Review: 9.7-inch $329 iPad (2018) – Should you buy it? [9to5Mac]

56 Comments on Review: 9.7-inch $329 iPad (2018) – Should you buy it? [9to5Mac]

1. Nothing special but nice ipad

   • Atharv Bajpai it is nice though

   • CLASHING WITH ATHARV iPads themselves are pretty special – nothing like them.

2. Nearly 350€ in Europe, that’s around 430dollars. Not worth it, i would better buy a 9,7 iPad Pro for this price..

   • Aperaly No. Unless your goal is to be up to date with all the newest tech, it’s not worth the upgrade

   • AwesomeGuy is the iPad Pro First Generation Bettler than the iPad 2018

   • Aperaly The First Gen is the 9.7 right? If so, the base model probably isn’t. However the performance difference is negligible, and the laminated screen and faster refresh rate make it better

   • AwesomeGuy yes and why faster Refresh rate

   • 349 euro here in spain

3. iPad 2018 is my first iPad ever , I’m pretty happy with it .

   • Same!!

   • emma billane I got my first iPad 6 years ago, though this iPad will be my 2nd

   • its going to be I cant wait !

   • emma billane ME

   • emma billane same but the screen kinda hurts my eyes

4. Nice work with the close ups on this video Jeff!

5. Old spec iPad but at least the pricing is decent. Waiting for the new Pro iPads.

6. Why not USB-C to Thunderbolt charger? It seems like Apple is one foot “in the future” with the Macs and one foot “in the past” with the iDevices

   • Rudolf Rovňák because of Lightning money sadly. But hey, they’ll probably get rid of all ports in 3 more years once over the air charging is perfected.

   • Still they bring quality products that last years. If you look at Android tablets those last like 1-2 years LMAO!

7. How big are your damn hands???

   • That’s how I hold my 10.5. If you’re around 6′ or taller, with average size hands, you can hold an iPad 9.7 or 10.5 fairly easily from edge to edge. (for reference, I can just barely palm a basketball)

   • CampSauceJr: Bigger than yours, cowboy.

   • @ktbeatty: I second that.

8. iPad Air 2 is still a beast for a 2014 flagship.

   • It’s for sure better designed with a better screen than this one.

   • Jon V , so that’s what I am wondering: shall I upgrade my mums 2014 iPad 2 to the 2018 one ?

   • @Jon V: spot-on! I had purchased one for my wife. To me, it is one of the best iPad editions so far.

   • I just cracked my screen but it’s still so good

9. screen is the only con for me

   • Ekrani o kadar kötü değil bence

   • Cenk Alçin kötü değil zaten sadece lamine yok. Gün ışığında parlar ve kalemle yazarken inanılmaz ses çıkarır. Yoksa 1600₺ye apple alıyorsun. Ön sipariş verdim zaten bakalım

   • Gökberk Çöllü anladım dostum bende almayi düşünüyorum hangi renk önerirsin beyaz çerçeve daha kötü gösteriyor diyorlar da.

   • Cenk Alçin tasarım eski tasarım ama ben her zaman beyazdan yanayım. Ama ekrandaki o boşluk görünmesin dersen siyah al kesinlikle. Ben gümüş tercih ettim

   • Gökberk Çöllü yup same

10. I almost never use the Pencil for drawing, but mostely for navigating the interface and I truely like it. One of the plus side of using the pencil is that you don’t get all these fingerprints on the display and you need to clean it less regularly.

11. The wingspan of his hands are crazy

    • silviadriver lmao

    • was looking for this comment. I was like WTF?

12. I understand this model does not have “laminated screen”. But, honestly, it just doesn’t matter to me. It looks great. I upgraded from an old iPad Mini and love it. For $300-ish, I’m more than happy with the screen.

    • An unlaminated screen is better protected than a laminated screen 😉

    • But feels and sounds worse: plastic-like. The best protection is simpley to not let it fall on the ground, easy as that! 😉

    • Linkvos technically, only the display is better protected. The screen that you actually interact with and touch is equally exposed on both

    • alliejr I was going to go with the cheapest version of the iPad Pro 10.5, but I got this one with 128gb and the Apple Pencil, and it was cheaper. And it’s great for taking notes, and I use it for drawing. It honestly does the same thing the iPad Pro does. Like even though it doesn’t have a good camera, doesn’t matter to me because I only take photos on my iPhone X. So it’s a perfectly fine iPad . (I upgraded from my 6 year old iPad mini)

    • alliejr same I’m about to do that and I don’t care if the screen is laminated or not

13. The non-laminated screen is definitely a bummer, it feels like iPads and iPhones of years past, the glass feels somewhat disconnected from the screen and sounds hollow when you tap on it. The pencil is of questionable use though, if you don’t need it you’re better off buying the 2017 iPad at a discount. I bought a Surface Book assuming I would use the stylus, which is excellent in its own right, but found it pretty pointless unless you’re using it in a note-taking environment. It serves little to no purpose in a casual (web browsing) setting.

    • Nikiaf I’m still very satisfied with my ipad air 2…i have no use for the pen… So I’m good

14. The screen is the only thing that is stopping me upgrading to the 2018 iPad from an IPad Air 2.

    • Darian Carmichel No the upgrade for you would be the Pro, not this… unless you want pencil support on the cheap.

15. oh boy i cant keep up with their new products anymore.

    and most of all, they were only minor changes. so then minor chance for me to upgrade

    • Aldy Waani so you used to buy every single new apple product?

    • those new ones. yes

16. this is literally the best cheapest device to run pubg and fortnite without a hitch. anything in that price range gonna compete? xD

17. Would you recommend this for a student that don’t have any iOS device ??

    • LittlePotatoMan 25 yes

    • Yes, if you already own a laptop and you just want this to write notes. go for it. I am currently using one with notability.