The iPad 10th generation is the one that changed everything on the entry-level iPad: no Home button, no Lightning, no headphone jack, and the front camera moved to the long edge.
It is the first entry-level iPad designed to be held in landscape, which is how it actually gets used on video calls. It is also the one that confuses anyone arriving with accessories from the old iPad.
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Compared with the 9th generation almost everything changes on the ports: USB-C arrives, the 3.5 mm jack disappears and Touch ID moves to the top button, the power one. Anyone turning up with a Lightning cable and a pair of wired headphones finds out here. The top button now does two jobs at once: it powers on and reads the fingerprint, so a button that responds badly is a double problem.
On this iPad the glass with the digitiser is a part separate from the panel. In practice: if the glass is cracked but the image is clean and touch responds, often only the glass is replaced and it costs far less than on an iPad Air or Pro. If instead the image has lines or black areas, the panel is gone too and that has to be replaced as well. It is the first thing we check.
The front camera sits on the long edge, no longer on the short side: a first for an iPad. For whoever repairs it, that means the camera cable runs where it did not before, and the glass has to be lifted in a different order than on the 9th generation. No magic: just one more part to watch while opening it.
| Release year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Display | 10.86" LED-backlit Liquid Retina IPS |
| Resolution | 2360 × 1640 pixels, 264 ppi |
| Lamination | Non-laminated display: glass and panel are separate parts |
| Processor | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Battery | 28.6 Wh (about 7,606 mAh) |
| Connector | USB-C |
| 3.5 mm headphone jack | Absent |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi, or Wi-Fi + Cellular with nano-SIM and eSIM |
| Biometric unlock | Touch ID in the top button |
| Stylus | Apple Pencil USB-C; Pencil 1st generation with adapter |
| Front camera | On the long edge, for landscape use |
| Housing | Recycled aluminium |
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