Ipad Vs Ipad Pro For Digital Art. The iPad Pro includes the first dual-lens camera system on iPad plus a LiDAR 3D scanner for amazingly accurate AR. Thats in the same ballpark as a 105in Galaxy Tab 4 though the Tab 4 has twice the storage and a bigger screen that packs in more.
If only using the iPad for note taking that isnt a big deal but if using it for art I think that is a major thing to consider. The Cintiq 16 comes with the Wacom Pro Pen 2 while the iPad Pro comes with the Apple Pencil. On the downsize the iPad Air maxes out at 256GB versus 1TB for the iPad Pro models.
IPad Pro has huge internal storage starting from 128GB to up to 1TB so you can store your art files right in the device however big the size may be.
Generally speaking there are three answers to this. Get a Wacom and a PCMAC. The current iPad Pro design was the first major change to the look of the iPad since the very first model though obviously it had been heavily refined over the years. With that said despite the fact that the iPad Pro outperforms the Surface Pro 7 in digital drawing stylus and available digital drawing apps Im not getting rid of my Surface Pro 7 any time soon.