![]() In addition to a faster processor, the tenth-generation model offers support for the Magic Keyboard Folio, a modern design without a home button (Touch ID is now located in the wake/sleep button, as it is on the iPad Air), a USB-C charging port, and three bright colors (blue, pink, and yellow) in addition to traditional silver. The new iPad is an evolution from the ninth-generation model, which Apple is continuing to sell for $329. Some of those choices are understandable, given the availability of more expensive iPads, others less so. However, Apple has made some choices with the iPad that will limit its appeal to some users. ![]() Its A14 processor is speedy enough to perform pretty much any action that any regular user would ask of it, and it’s been paired with an accessory, the $249 Magic Keyboard Folio, that turns it into a solid computing device complete with a keyboard and trackpad for under $700. The $449 new 10th-generation iPad is kind of great. And yet that future is… strangely not a part of the top-of-the-line iPad Pro, which is (I say again) largely unchanged from four years ago, let alone last year. The new low-end iPad suggests that Apple is stepping into the future of the iPad as a sometimes-laptop, from its default orientation to the use of a trackpad and a full function-key row. But if you’re someone who is invested in the iPad and is trying to get an idea of what Apple thinks the future of the platform is, it’s easy to have mixed feelings. They’re good-in fact, I think the 10th-generation iPad is a tremendous value. ![]() That’s not relevant if you’re in the market for one of these iPads. It’s when you look at them together that they don’t quite add up. The 10th-generation iPad is a notable improvement on its predecessor-but let’s lower our voices a little, since the ninth-generation iPad is still alive and kicking and it might get awkward if it hears us. In fact, the new iPad Pro is extremely familiar-it’s a look that hasn’t changed much in four years. Viewed individually, the 10th-generation iPad and the M2 iPad Pro don’t seem strange at all. 2022 iPad and iPad Pro review: Mixed feelings
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