iPad 10 teardown
iFixit disassembled Apple’s odd and expensive “new” iPad 10 to discover that it’s basically a recycled old iPad Air. (Fortunately, last year’s iPad 9 is still available at a more reasonable price point.)
The iPad 10 Is Basically the Air 4, But Worse
The iPad’s long been one of Apple’s more popular gift items, and the 10th generation version, boasting four new colors and that redesign, seems like it could be a prime holiday present. Too bad it’s essentially just an iPad Air 4 from 2020. That’s right. Our teardown reveals that the iPad Air 4, now discontinued, has the same specs as the iPad 10 with just a few minor changes: The front-facing camera is 7MP against the iPad 10’s 12MP, and the camera is physically located in a different spot and supports Center Stage. You could even say that the iPad Air 4 is better than the 10 in some key regards, starting with the widely ridiculed Apple Pencil Gen 1.
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All in all, this device is baffling, interesting, and disappointing all in one go. What is it that we’re paying for with the iPad 10, the product itself or the marketing campaign? Because it seems clear to me that the iPad Air 4 would be the obvious choice over the iPad 10 unless you desperately need that landscape camera.
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