"This is stupid," said my partner when I first showed her the iPad Pro, "why would anyone want a tablet this big?" After five minutes doodling with the Apple Pencil, her tone had changed completely. "Do you have to give this one back?

Gorgeous screen; Apple Pencil is amazing; Great speakers

Smart Keyboard is underwhelming; iOS isn't optimised for two-in-one experiences; Expensive

The iPad Pro is Apple's response to the growing demand for notebooks that double as tablets. It is an iPad supersized to 12.9-inches and it benefits from the support of a ‘Smart Keyboard' and the Apple ‘Pencil' stylus.

Four speakers; 5 million pixel display; Excellent split-screen multitasking; Powerful innards for a tablet

Smart cover has a poor form factor and is uncomfortable to use; Pencil Stylus needs to be recharged and cannot be stowed; Heavy users will have to settle for less than ordinary battery life; Accessories are overly expensive

A gigantic, powerful iPad with some unique 2-in-1 capabilities… if you're willing to fork out for the accessories.

We've seen iPads before. We've seen keyboard cases. We've even seen lots of styli. But as happens so often, Apple has remixed existing elements into something new, driven by design, ease-of-use, and compelling third-party apps.

Laptop-level power; Surprisingly light; Pencil accessory is the best stylus experience on a mainstream tablet

Very expensive; Touch-centric UI with keyboard is awkward; Apps don't quite complete your workflow

My experience with QVC has always been positive. I just received my ipad and am totally happy with the purchase. In comparing with other companies, though, I find that this ipad was very highly priced.

I'll start this review off by saying that I am really an Android person and am not in love with iOS. I had to buy this to do some testing at work and I am not in love with it either.

The iPad Pro is a truly wonderful thing to behold but it just isn't for me. The high price puts it out of reach of many and takes it into the luxury and professional gadget sectors.

When Apple launched its iPad Pro , my eyebrows went up. A gigantic, 13-inch tablet for $1,000 (even more with the nearly essential new keyboard and Apple Pencil stylus)? Who would want such a thing? What benefits will this bring to the table - besides actually being the table?

I've been asked several times to sum up what I think of the iPad Pro, and it's something I'm still struggling to articulate. As a reviewer, I try to be fully conscious of the fact that my use cases (and even many of our readers' use cases) aren't everyone 's use cases.

Excellent performance-the A9X is Apple's fastest chip by a big margin and the iPad Pro has double the RAM of any other iDevice; Hardware is well-built and fairly light for its size; Smart Keyboard creates a surprisingly flat; stable typing surface for your lap; Nice speakers; especially in such a...

Expensive; especially for a tablet; and especially if you're adding $250 worth of accessories to it; iOS 9 has been out for two months; and we're still waiting for many apps to add support for the multitasking features (and; by extension; the iPad Pro's bigger screen); Larger size makes it awkward...

The iPad Pro is not something you can review in a couple of days. That's not because it's a new product category or even a dramatic reimagining of one – we've all used iPads by now, and more or less understand what kinds of tasks they can do and apps they can run.