As far as iPads go, my recent observations haven’t changed:
The one important thing to add is that further down the road, the Android tablet will likely STILL not provide any path to adding the QuadRemesher function. The third-party developer behind this one-time in-app purchase, Exoside has not given any indication the underlying ZRemesher code is being ported to Android. It’ll remain exclusively a Nomad for iPad add-on for quite a while, IMO.
I’ll also note that my middle iPad Pro (2020 model) used Apple’s A12z chip and to current day is STILL a very capable Nomad device beyond the needs of any beginner or intermediate. As of this post, the basic entry-level iPad (non-Pro) is $299 (Amazon) and sports their A16 chip. Shouldn’t be difficult to extrapolate how proficient it’ll be.
With the pending Fall 2025 release of the new operating system iPadOS 2025, it’ll push all iPads (including the base model) to do more MacBook-like things (multiple windows, background rendering, etc) That in turn will keep resale demand high in case sculpting doesn’t work out for you and you have no other use for a tablet.