Is iPad 2025 good for reading books and comics?

Hi All. I'm looking for a tablet mainly for reading Marvel comics.


I will also use it for basic emails, social media, signing documents but I will use it less for gaming or video editing.


I'm thinking of the iPad 2025 but is the size and aspect ratio acceptable for reading comics without worrying about zooming in everytime or have black bars on top or on the sides? Or would the Air be better?


Pls help. Thanks.


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Original Title: A tablet for reading comics & books

Posted on Jun 10, 2025 12:35 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2025 12:56 PM

gino76ph wrote:

Hi All. I'm looking for a tablet mainly for reading Marvel comics.

I will also use it for basic emails, social media, signing documents but I will use it less for gaming or video editing.

I'm thinking of the iPad 2025 but is the size and aspect ratio acceptable for reading comics without worrying about zooming in everytime or have black bars on top or on the sides? Or would the Air be better?

Pls help. Thanks.

Both the regular iPad and the 11" iPad Air have the same aspect ratio.

click here ➜ iPad - Compare Models - Apple


In general it should work fine. But will depend on the App you are using to read comic books and the orientation.


In iBooks for instance you can read it in landscape mode and get two complete pages with no black bars and the text bubbles have a good font size.


You can rotate to portrait, and get 1 full page with a sliver of the other page you can slide to see and better size of text.


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Jun 10, 2025 12:56 PM in response to gino76ph

gino76ph wrote:

Hi All. I'm looking for a tablet mainly for reading Marvel comics.

I will also use it for basic emails, social media, signing documents but I will use it less for gaming or video editing.

I'm thinking of the iPad 2025 but is the size and aspect ratio acceptable for reading comics without worrying about zooming in everytime or have black bars on top or on the sides? Or would the Air be better?

Pls help. Thanks.

Both the regular iPad and the 11" iPad Air have the same aspect ratio.

click here ➜ iPad - Compare Models - Apple


In general it should work fine. But will depend on the App you are using to read comic books and the orientation.


In iBooks for instance you can read it in landscape mode and get two complete pages with no black bars and the text bubbles have a good font size.


You can rotate to portrait, and get 1 full page with a sliver of the other page you can slide to see and better size of text.


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