2021 iPad Pro
On paper, a lot of good travel features, like a bright, smooth screen (Pro Motion, for 120 Hz refresh rate) and availability of 5G now, with eSIM support.
But you could be in for some sticker shock.
So to get the iPad Pro with 16 GB of RAM instead of 8 GB, you have to buy the 1 or 2 TB versions, which are $1499 and $1799 for the 11 and 12.9-inch versions, Wifi only.
Add cellular and it's $200 more.
I don't know how these prices compared in 2020 models but it's essentially a $2000 device.
TBH, I'm using a bit over45 GB on a 256 GB model (2017 10.5 inch iPad Pro) right now. That's with some music (way more than I will listen to), some Prime video downloads, Lightroom.
I could download maybe 5-10 GB more of movies and TV shows but that would last me weeks or months.
So I could do fine with 128 GB storage but that would mean only 8 GB of RAM. So $700 more to get an additional 8 GB of RAM and go from 128 GB to 1 TB of space that I don't need. Another $200 for 5G.
So al that for a $1500 to $1700 mobile device, rather than a full OS with way more productive UI like windowing, cursor control and file management.
iPad is media consumption for me so I guess I better look at what the Air series looks like whenever it gets 5G. Hmm no Pro Motion for the Air series either.