Apple Unveils 11th-Gen iPad With A16 Chip and More Storage

Apple today announced the 11th-generation iPad, now featuring the A16 chip and more storage.

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The announcement came alongside the debut of the new iPad Air, which now features the M3 chip. From Apple's press release:

The A16 chip provides a jump in performance for everyday tasks and experiences in iPadOS, while still providing all-day battery life. Compared to the previous generation, the updated iPad with A16 is nearly 30 percent faster. In fact, compared to iPad with A13 Bionic, users will see up to a 50 percent improvement in overall performance, and A16 makes the updated iPad up to 6x faster than the best-selling Android tablet.

The new ‌iPad‌ starts with 128GB of storage, and is also available in 256GB and a new 512GB configuration. The previous model was only available in 64GB and 256GB configurations.

It is available in blue, pink, yellow, and silver, and continues to start at $349. Customers can pre-order the new ‌iPad‌ starting today, with launch scheduled for March 12.

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Top Rated Comments

neuropsychguy Avatar
18 weeks ago

A16!!! ?????
Plenty powerful for a $350 base iPad. It's a lot of performance for the people using it for consumption. Yes, it won't do the AI stuff (but aren't there many commenters here complaining about AI?), but that's not what this is for. It's a basic device for people who just use it mostly for reading, consuming media, and things like that.

Also, the cost is inflation adjusted $240 (2010 dollars), to compare to the original $500 iPad. That's just to point out how much machine you get for the price.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Ctrlos Avatar
18 weeks ago

Why?????
Apple are probably wary of putting their AI in the hands of kids. The base iPad sells well to education, children and teens. Maybe they wanted to avoid any ‘AI rewrite’ controversy on homework and so forth?
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
cibonak Avatar
18 weeks ago
A16!!! ?????
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Kylo83 Avatar
18 weeks ago
I swear these whole updates have gotten more boring each one, here we go another chip update that you wouldn’t notice
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
It’s always something Avatar
18 weeks ago
Shocking: no Apple Intelligence ?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sracer Avatar
18 weeks ago
Updated processor and base 128GB storage at the same MSRP of $349? Nice. My 10th gen is still running great, but when the 11th gen drops to $300 on sale, it'll be tough for me to resists.

As for those who are more interested in the higher tier iPads....


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