I find it really interesting that they removed the anti-reflective coating and the lamination. It might not have been a coincidence that I went through a good three or so iPad Air 2 units that all had defective screens (the LCD would ripple in places under very normal pressure), so I wonder if this finally became a widespread enough issue that they just stopped caring (as they likely used a different process on the 9.7" iPad Pro altogether).
I'm also VERY curious to see benchmarks so as to further know where this thing lands performance-wise (in more concrete terms than Apple's marketing page would say) compared to both the iPad Air 2 and the 9.7" iPad Pro. I know it's faster than the iPad mini 4, but more detailed specifics on that, especially compared to the Air 2 and the 9.7" Pro would also be interesting.
I'm also VERY curious to see benchmarks so as to further know where this thing lands performance-wise (in more concrete terms than Apple's marketing page would say) compared to both the iPad Air 2 and the 9.7" iPad Pro. I know it's faster than the iPad mini 4, but more detailed specifics on that, especially compared to the Air 2 and the 9.7" Pro would also be interesting.