Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 2nd generation Silver 2017
Its A10X Fusion chip drives a 12.9-inch 2732x2048 Liquid Retina display and delivers 10-hour battery life for creative work. Apple Pencil support, four-speaker audio, and a 12MP camera with 4K video expand its use for art and documentation. It’s best for digital illustrators and students needing a large, high-resolution canvas in a 676g tablet.
About This Tablet
Its A10X Fusion chip drives a 12.9-inch 2732x2048 Liquid Retina display and delivers 10-hour battery life for creative work. Apple Pencil support, four-speaker audio, and a 12MP camera with 4K video expand its use for art and documentation. It’s best for digital illustrators and students needing a large, high-resolution canvas in a 676g tablet.
- CPU A10X Fusion
- RAM 4 GB
- Storage 256 GB
- Screen 12.9" 2732x2048
- OS Apple iPadOS
- Stylus
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong screen (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong storage (74th percentile) 74th
Cons
- Below average battery (1th percentile) 1th
- Below average connectivity (15th percentile) 15th
- Below average ram (32th percentile) 32th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 12.9" |
| Resolution | 2732 |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Cellular | No |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
| Face Unlock | Yes |
Physical
| Weight | 0.7 kg / 1.5 lbs |
| OS | Apple iPadOS |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 2nd generation | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | A10X Fusion | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 3000 MHz | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 4 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 512 | 512 |
| Screen | 12.9" 2732x2048 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | Apple iPadOS | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | false | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 2nd generation | 36.9 | 38.7 | 31.9 | 87.3 | 0.5 | 98.5 | 73.7 | 15.4 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 63.3 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 96.5 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.8 |
| Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 65.7 | 89.5 | 78.8 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 72.4 |
Usage Scores
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