While the seventh-generation iPad may look a lot like its predecessor, it's an entirely different beast. This year's entry-level Apple tablet sports a larger display for better multitasking, more RAM for faster performance, and a Smart Connector port for Apple's Smart Keyboard and other accessories. These updates, combined with iPadOS, make the $329 iPad an ideal starter tablet, and potentially even a laptop replacement, earning our Editors' Choice award. Pricing The iPad has a recycled aluminum back that comes in black, gold, or silver. The base model has 32GB of storage and sells for $329 for the Wi-Fi model, and $459 for the cellular version. You can also get the tablet with 128GB of storage, at $459 for the Wi-Fi model and $559 for cellular. If you want to use it as a laptop of sorts, you'll want to pick up a Smart Keyboard ($159) and maybe an Apple Pencil ($99). Together with the 32GB Wi-Fi iPad, that comes to $587, or about $500 less than the least expensive MacBook Air. D...
With its larger display, support for Apple's Smart Keyboard, and iPadOS, the least-expensive iPad is a terrific tablet and potentially even a laptop replacement.
Larger display for better multitasking; Smart Connector lets you use Apple's keyboard cover or third-party option; iPadOS brings many software improvements
Mediocre cameras; Large bezels