
For the extra money, you also get a larger 10.9in display, and perhaps most excitingly, USB-C charging. Starting at £499, the iPad (2022) offers the same storage options as the 9th Gen, but uses a slightly faster A14 Bionic processor. While the next iteration of iPad would usually step in to replace its predecessor on this list, the 10th gen iPad complicates things by improving only a little and charging quite a lot more. Key specs – Processor: Hexa-core Apple A13 Bionic Screen: 10.2in (2,160 x 1,620) Storage: 64GB, 256GB Size: 251 x 174 x 7.5mm Weight: 487g Operating system: iPadOS 16 Read our full Apple iPad 10.2in (2021) review for more details Unless you need an absolute powerhouse tablet or would prefer something a little smaller, this is almost certainly the Apple iPad for you. Apple is also, at long last, bringing its True Tone display tech to its cheapest iPad, ensuring a more comfortable viewing experience, especially indoors.

This allows the iPad to take advantage of Apple's new Centre Stage feature, where the camera follows your face as you move around the room. Not only has this generation of iPad moved from an A12 Bionic chip to the A13 Bionic (the same as inside the iPhone 11 Pro Max, no less), but it also packs a brand new ultrawide-angle FaceTime HD camera. But there is a small handful of updates that makes it upgrading, if not from last year's iPad, then definitely from the 2019 or 2018 models.

Physically, it's identical to the 8th-gen model from 2020, with the same design, dimensions and 10.2in 2,160 x 1,620 IPS touch display. The latest standard tablet from Apple's labs, the iPad 10.2in (9th-gen, 2021), is very much an iterative update but it's undeniably a welcome one and maintains its position as the best-value iPad out there.
