For years you heard how the 10th Gen iPad was the smartest play on the Apple board, with its combination of great price and features putting it in the perfect position for shoppers who wanted a high-end tablet without the notorious high-end Apple price. That is no longer true, because the 11-inch A16 iPad model rolled out this past March to succeed the 10th Gen is even better, and sits in the same sweet pricing slot.
That slot gets considerably sweeter still at Amazon for Prime Day, with the 11-inch A16 iPad (128GB, WiFi) falling to an all-time low price of just $279, down from $349. This 20% deal is the best-priced ticket into the Apple ecosystem with the new A16 Bionic chip giving the already formidable performance of the 10th Gen a significant boost. Dedicated Apple fans will be jumping all over this deal, of course, but if you’re just considering making the leap from an Android or Google tablet to an iPad, you will not find a better deal than this.
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Think Visual
The iPad’s calling card has always been its screen, and the 11-inch Liquid Retina version on this iPad is a worthy successor. Apple’s True Tone tech is truly something to see as it adjusts the iPad’s screen color temperature in real time based on your surroundings, so your streaming or gaming is optimized for daylight, nighttime, and everything in between.
The Liquid Retina screen forms a spectacular team with the iPad’s 12MP landscape Center Stage camera and landscape stereo speakers for video or FaceTime calls. And the rear camera is a 12MP powerhouse with up to 5x digital zoom, autofocus, auto image stabilization, and 4K video recording ability. The playback of your videos will be spectacular on that screen with 4K resolution at 60Hz, as will any streaming you indulge in.
Creative Genius
This A16 version of the iPad might be the most robust creative Apple tablet yet, especially if you add an Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard (both sold separately) to your shopping cart. The Apple Pencil teams with the iPad to create a note-taking, freehand drawing, and copy- and photo-editing beast, with the A16 chip keeping your tablet moving as quickly as your creative brain. The Magic Keyboard transforms the 11-inch iPad into a powerful and compact machine as close to a laptop as you’ll find in any tablet.
Our years-long love affair with the 10th Gen iPad will always be a fond memory, but now the 11-inch A16 iPad holds that special place in our hearts that’s reserved for high-end tablets available at amazingly accessible prices. That’s never more true than during this Prime Day event, with Amazon’s 20% discount taking the 11-inch A16 iPad down to an all-time low price.
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