Apple discontinues low-cost iPad with plastic design and keyboard: Report

Cupertino-based Apple has reportedly scrapped its plans to bring an affordable iPad model with a plastic body. In the latest edition of the PowerOne newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that Apple was considering launching an iPad with a plastic back and plastic keyboard internally that ships together in a box for less than $500. . However, it has now abandoned the idea. The canceled iPad model was expected to ‘give Chromebooks a run for their money in most schools’.

It is not known whether the scrap plastic iPad may have arrived as the 10th generation iPad or a different iPad model. Apple launches brand new ipad 10th normal model last week. The entry-level iPad is powered by the Apple A14 Bionic processor and runs on iPadOS 16 out-of-the-box.

The new iPad lacks Apple Pencil support and a laminated display. The Apple iPad (2022) model features a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display with 2360×1640-pixel resolution, approximately 4 million pixels, 500 nits brightness, and True Tone technology. The company has removed Touch ID from the 2022 model. The tablet is powered by the A14 Bionic chipset, which is claimed to deliver a 20 percent increase in CPU and 10 percent improvement in graphics over the previous generation. Apple claims the new iPad is 5x faster than the best-selling Android tablet.

Apple iPad (2022) WiFi model starting price 44,900 for the 64GB model. This is the WiFi + Cellular model, on the other hand, it is priced 59,900 onwards.

Meanwhile, Apple has hiked the price ipad mini In India, right after the company launched the new iPads. Its price in India starts now 49,900 (64GB) for the Wi-Fi variant and the LTE variant starting price 64,900. At launch, the Wi-Fi and LTE variants were priced at 46,900 and 60,900.

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