![]() “When you tap or press the screen, it definitely seems to ‘flex’ more than the screens on the iPad 3 and iPad 4. Here’s what we said about that feature in our review several years ago: ![]() In a bit of a backwards step, the new iPad comes with the unlaminated, ‘air-gapped’ screen last seen on the iPad Air 1. Just make sure you try out the screen before laying down any cash, because we’re not keen on the way it feels, and it’s without doubt a step back from the one you’ll be used to. ![]() If you’ve got an Air 2 and have been putting off an upgrade, this might be the model to convince you: you’ll get a better battery and processor, and longer-term iOS updates to look forward to. Then again, by iPad standards the new model really is cheap – £339 feels like a bit of a bargain. This one looks great but feels a bit cheap. An iPad lives and dies by its screen, which should look and feel great. And we’re less bothered by that than by the unlaminated screen. That lovely big battery, of course, is the most likely reason for the iPad’s weight gain. And that 8,827 mAh unit gave it impressive scores in our battery tests. While much of its technology feels out of date, however, one key spec, the processor, does not, and the A9 chip helped the iPad 2017 to produce consistently decent results in our benchmarking tests – not Pro-fast, but considerably faster than the Air 2. The iPad 2017 is an unexpectedly cheap offering, but one that is also generally low-specced and has a design that’s mostly lifted from a product that’s two and a half years old, and in some cases from one that’s three and a half years old.
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