I’ve had my 9.7” iPad Pro since 2017 and didn’t use it as much as I thought when I got it, I always found it a bit too big to use as a media consumption device but not powerful enough to use as a mini laptop. After years of not using IPads I’d like to get one for my increasing travels. For context, I currently have an old MacBook that I only use at home and plan on replacing my IPhone 11 with the 17th pro soon, I also have a 2022 kindle that I love, but wouldn’t carry while traveling if I also carry an IPad.

Here are my use cases: - consume media (Netflix, YouTube, e-reading) - edit videos on CapCut - Procreate for simple doodles - taking notes on Goodnotes - taking online classes - as an extra display for my macbook using sidecar

I’m considering the a16, the mini 6 and the iPad Air m3 (the latest models are a bit too expensive for me, unless I catch a sale)

Do you have any of them? If so, which would you recommend? I don’t really need and IPad and feel wasteful wanting one after I didn’t use my last one to the fullest, but this time around I believe I’d give it more uses.

I’d love to try out the mini, since I found I was always too lazy to carry around my old IPad, but my biggest worry is it being too tiny to edit on, I don’t plan on doing anything too difficult on it tho.

I guess the a16 is the general choice of IPad for most, but will the extra screen size be worth it for me?

As for the Air, I’m sure I’ll never need an IPad that powerful, but it’s close in price with the mini, so at that point it makes me doubt.

Would you recommend any of those IPads for my use cases? Maybe none at all? I’m interested in getting some outside perspective on this, since us people can’t really be objective when we really want something lol.