Apple iPad Pro 9.7" Wi-Fi 32GB Gold (MLMQ2LL/A) Gold 32 GB

My last iPad was the third generation and that was 4 years ago. Now it has gotten old and slow. So, two months ago I started to look at new devices. Surprise! My husband bought me the 12.9" iPad Pro. Very nice device but BIG!!!! So hubby took over the new IPad and I waited until the latest iPad Pro 9.7" was released. The 9.7" Pro is a bit narrower than the old iPads but has the same sized screen. Unless you have really big hands and long fingers the 12.9" Pro is unwieldy to hold as a tablet and to type. Also, the 9.7" Pro is much lighter weight than the older models full sized iPads and the same weight as the iPad Air. The graphics are exceptional as is the upgraded 12MP camera. It will not take the place of a DSLR camera for the camera buff but for me, who loves to take pictures of family, pets, and items to list on eBay, it is awesome. There is another feature that the camera does which is called a "live" shot. It is not a video but a mini snipit of about three seconds. This feature literally brings a picture to life. You hold your finger on the shot and it comes alive. It is the difference between taking a picture of a child as they blow out that first candle on their cake and actually seeing the child blowing it out. Amazing! As an long time iPad user I knew that I would need at least the 128GB for my apps, updates, pictures and music. Even though we subscribe to a 200GB iCloud storage plan it is amazing how quickly all that data takes up space. It would be a real shame to buy a device and skimp on something so basic. My first iPad did not have cellular and that was a big mistake for me, personally. Public wi-if is not secure so I was limited to take a risk and use it or go without. It was a real bummer when we lost power!!!!! Most cellular plans will let you hook up to 10 devices for $10 dollars each a month. This is a small price to pay to always be connected and to have your identity protected. Will this take the place of a desktop or laptop? For me it does 99 percent of the time. It is perfect for social networking, skyping, uploading pictures, writing documents and printing them off of a wireless printer and, of course, on-line shopping. If I was still in grad school or running a business then I would probably need a laptop or desktop. As with all Apple products they are intuitive. The set up is a breeze and if you have an issue the Apple support team is just a phone call away. I am loving my new iPad 9.7 Pro and I know you will, too!Thanks for reading my review and for pressing the "helpful" button if it was helpful to you. If you have questions and I can help please do not hesitate to write to me.Since I raved about the camera I thought I would share a couple pictures I took of my cat and also of my new iPad!!!!!! I also added two pictures of my living room. The second one is taken with a panoramic setting.

To fully understand my review, must explain a few things. I come to owning the iPad Pro 9.7" via a long lineage of Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads. I've owned five MacBooks since 2006, the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S. I've also owned the iPad Mini 2, iPad 4, iPad Air 2, and for a brief time, the iPad Pro 12.9".The minority of upgrades along this ownership have been truly revolutionary. Moving to the Retina MacBook Pro from a regular 13" MacBook pro was a huge one. The iPhone 4 over the iPhone 3G was pretty huge.After thinking about the iPad Pro 9.7", it's hard to say whether it's a revolutionary upgrade. I'm leaning toward "no," but I could be swayed over time. The reason I got rid of the 12.9" model was that it was way too big to fly with (I'm a private pilot who uses it for navigation/charts) and I was unable to procure an Apple Pencil due to low stock. Now that I have a true iPad Pro *and* the Apple Pencil, I'm more qualified to talk about what kind of upgrade this is.Some things I like:4 speakers: Apple has finally caught up with other manufacturers who give you stereo sound by default, even on cheap tablets. Heck, my old Nexus 7 2nd generation even had stereo speakers. So, when I upgraded from that to an iPad Mini 2, it was a downgrade speaker-wise. Now I feel like I'm back where I should be. The speakers on the Pro 9.7" are not *quite* as mind-blowing as the speakers on the 12.9", but they're still better than any other iPad that came before. For their size, they're truly fantastic.Pencil: Wow, this is progress. It doesn't sample quite as fast as the Pro 12.9", but it's still very much as close to a pen-and-paper writing experience as you can get. The quality of the experience depends highly on the quality of app you're using, and I can say I really like Adobe Sketch and Procreate. For taking note and annotating PDFs – the primary reason for this purchase over keeping an iPad Air 2 – I really like Notability. The pencil support in Notability is good, about 80% there, but makes annotating PDFs a real joy compared to the hassle of dealing with print. My handwriting is terrible, and Notability does a good job replicating it to a T. I write small, and much to my surprise, the Apple Notes app is much poorer at recording my small bad handwriting than is Notability. Interesting how a native app does worse than a 3rd party app on what is supposed to be a killer feature.Battery life: Great!Speed: Lightning fast for everything. I can't tell how much faster it really is than the iPad Air 2, but benchmarks seem to be putting it ahead favorably. Multitasking is very very fast.Negatives:Battery charge time: Still slow! Apple needs to up their charging game if they want to remain competitive. I'm used to my Apple products taking a significant charge in a short period of time, but it's just not the case with the iPad Pro.Screen space: I know I intentionally got rid of the iPad Pro 12.9" in favor of this one, but I feel like I run out of palm space a lot when I'm writing with the Pencil. I'm a southpaw, so sometimes I'll just write on the right side of the screen and/or keep another app open on the left side where my palm can rest.Multitasking: Apple really needs to find a way for any two apps to multitask. What about having two instances of Safari open side-by-side? Ability to instantly swap sides? All missing.TouchID speed: Still a first-gen sensor (think iPhone 5S... old, right?), which is much much slower and less accurate compared to the sensor on my iPhone 6S.Overall, I like the iPad for what it is. I think that for $820 after tax for the iPad, Pencil, and magnetic screen cover, I have a right to expect a bit more progress on certain items. iPads were already expensive enough at $500, but they need to do a little bit better of a job justifying the "Pro" part of the "iPad Pro."

