Microsoft's Surface line arguably stands as the company's most recognizable products this era, rivaling Apple's iPad
Pro tablet lineup.
At the Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 5, 2017, Apple introduced new 12.9 and 10.5 - inch iPad Pro models, bringing feature parity to
its Pro tablet lineup for the first time.
Not exact matches
The 12.9 - inch and 9.7 - inch iPad
Pro tablets — from late 2015 and early 2016, respectively — stay in the
lineup as does the 7.9 - inch iPad Mini 4.
In terms of design, the
tablet is said to feature rounded edges like an iPad as opposed to squared off corners of the premium Surface
Pro lineup.
The
tablet will be smaller than that of the 12 - inch screen on the Surface
Pro lineup and will be priced at $ 400.
This strategy has been achieved by covering nearly every facet and niche of the
tablet market, from producing super-cheap
tablets in the Galaxy Tab
lineup to super premium
tablets in the Galaxy Tab
Pro line.
Samsung with its «
pro»
lineup aims at bringing the efficiency of the PC to the
tablet which is more of a content consumption device than a productive tool.
Sitting between the iPad
Pro and iPad Mini, the new iPad is Apple's way of simplifying its
tablet lineup — it's also a lot cheaper than before, creating a sort of mid-range tier inside Apple's usually very expensive iPad
lineup.
For more on Samsung's
lineup of «
Pro»
tablets, check out our first impressions, linked below, and keep watching for a full review in the days ahead.
Dell just recently unveiled their new
lineup of
tablets that the Dell Venue 8
Pro is a part of, calling it the Dell Venue line.
The Galaxy Note
PRO 12.2 is one of the most high - end
tablets available in Samsung's
lineup, with the big screen and the S Pen stylus combini...
The iPad
Pro lineup made up only a small portion of overall shipments as the iPad Air 2 and Mini
tablets continued to account for the majority of the shipments for Apple.
The previous MediaPad M3 offered a solid Android
tablet experience and now Huawei is refreshing its
tablet lineup with the MediaPad M5 and M5
Pro.
As the «upgrade model» in the Apple
tablet lineup, the
Pro is a bit pricier than the standard iPad with a starting price of $ 649, but you can forget about paying retail with these iPad
Pro deals:
Apple has officially refreshed its
tablet lineup with new iterations, so here's a brief look at what's on offer to see which would be the best choice depending on needs and budgets - the iPad
Pro, the iPad Air 2 or the iPad Mini 4?
There was a rumor suggesting Apple planned to introduce a new 7.9 - inch iPad mini branded as a «
Pro» model alongside larger iPad
Pro tablets in 2017, but Apple refreshed the iPad
Pro lineup in June with new 10.5 and 12.9 - inch models, and no new 7.9 - inch model made an appearance.
As the «upgrade model» in the Apple
tablet lineup, the
Pro is a bit pricier than the standard iPad with a starting price of $ 649, but you can forget about paying retail with these iPad
Pro deals:
Size wise, it's still 7.9 inches when measured diagonally and it continues to be the smallest
tablet in Apple's iPad
lineup, which also includes the 9.7 - inch iPad Air 2 and the 12.9 - inch iPad
Pro.
Apple's iPad
Pro lineup consists of two
tablets, one with a 12.9 - inch screen size and one with a 10.5 - inch screen size, both of which were introduced in June of 2017.
The Microsoft Surface
Pro lineup has some of the best
tablets on the market, perhaps the only ones that can give Apple's iPad
lineup some real competition in the slates business.
The 9.7 - inch iPad
Pro 2 will replace the iPad Air 2 in Apple's existing
tablet lineup which means it should carry a lower price tag than its predecessor when launched.
The iPad
Pro lineup has a lot to learn from the iPhone X, and if the rumor mill is any indicator, the early
tablet refresh this year might indeed adopt quite a few traits from last year's flagship iPhone.
Don't get me wrong; the Surface line of
tablets is a very solid
lineup both in hardware quality, features and power — especially the
Pro line.
There is also the 12.9 - inch iPad
Pro 2, perhaps the most important new product from the
lineup, which could be the most highly anticipated
tablet of 2017 due to its desirability by both professionals and regular consumers alike.
For now, Apple's current
tablet lineup consists of the iPad Mini 4, the 12.9 - inch iPad
Pro, the 9.7 - inch iPad
Pro, and the latest 9.7 - inch iPad that replaced the iPad Air 2.
In fact, instead of including USB - C to the 2016
lineup of its
tablets, the company simply responded to the requests by releasing a Lightning to USB - C cable for the iPad
Pro.
The sources say that the 10.5 - inch iPad
Pro will join the 12.9 - inch iPad
Pro as a high - end offering in Apple's
tablet lineup, replacing the existing 9.7 - inch iPad
Pro.
A new report by esteemed analyst Ming - Chi Kuo suggests Apple has plans to release three different iPad models for its 2017
lineup, including a new 10.5 - inch size iPad
Pro and a «low - cost» 9.7 - inch
tablet.
Microsoft continues to improve its Surface
lineup each year, having most recently launched the new 12 - inch Surface
Pro 3
tablet that features what quite possibly the most impressive laptop /
tablet hybrid design we have ever seen.