Apple’s case for the iPad Pro seems to be that this is the device for the future. It has the processor, screen, accessories — everything you’ll need to be ready for the next decade of your computing life. Because pretty soon, AI will change everything, and you’ll be glad you had all the power to run it well. That might well be true! But none of it is real yet. And besides, the most important parts of that future will happen on the screen, not behind it… More here.
I use an iPad Air every day for extensive handwritten note-taking and it is a wonderful solution. Aside from that, and YouTube, I don’t tend to use it for much else.
It sits between the iPhone and MacBook. It is neither one or the other. The hardware is incredibly powerful, but the software remains far too ‘mobile’ to drag me into serious usage. Apple, at some point, needs to give the option of a desktop mode on the more powerful iPads and at that point it really would change everything…
I have an iPhone 13 Pro, and iPad Air, a 20009 MacBook Pro, my daughter's old MacBook Air and a 24” iMac. My iPad Air is my go to device when I’m sitting around at home unless I’m photo editing or doing anything with spreadsheets when I prefer to use my 24” iMac. I use it extensively for browsing, social media streams, videos. Phone is never out of arms reach. Both MacBooks almost never see the light of day.