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iPad Pro 10.5 review

Key Features

  • Review Price: £619.00
  • 10.5-inch ProMotion display w/ 120Hz refresh
  • Apple A10X CPU
  • 4GB RAM
  • 64GB/256GB/512GB storage
  • Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard support

What is the iPad Pro 10.5?

The second version of Apple’s tablet aimed at ‘professionals’ is a fantastic piece of kit, but it’s not for everyone. If you want something for Netflix binges and web browsing the iPad 9.7-inch is all you need.
This is a tablet for those who want the best and are prepared to pay for it. The iPad Pro 10.5 offers the best screen, best camera and best performance ever seen on a tablet. When iOS 11 hits later in the year it’ll also inch ever closer to being a viable laptop replacement.
But all this comes at a price. With a starting cost of £619, options going over £1000, and lots of pricey add-ons this is slowly encroaching on MacBook territory. For some it’ll be worth every penny, but it might feel like overkill for others.

iPad Pro 10.5 – Design

The design of the iPad has evolved very little since its inception seven years ago. The iPad Air slimmed things down and the 12.9-inch Pro from 2015 stretched things out, but the basic look hasn’t changed much. There are a few key alterations to this year’s model that make it feel a lot more like a modern tablet, however.
First off, the new 10.5-inch screen size means the tablet is slightly bigger than the outgoing 9.7-inch Pro but, due to a slimmer bezel around either side of the display, in your hand it feels about the same. Width-wise it’s almost the same as the outgoing model, but it’s slightly taller and that means your old iPad cases probably won’t fit.
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he bezel on a tablet doesn’t bother me as much as it does on a phone, since you need more edge space to get a proper grip. But it did feel like there was a lot of wasted space on the iPad Pro 9.7-inch and it’s nice to see Apple addressing that here.
The rest of the tablet feels very familiar and, as before, the aluminium back offers no flex and the chamfered edges still reflect light in a very eye-catching way
The four speakers sit next to each corner and there’s a headphone jack on the top and a Lightning connector on the bottom, along with the three-pin Smart Connector on the side. It’s all very run-of-the-mill stuff, but I can’t deny it’s a well-built tablet that looks good.

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