple A9 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 32/128 GB storage. As with most of the gear Apple makes, the only problem is getting them to work with anything that doesn't have the Apple logo on it. With powerful A10X Fusion CPUs, displays that adapt to the ambient light as well as to what's currently being shown on screen, support for the Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard, plus Touch ID and Siri, these two iPad Pros are serious powerhouses.
Top of the iPad range this year are the 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros.
Internals: Apple A10X Fusion CPU, 4 GB RAM, 64/256/512 GB storageĮven the staunchest of Google and Microsoft fans would probably admit that Apple is still setting the high watermark as far as 2017 tablets go – the combination of a near-faultless, slimline design, state-of-the-art screens, and the slickness of iOS (complete with an app dock and multitasking features exclusively for iPad users) means these are still the tablets to catch.