This week, Apple announced the seventh generation of its entry-level iPad, and it’s a weird little beast. Finish. If you're looking for a tablet you can get some work done on, that's more powerful than the basic iPad and reasonably priced, the iPad Air is a good fit.

For one, it supports Apple’s TrueTone tech, which adjusts the colors on the screen to better fit the light around you for more comfortable reading. iPad Pro 9.7-in.

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The 10.2-inch iPad only comes in 32GB and 128GB configurations, while the iPad Air Lately I find myself struggling with 64GB on my iPhone, so if you plan on using your iPad like a laptop with all the neat Yes, the new 10.2-inch iPad has a Smart Connector for use with Apple’s full-sized (and expensive) Smart Keyboard, and I’m happy to see it.But it’s the same Smart Keyboard you can use with the iPad Air, and if you’re willing to drop down $159 on a keyboard, go ahead and spendthe extra $170 to get the iPad Air as well. When we ran the battery test in the If you currently have an iPad older than the Air 2, the performance improvements of the 7th-generation iPad will feel more dramatic.One of the biggest benefits of the Apple ecosystem is the constantly improving software, which appears even on older hardware. Until recently, I used the 9.7-inch iPad every day and I never thought it let me down. The new Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro includes a dedicated trackpad that you can use to click, swipe and select text on your iPad's display. Heck, almost all of them will even work with So why not just get the least expensive model and call it a day? iPad (7th generation) iPad mini (5th generation) iPad Pro 11-in. What you might appreciate more are the storage options: The iPad Air starts at 64 GB and goes up to 256 GB, double what the 7th-generation iPad offers, although even the base model of the iPad Air costs $70 more than the 128 GB 10.2-inch version.Nick Guy is a senior staff writer covering Apple and accessories at Wirecutter. Of course, as its name implies, the Mini is smaller than the rest of the iPad lineup, with a 7.9-inch Retina display.