Apple now sells five different iPads

Recommend an iPad was simpler. White or black? How much storage do you want? These were the days. The tablets were a confusing space and the iPad brought clarity. Apple now sells five different iPads with two different connectors and two different Apple pencils.

Which means that the clarity is a little different. Of course, Apple still offers clear documentation to explain each of its changes, for example which Apple Pencil works with which iPad model.

This change means that every iPad is now compatible with an Apple pencil, whether in the new iPad Air or iPad Mini, which works strangely only with the first-generation Apple pencil, and not the most recent version, which elegantly attaches to the screen. side of the tablet. If you've never loaded the old model, here's what to expect:

The announcement today of the refurbishment of the iPad Mini and iPad Air shows Apple in a rare form, reviving old ideas instead of killing them courageously as with the headphone jack, the optical drive or the iPod connector at 30 pins. It's nice to see that she is willing to update older tablets with some modern hardware specifications and features, but she points out how much the purchase of an iPad (and its accessories) has become complicated and confusing. This famous tweet comes to mind:

In the meantime, let's consider the iPad Air. The Air was once the most high-end model offered by Apple, and its recovery is now in the middle of the pack, above the new iPad Mini, but below the iPad Pro. As Dieter says below, what does "Air" mean? This is no longer the most powerful option, nor the most dazzling design. he Is have a headphone jack, though.

No matter which iPad you buy, be aware that purchasing the latest model does not guarantee that you will get all the features you want. Now there are obvious trade-offs: the high-end iPad Pro uses USB-C and does not have a headphone jack, but the sixth-generation iPad, cheaper, uses the connector Lightning that we find in all iPhones and has a 3.5mm audio jack. In the meantime, there's the new iPad mini, which now has a faster processor but less storage than the outgoing iPad mini 4 at the same price of $ 400. You might want to consult a comparison chart or, if I dare say, wait for our reviews of the models we have just announced before buying them.

The current range of iPad evokes both the past and the future of Apple, which is good if you're a super fan of iPad. But for everyone, this can be unnecessarily complicated.