Apple iPad Pro 12.9" A1671 Silver 2017
The 12.9-inch 120Hz Liquid Retina display and A10X Fusion chip deliver smooth 2732x2048 visuals with responsive Apple Pencil tracking. Its 454g weight, optional cellular LTE, and refurbished Grade A+ build quality make it a durable, portable canvas for on-the-go sketching. This iPad suits casual digital artists and note-takers wanting a large, high-resolution display with cellular freedom, not heavy pro workloads.
About This Tablet
The 12.9-inch 120Hz Liquid Retina display and A10X Fusion chip deliver smooth 2732x2048 visuals with responsive Apple Pencil tracking. Its 454g weight, optional cellular LTE, and refurbished Grade A+ build quality make it a durable, portable canvas for on-the-go sketching. This iPad suits casual digital artists and note-takers wanting a large, high-resolution display with cellular freedom, not heavy pro workloads.
- CPU Apple A10X Fusion
- RAM 4 GB
- Storage 256 GB
- Screen 12.9"
- OS iPadOS 15.4
- Stylus
- Cellular
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong feature (81th percentile) 81th
- Strong gpu (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average social proof (17th percentile) 17th
- Below average battery (31th percentile) 31th
- Below average ram (32th percentile) 32th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Cores | 6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 4 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 12.9" |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 600 nits |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Cellular | Yes |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil |
Physical
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.0 lbs |
| OS | iPadOS 15.4 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Pro 12.9" A1671 | 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 | Apple 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" | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | iPadOS 15.4 | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | true | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Pro 12.9" A1671 | 64.9 | 66.1 | 31.9 | 59.1 | 30.9 | 80.8 | 83.5 | 59.2 | 17.3 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 63.3 | 97.8 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 96.5 | 97.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.8 | 49.4 |
| 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 | 86.7 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 72.4 | 47.1 |
Usage Scores
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