Apple has lashed the price of the tenth-generation iPad by $50. It now starts at $349 instead of $449, which is $20 more than the previous $329 budget iPad.
The tenth-generation iPad has become Apple’s entry-level iPad after the company discontinued the ninth-generation iPad following its “Let Loose” event.
This is now the most affordable iPad for anyone in the market for an entry-level Apple tablet. The price of the budget iPad hgas fluctuated over the years, sometimes dropping as low as $329 and at times breaking past the $400 barrier.
The last two budget iPads are great examples of that. The ninth-generation iPad launched in September 2021 with an introductory price of just $329.
The fluctuating price of the base iPad
But when iPad 10 arrived in October 2022, it started at $449 for the Wi-Fi version. Thankfully, iPad 10 now sells for $100 less (this is a permanent price reduction). At $349, it’s just $20 more than the $329 asking price of the ninth-generation model.
iPad 10 is the first budget iPad to swap the outdated Home button design with fat screen borders for the same fullscreen look as on Face ID iPads, except there’s no Face ID. Instead, a Touch ID sensor is integrated into the power button.
In another first, the tenth-generation iPad has moved the FaceTime camera alongside the tablet’s long edge. This makes video alls in landscape mode more natural as you don’t appear to look sideways. It is also the first base model to swap the Lightning connector for USB-C and drop the headphones jack.
Other notable improvements include the Apple A14 chip, a 10.9-inch 2360×1640 Liquid Retina display (versus iPad 9’s 10.2-inch one), Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 (and sub-6 GHz 5G on cellular models). For more information, visit apple.com/ipad.
Apple updates iPad Pro and iPad Air
Apple refreshed the iPad lineup at the “Let Loose” event by introducing its first OLED-based iPad Pro models with M4, a brand-new Apple Pencil Pro and a refreshed iPad Air lineup with M2 and a new 13-inch model.
- Download iPad Pro and iPad Air advertising wallpapers
- Apple Pencil Pro technical specifications
- M4 iPad Pro technical specifications
- M2 iPad Air technical specifications
Other Apple tablets weren’t updated at the event. For example, the iPad mini was last updated in September 2021 when it received the first redesign in years with Face ID replacing the Home button.