No, it doesn’t. If you are on the fence between these two models then you need to reasses your needs. The Air might be a better iPad for you. The 10 and the Pro couldn’t be any further apart.
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New 10th-Generation iPad Has Slower USB-C Port Compared to Other Models
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No, it doesn’t. If you are on the fence between these two models then you need to reasses your needs. The Air might be a better iPad for you. The 10 and the Pro couldn’t be any further apart.
The iPad Air 4 has an A14 chip and it supports 5Gbps USB-C transfer speeds.
This was likely intentional by Apple to make potential tech-aware buyers think twice about going for the base iPad 10. Makes it more tempting to go for the higher-end iPads.
Not spite-they don't want it to cannibalize other iPad sales.
They gimped it for an audience that won’t even know it’s gimped.
They will know the price went up and could consider a budget Windows 11 laptop or Chromebook.
I hope this doesn’t show us what’s to come for iPhone 15 series….
The port in question on the 10th gen iPad supports 4k video up to 30fps. You can’t do that with 480Mb connection. BTW, max tech is clickbait trash, I can’t believe anyone would believe anything they say.
You should be able to get your battery replaced I think, but someone else has said that they tried and Apple said no, but worth checking as it IS on their battery replacement website. If you don’t need the speed, you can’t beat $99 for an battery.
Or they can just keep all current models with USB 2.0 speeds and come out with a new iPhone 15 “ultra” (a la Apple Watch ultra) with USB 3.0 speeds, better battery, etc and other features and charge alot more money … and it will sell like hot cakes.
The general public already knows. That’s why around the world Android outsells iOS by a wide margin. It just seems that, in the US, people just prefer iOS to Android, but even still it’s still roughly the same.
If you're on the fence between those two, the Air seems like a good middle ground. Faster transfer speeds, better display and M1 chip.
Yea I guess you’re right, I just can’t keep thinking about what a value the pixel phones are, pretty much better in every way for much less money.
With the price hike is there any reason to even consider this thing? The Air is a lot better value, let alone picking up an older refurbished Air/Pro. The 9th generation is a better buy if you want a cheap base iPad.
I guarantee this means only the iPhone 15 Pro/Max (Ultra?) will get USB 4 speeds.
Also toss this one onto the "I want Tim Cook gone" pile.
I guarantee this means only the iPhone 15 Pro/Max (Ultra?) will get USB 4 speeds.
Also toss this one onto the "I want Tim Cook gone" pile.
If intentional, this seems like an actively user-hostile move on Apple's part.
Perhaps they originally designed this iPad to have a Lightning port and then shoehorned in the USB-C port after the EU's announcement.
Perhaps they originally designed this iPad to have a Lightning port and then shoehorned in the USB-C port after the EU's announcement.
This model is all kinda hurt. Apple, do better, seriously, do better.
The hardware teams at Apple seem to be disjointed. This "new" 10th gen iPad continues to be a disappointment compared to the existing 6-month old iPad Air. Clearly different teams and no coordination.
Exactly. It’s a charging port for 99.9% of the people who will buy this iPad.
Poster is speaking more to the overall mess that is USB-C. Is it USB 2? USB3? USB 3.2 Gen 1? USB 3.2 2x2? At least with the old A type connector you could look inside the connector and see the extra pins for USB3.
There's a fairly reasonable expectation that if it's got USB-C, it's a USB 3 capable device. It was reasonable to expect some devices were usb2 when the connector was new, but that was years ago at this point. It's not like USB3 is some kind of exotic technology at this point.