All set up! It hammered the WiFi for about 7h - I suspect it may have been downloading my (very large) photo collection from iCloud? Anyway, whatever it was doing, it's finished doing it
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Much snappier than my iPad Air 2; I have hundreds of PDF documents stored in GoodReader, and folders with lots of files in could be a bit slow to navigate on the Air, but they're instant on this. The extra couple of cm of screen "real estate" makes a noticeable difference - very useful.
Much lighter weight than the Air - really noticeable when you're holding it - although most of that's probably down to the fact that the front-only leather Smart Cover I've got on it is a lot lighter than the front-and-back leather cover I had on the Air.
Nice device. I've now listed my other two iPads on eBay, so I hope they'll fetch what I'm hoping for - I'll let you know in a few days
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