For those who’re on the lookout for a budget-friendly pill for leisure functions, the ten.2-inch ninth-gen iPad nonetheless affords glorious worth to your cash. It’s $100 cheaper than its bigger, 10.9-inch successor with an older A13 Bionic processor, but it runs the identical software program and may do lots of the identical issues. It’s nonetheless a lot quick for primary duties like streaming, taking part in video games, and making video calls.
Granted, we wouldn’t suggest shopping for it when you want a pill for every day work, however the last-gen iPad can also be high-quality for some gentle productiveness. It helps the identical apps, in any case, whilst you may even take notes with the first-gen Apple Pencil — although you’ll even have to purchase that from a third-party retailer like Amazon. And whereas it lacks the Tenth-gen iPad’s USB-C connector, once more, it’s the final iPad with a 3.5mm headphone jack, which could make up for that when you aren’t able to let go of your previous wired headphones.