It’s a tough sell for this one
The 10th-gen iPad brings the squared-off, even-bezel, home-button-less design Apple introduced on the iPad Pro way back in 2018 to the sub-$500 price point. It’s very nearly a clone of the last two iPad Air models, with the same size display and chassis measurements within a millimeter of the Air in every dimension.
The biggest upgrade over the ninth-gen iPad, other than the updated design, is the larger screen, which stretches out to 10.9 inches diagonally from 10.2. It’s the same size as the iPad Air’s screen and it has the same brightness and resolution. It’s a good size for a tablet and comfortable enough for getting light work done as well as watching movies, reading, or playing games, even if it feels a bit cramped as a laptop replacement.
Typing on the Folio keyboard is satisfying — the keys have the same amount of travel as Apple’s Magic Keyboard and they are well-sized and spaced apart. The trackpad is also excellent, and even slightly larger than the one on the Magic Keyboard. The inclusion of a function row with quick access keys for things like media control, volume, and brightness, is much appreciated; the lack of any kind of backlighting is a dumb omission, especially at this price.
Lastly, the Magic Keyboard Folio only comes in white, so you’ll want to be careful using it while eating a Doritos Locos Taco, unless you want a slightly orange Magic Keyboard Folio.Another confounding accessory situation is that the 10th-gen iPad doesn’t work with the second-gen Apple Pencil, which has been shipping since 2018. It only works with the first-generation model that came out way back in 2015.
As for its performance, the first-gen Pencil is the same as the second-gen, and it has very little lag and a smooth stroke. It’s pressure sensitive and has tilting support — both good for art and drawing purposes — but I prefer Samsung and Microsoft’s softer-tipped styli for handwriting. The Pencil’s hard tip slips and slides across the glass of the iPad and makes more noise when writing compared to the others.
Battery life on this iPad is right in line with what we’ve come to expect from every iPad released over the last decade or so — it will last about 10 hours or more for basic tasks, closer to six or seven if you try to use it for office productivity work. The 10th-gen iPad also has optional sub-6GHz 5G support, making it useful when you don’t have Wi-Fi available, but that’s a $150 upcharge, and at that price, you might as well just consider an iPad Air.
I have seen some odd graphical and display bugs here and there, though, which tarnishes the polish that we’ve come to expect from Apple’s platforms. Given that iPadOS 16 is actually launching as iPadOS 16.1, I’d have expected these bugs to be ironed out, but it’s clear Apple still has some work to do.
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