I've had android tablets before. There definitely are really good android tablets now. I did want to settle on a tablet though, and I know Ipad is an easy picking. This particular one has four speakers, two on each lengthwise ends, and the speakers are boomin. Good quality sound. Pretty fantastic media device. Is it too big? Eh, not tremendously, I don't mind it at all. The camera is nice for a tablet, talking about the rear one, but the front one is not too shabby. I bought a used one and when I used it first, the battery seemed to last forever, well, like 10 or more hours of screen time. I've got a decent use of it for a couple of years already and now It seems to just last a bit fewer, and noticeably so. It has been timely on updates. I'm more of an android fan, but iOS is quite all right. The performance is smooth and can run any apps you throw at it pretty smoothly. Videos look nice on this. Really good for netflix. The memory size is hefty for me: you can store a bunch of nook(barnes and noble) magazines as well as netflix movies. Solid tablet you could really settle on for a long time.

I thought I was reviewing the case not the Ipad so if the first review is still showing, that should explain why it is very off topic. Anyway, this review is for the 9.7, slate, 256mb version of the iPad Pro . Honestly, if you have an IPad Air 2, this is only an upgrade in terms an easier connection to a keyboard, memory and the ability to use the Apple Pencil. It's not a laptop and in my opinion it's faster than the iPad Air 2, but not by much. I don't care about the keyboard, because the touchpad works fine for what I need it for. For things that require a laptop, I have one. I like the extra memory and Pencil feature, which pretty sums it up my needs. It's light, looks great and has superior quality as would be expected.

Feels a lot lighter and is sleeker than the iPad 2 I've had since early 2012. Graphics and sound a step up (esp the sound) and at this price, with some vouchers I had to put in, a bit of a bargain. My perspective of a bargain vs my wife's a different discussion topic :)I was considering the iPad Mini 4 instead of this but, despite the Mini's standard larger storage, the bigger screen and what I'll mainly use this for seemed to make this a better choice. So far, it feels like the right choice.

I love it. I got it as a replacement for my old Samsung pad. It’s fast it’s lightweight looks very smart and I just love it. I would recommend it to anyone wanting to replace an older pad.

I like the new iPad Pro and works very good, however I do find it more difficult to get around the various programs and to set up links like an icon for Facebook, I find it more difficult to use than my older iPad, but I guess it's a learning curve and it will get better in time as I get more used to it.

Totally in-love with the Pro version and pencil. It's fast and smooth. iOS11 multi-screen is a great advance in the Apple camp.

Does everything an iPad Pro is supposed to do but in an iPad sized tablet. Price was very competitive and delivery was prompt. Recommend both the iPad and the seller.