All iPads Using an obsolete iPad questions

[WriteNow]

Someone has offered to give me an iPad that'sying around. The bad news is that it is older. From what I see in my research, the highest supported OS was updated a few months ago, but that update could very likely the last ever.

So this raises two questions:

1. Am I right in thinking when OS support ends that that slso means the end of supported web browsers? I asume Apple only updates Safari for supported operating systems, and the last I heard, third party browsers had to use Apple WebKit.
2. I'm wondering if anyone finds obsolete iPads useful.

 

[rui no onna]

Someone has offered to give me an iPad that'sying around. The bad news is that it is older. From what I see in my research, the highest supported OS was updated a few months ago, but that update could very likely the last ever.

So this raises two questions:

1. Am I right in thinking when OS support ends that that slso means the end of supported web browsers? I asume Apple only updates Safari for supported operating systems, and the last I heard, third party browsers had to use Apple WebKit.
2. I'm wondering if anyone finds obsolete iPads useful.

My mom uses my 2017 iPad Pro 12.9 512GB for Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc. So far, it's still been getting security updates and browsing seems fine still.

I have a 256GB iPad Pro 9.7 and and 512GB Pro 10.5 running 14.8.1 that I use for old ereader apps that have been completely deleted from the App Store (doesn't even show up in purchase history). They work completely fine for ebooks, manga, etc.

 

[It’s always something]

Someone has offered to give me an iPad that'sying around. The bad news is that it is older. From what I see in my research, the highest supported OS was updated a few months ago, but that update could very likely the last ever.

So this raises two questions:

1. Am I right in thinking when OS support ends that that slso means the end of supported web browsers? I asume Apple only updates Safari for supported operating systems, and the last I heard, third party browsers had to use Apple WebKit.
2. I'm wondering if anyone finds obsolete iPads useful.

If you go to Settings > General > About you can get the iPad Model Name and iPadOS Version. With that information we can answer your questions better.

In General > iPad Storage you can find the size of disk space in it, which might also help.

 

[ger19]

I have an iPad Pro 10.5 inch from 2017 and an older iPad Air. I’m not sure of all the technical issues, but both surf the web just fine. For free if all you want to do with it is surf, I’d take it in a minute. Where we’ve run into some issues is with downloading apps on the older unit. Some of them no longer support the older iOS. My iPad Pro is now stuck at iOS 17 and I’ve not had any issues yet.

 

[Boyd01]

Still using my 2018 (6th generation, I think) iPad every day. But virtually all I do is stream video from Sling and my own media server. Originally used it as a control surface for Logic and also for an 8 track field recorder but don't do that much anymore.

So it's just a "portable tv" that I move around the house as I work in different rooms, etc. Battery life is very limited, doubt that it would even go for 2 hours at full brightness. I just plug it in, but most of my chargers struggle to keep up at all. I have a little powerbank I wasn't using though, and it delivers enough current to run and actually charge it. Not ideal, but I just use that around the house. A new iPad would be nice, but this works and I've got other things to spend my money on.