If you want a “pro” tablet with a display above 11 inches, you are going to pay dearly, especially if you’re using Canadian currency.
The reason I’m checking is that my current iPad, a 12.9″ Pro model from 2020, is now five and a half years old and will eventually stop getting support from Apple. Apart from the battery not lasting as long, the iPad actually still works perfectly fine, so I’m not in a rush to replace it, I’m just preparing for the eventual possibility.
And here are the prices:
Apple 13″ iPad Pro with M5: $1,800 (this doesn’t include the pen(cil), which adds another $170. This is LOL pricing and is over $500 more than what I paid for the 2020 equivalent. Someone’s got to pay for the gaudy gold trinkets Tim Cook is using to curry favour with wannabe dictator Trump. This is also a good reason to never buy Apple again.
Wacom MovinkPad Pro 14: $1,260. This is actually pretty reasonable compared to Apple and even to Wacom itself. Also, it comes with a larger screen, and expandable storage, but no cameras. And you also get Wacom’s industry-best stylus. It runs full Android.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra 14.6″: $1,750. Only $50 less than Apple, but Samsung gives you a larger display, expandable storage and includes the S Pen.
If you go with the low-end tablets, like the base iPad or Galaxy S10 Lite, you get a smaller display around 11″ but only pay around $500. I moved to the larger iPad Pro specifically because I wanted the larger canvas, so these wouldn’t really appeal to me.
Weirdly, this means Wacom is likely to have the eventual replacement for my iPad Pro. By the time I’m in the market it will probably be $1,800.