Apple has unveiled the new seventh-gen iPad

Bummer that it's only compatible with the first-generation Apple Pencil and not second-generation Pencil. What's their rationale?

I hope they&#x27;re retaining the 4:3 aspect ratio. Samsung IMO shot themselves in the foot by switching back to 16:10 for their recent tablets after going with 4:3 for the Tab S3.<p>16:10 on portrait is far too tall and narrow to use comfortably, while in landscape it&#x27;s far too wide. 4:3 has a nice balance, and is shaped like a piece of paper, which is extremely useful when reading PDFs. Websites also render in their desktop view in portrait, whereas you get a weird semi-mobile view in 16:10 on portrait due to the breakpoints that have been set on most sites&#x27; CSS.

I have the iPad Air 2, released in 2014 and looks identical to the new iPad released today. It has the latest OS updates and it&#x27;s never had any performance issues. Why would someone upgrade from this 5 year old device?

Still waiting for xcode for iPad. If iPads are to be taken seriously as a laptop replacement we have to be able to make software with them. I&#x27;m confident Apple will eventually get there though.

I can&#x27;t believe Apple made an dense and ugly slide like this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;09&#x2F;apple-iphone-11-event-13.jpg?quality=98&amp;strip=all&amp;w=834" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;09&#x2F;apple-ip...</a>

It has the A10 bionic chip(which is 3 years old), Same as last yeras model. It is very similar to iPad 6th gen. They should have atleat put A11.

USB-C or lightning?

Am thinking about picking one of these up for my daughter, 32GB seems a bit stingy though, will that be enough for apps and games?

Meh?<p>I dont understand why there are incremental updates to these devices every year. It doesn&#x27;t seem like a big deal to me. Do it every two or three years and it&#x27;ll probably end up being better products anyway.

I still use first gen iPad for occasional Netflix and it&#x27;s working just fine. Hopefully Netflix won&#x27;t drop the support for older clients like YouTube did.

I don’t understand the large screen bezels on non-pro versions of the iPad in late 2019. Once they release a cheap iPad without large bezels, I’ll get one.