Apple begins shipping first 10.2-inch iPad to customers

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Here’s the 10.2-inch iPad for 2019.
Anyone who pre-ordered the new iPad will receive it soon.
Photo: Apple

Apple today started shipping its latest budget iPad to those who pre-ordered this tablet after it was unveiled earlier this month. It will hit Apple Store shelves later this week; Apple isn’t saying exactly when, however.

This is the first 10.2-inch iPad, and it replaces the last 9.7-inch model in Apple’s lineup.

Despite the increase in size, the newest iPadOS device costs precisely the same as its predecessor: $329.

10.2-inch iPad is more than a tablet

Apple’s latest has the same size casing as the 10.5-inch iPad Air that debuted in the spring and so can use the Apple Smart Keyboard Folio designed for this model. This transforms the tablet into a 2-in-1 laptop. Or the recently-announced Brydge 10.2 can do the same.

Speaking of accessories, this tablet supports the original Apple Pencil.

On the inside is a dual-core 2.32 GHz Apple A10 Fusion processor — an older chip and the same as was in the 9.7-inch iPad. Still, there’s 3GB of RAM, an improvement over the earlier slate. It comes running the new iPadOS.

With the 10.2-inch iPad so new, demand is exceeding supply. Orders placed today from the Apple Store won‘t arrive until mid-October.

Source: Apple

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