MINI APPLE EVENT: Recap pt. 2 New iPad 10th Generation!

Starting at $449, Apple's new entry-level iPad isn't the most affordable or even necessarily the best one. But The 10th-gen iPad adds USB-C and fixes its front camera. But the Pencil situation isn't the best.

PROS

Larger screen

USB-C

Faster A14 processor

Front-facing camera's in the right place

CONS
More expensive

New design means fewer case options

The 64GB entry-level storage isn't enough

It's the first iPad to move its camera to the horizontal edge for better FaceTime and Zoom calls

If you want to use an Apple Pencil with this iPad, you have to use the first-gen one, which means using a USB-C dongle. This iPad, with its larger display, camera improvement and better processor, is the model many would prefer to the previous generations old body with thick bezels and home button.

You can even get 5G through the modem-enabled version. The one big thing many people wanted from the iPad arrived, the weirdly placed front camera on the iPad is now on the landscape edge.

This is great Because If you work on iPads in landscape mode, in cases and stands and keyboard docks. When you use Zoom or FaceTime on other iPads, your face looks weirdly off-angle with your eyes looking elsewhere. That's fixed now. Combined with the auto-zooming Center Stage tech, this iPad's video chat camera is absolutely perfect.

This iPad has adopted the design style of all other iPads, with USB-C charging replacing Lightning and a flat-edged case with a larger, curved-corner 10.9-inch display. This iPad has better speakers than the ninth-gen model, and the display feels notably bigger. And it comes in more colour options!

The display doesn’t have the anti-reflective coating and extra colour gamut of the iPad Air. It doesn't have the smooth-scrolling 120Hz ProMotion on the iPad Pro models, but it's more than good enough for basically anything.

The Air had the same A14 processor, but also supported the Pencil 2. It also had a Smart Connector that supported the Magic Keyboard case. There's no home button anymore, with Touch ID moving to the small side-placed power button, which the iPad Mini and iPad Air also have.

The downside to the design is it's a bit thicker than the current 11-inch iPad Pro and iPad Air, meaning this won't work with any of those cases. As well as the fact that you can’t use the Apple Pencil Second gen with this iPad (which is odd because even the iPad mini supports the second gen pencil) this means shopping for all-new accessories.

In conclusion, the iPad was bittersweet to everyone. It had solid updates like a new camera placement and charging port but the apple pencil use and the slightly off body compared to previous models maybe a turnoff for many. In the future Having an old Pencil and a sub-M1 chip could leave this iPad on the other side. Then again, you'll be saving money. So this iPad is great if you want to invest in your first iPad.