If you want Apple’s best tablet, the unquestionable leader is the 12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro. But the M1 version from 2021 is essentially the same other than the chip and Apple Pencil Hover, and it’s a steal at this price: Wellbots is selling the 12.9-inch M1 iPad Pro with 128GB of storage and cellular connectivity for $845, a savings of $454.
The 12.9-inch iPad Pro isn’t just Apple’s biggest tablet—it also has its best screen, a Liquid Retina XDR display with ProMotion like the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros. You’ll get an older M1 chip and Wi-Fi 6 instead of 6E, but it will be plenty fast enough and everything else is there, including Face ID, all-day excellent battery life, fast data transfers with a USB-C Thunderbolt 4 port, and 2nd-gen Apple Pencil support.
Apple is due to launch a new iPad Pro in the spring, but it’s expected to get a major price increase to go with it. So if you want Apple’s biggest and brightest tablet, go grab one now and save a bundle.
Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor
Michael Simon has been covering Apple since the iPod was the iWalk. His obsession with technology goes back to his first PC—the IBM Thinkpad with the lift-up keyboard for swapping out the drive. He's still waiting for that to come back in style tbh.