Apple iPad Pro 2nd Gen (10.5-inch, 2017)

Excellent display, with high refresh rate ; Buttery-smooth performance ; Long battery life ; Robust tablet-support apps ; Great camera, speakers

Pricey ; No fast charging

Apple’s latest iPad Pro is the best tablet you can buy. It excels in nearly every category, remains a fantastic tool for artists, and continues to define the tablet market.

Incredibly powerful for an iPad ; Bigger, better screen ; Sleek (if familiar) design ; Great cameras

iOS 11 isn’t out yet ; Expensive ; Shorter battery life than some competing tablets

No matter how you slice it, $649 is a lot of money to drop on an iPad. In return, however, you get one of the most powerful tablets around. Most people like the idea of a second screen for occasional web browsing on the couch when they can't be...

Extremely fast. Light. Excellent screen and cameras. Better battery life than previous iPads.

Expensive. Using iOS for pro-level applications requires a shift in thinking. Screen technologies may be too advanced to perceive.

The current non-Pro iPad, starting at $329 for 32GB, is all the slate you need for traditional tablet use, which includes games, magazines, comics, and basic email, writing, and web browsing. The iPad Pro starts at twice the price ($649 for 64GB), and...

Incredible screen ; Slightly larger size makes typing easier ; Powerful processor

iOS 10 not built for all this power ; Expensive ; Accessories like the Smart Keyboard make it even more expensive

Apple extends its tablet lead, but iOS 11 might end up being a bigger deal

Amazingly fast; Very, very long battery life; Near-perfect display; Improved Apple Pencil performance; iOS 11 will bring desktop-like versatility ; Keyboard lacks a touchpad; Takes long time to recharge; Pricey when you add keyboard and pencil ; The...

Keyboard lacks a touchpad; Takes long time to recharge; Pricey when you add keyboard and pencil ; The new iPad Pro is more powerful than most laptops and offers a bigger and better display along with long battery life, but iOS 11 will be the real...

The new iPad Pro is more powerful than most laptops and offers a bigger and better display along with long battery life, but iOS 11 will be the real game-changer.

very good display ; fast Wi-Fi ; additional Apple SIM (LTE-versions only) ; speedy SoC ; decent speakers ; good battery runtimes

no support for Galileo GNSS ; pressure-sensitive case ; one-year warranty only ; display does not support P3 despite claims ; slower memory than predecessor ; long charging times

Apple has decided not to give the iPad Pro 10.5 a full makeover and instead made real improvements where it matters most. Particularly the new display is impressive - its great reflective properties and HDR capabilities will be particularly interesting...

ProMotion 120Hz display is astonishingly good ; Apple A10X Fusion processor is wicked-fast ; Solid battery life ; Ever-growing selection of pro-level apps

Expensive ; iOS 11 isn't available yet ; Port selection still lacking compared to a regular laptop

I can’t argue with Apple’s hardware. The iPad Pro 10.5 ticks all the right boxes: it has the superlative display, a processor that comfortably out-performs the needs of any app in the App Store right now, and all bundled into a sleek and long-lasting...

The iPad Pro 10.5" tablet features the same front- and back-facing cameras as iPhone 7, including a 12-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, along with a 7-megapixel FaceTime HD camera. Apple iPad Pro also features a four-speaker audio...