Apple announces seventh-generation iPad with larger display

A seventh-generation iPad displays a fantasy action game. The game features a character with spiky hair in an adventurous pose, wielding a flaming sword. Various gaming icons and stats are visible on the larger display, set against a backdrop of a dramatic sky and floating islands.

Apple has announced the successor to the 2018 9.7-inch iPad.

The new 10.2-inch iPad arrives around a year and a half after the previous generation and features a larger display thatโ€™s just smaller than the 10.5-inch iPad Air 3, which was unveiled six months ago.

The deviceโ€™s stunning new 10.2-inch Retina display with nearly 3.5 million pixels allows users to spend more time enjoying more than a million iPad apps, as well as the latest games with Apple Arcade and eye-opening new shows on Apple TV+, which arrives in November.

The new iPad will support iPadOS 13, as well as Appleโ€™s Smart Connector, Apple Pencil support, A10 Fusion processor, bringing it in line with the rest of the iPad family.

โ€œThe new iPad packs even more value into our most popular and affordable iPad model featuring a bigger 10.2-inch Retina display, support for Apple Pencil and for the first time, the full-size Smart Keyboard,โ€ said Greg Joswiak, Appleโ€™s vice president of Product Marketing.

โ€œThe new iPad was built to run iPadOS, which introduces powerful new ways to multitask, manage and mark up documents, use Apple Pencil and view more information at a glance on a redesigned Home screen.

“This new iPad with iPadOS takes everything people love about our most popular iPad and makes it even better for creating, learning, working and playing.โ€

Available for pre-order today, the device starts at just $329, and orders will begin shipping out by September 30th.

Students are able to pick up the device for just $299 in the United States, though pricing varies around the world.

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