Apple’s 10.2-inch iPad is now on sale for the lowest price we’ve seen to date. While it’s been available for $300 on a few occasions, you can now snap up a 64GB version of the 2021 iPad for $280 on Amazon. That’s $49 off the regular price. Both the silver and space grey variants have been discounted.
Buy iPad (10.2-inch, 2021) at Amazon – $280
This iPad has a A13 Bionic chip with Neural Engine, rather than Apple’s M1 chipset. It features an 8MP wide-lens camera on the rear and a 12MP ultra-wide selfie camera that supports Center Stage. The idea of the machine learning-powered feature is to keep your face close to the center of the frame even as you move around. Elsewhere, this WiFi-only model has stereo speakers, Touch ID and support for Apple Pencil. Apple says you’ll get up to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge too.
We gave this iPad a score of 86 in our review, lauding it for the already-solid price as well as the improved front-facing camera and upgraded storage capacity. We felt the performance was better than the 2020 iPad and that the battery life was solid. On the downside, the screen is not Apple’s best, while the design felt somewhat dated, particularly compared with other iPads.
You’ll be able to upgrade this tablet to iPadOS 16.1 when Apple releases the update sometime this fall. Meanwhile, the company is set to hold an event on September 7th. It’s a certainty that we’ll see new iPhones then, though Apple may have a new iPad or two to show off as well.