iPad Pro (3rd–gen, 12.9–inch)
THIS iPAD PRO’S NEW DESIGN JUST FEELS LIKE A GOOD AND USABLE SIZE
From $999 From Apple, apple.com
Features 12.9–inch IPS display, A12X Bionic chip, USB–C port, Smart Connector, 64GB, 256GB, 512GB or 1TB storage, Wi–Fi (add $150 for mobile connectivity)
The question of whether tablets are real computers or not is long dead. Even before companies started putting ‘pro’ on the end of the names, people were using tablets for business, creativity, personal admin… you know, things you use computers for. The follow–up question is whether you might buy the new iPad Pro instead of a MacBook next time you upgrade, and that’s where it gets complicated. The third–generation iPad Pro is the best tablet ever made, and is a marvel of engineering, but it still might not be right for you.
CUTTING CORNERS
This year’s iPad Pros feature the biggest change in Apple’s tablet design since the original iPad’s creation, dropping the Home button and pinching the curved corners from the iPhone X. This is a much bigger deal than it seems at first, because it has made the footprint of the 12.9–inch model dramatically smaller, cutting
