Help decide between iPad Air 2, iPad 9,7 2017 and iPad 9,7 2018

[rui no onna]

Larger screen, faster processor, double the RAM, better front and rear cameras, laminated screen that doesn’t flex and make weird thump noises when tapped, P3 color, higher refresh rate, the list goes on. The iPad Pro is 50% more expensive for a whole host of reasons. Pencil support on the new base model does not magically turn it into an iPad Pro. Just a much better base model due to Pencil support.

The features mentioned are certainly nice to have but quite likely not what most would consider essential enough to pay 150% the price of a basic iPad.

 

[spiderman0616]

The features mentioned are certainly nice to have but quite likely not what most would consider essential enough to pay 150% the price of a basic iPad.

That was true before this newest iPad came out though. Most iPad buyers probably don’t want the Pro models. There will also be a subset of people who only really ever wanted the Pencil support, and that will change the sales mix a bit, but it doesn’t suddenly negate the Pro line. The new iPad is a perfectly capable machine, but that doesn’t invalidate the Pro line.