- This is Apple's seventh generation iPad.
It's an update to the
entry-level 9.7 inch iPad
that's so familiar.
Big changes here.
A new 10.2 inch display,
support for the first
generation Apple Pencil,
and a keyboard connector
for the Smart Keyboard case
that Apple makes for
its other iPads as well.
The way I'm thinking
about this is it's all
of Apple's best stuff
from years past packed
into a very familiar case for just $329.
So you've still got a Lightning port.
You've got a Touch ID, home button.
You've got the first generation Pencil,
the silly charging and the fiddly cap,
and you've got Apple's
older Smart Keyboard case,
not the new flippy one that
comes with the iPad Pro.
You've got an A10 Fusion processor
instead of the newer A13X in the iPad Pro.
A lot of older stuff
from the Apple catalog,
but stuff that reviewed
really well at the time
and for $329 it's a lot
of bang for the buck.
You can pre-order the new
seventh generation iPad today.
They'll start shipping
at the end of September.
So there's a lot of iPads now.
The iPad mini starts at $399.
This 10.2 inch iPad is $329.
The iPad Air is $499
and the iPad Pro starts at $799.
That is a huge spread of price points.
You can kinda see what Apple's doing.
Wherever you are, however
much money you have to spend,
there's an iPad for you.
This iPad in particular
seems very targeted
at somebody who might buy a Chromebook
or a cheap Windows laptop instead.
You get the full set of iPad
apps, the whole ecosystem.
You get the Pencil support.
You get things like Apple Arcade,
which let's you play an enormous amount
of games for $4.99 a month.
That's stuff Chromebook can't do.
It's a pretty big,
aggressive move from Apple.
Again, some older specs but compared
to those cheap Chromebooks
or a cheap Windows laptop,
it seems like a very interesting product.
We have to review everything.
We're gonna do that. We're gonna
come back and let you know.
