Apple has six iPads to choose from. Here's a guide to picking the model that's best for you

Earlier this week, Apple introduced a redesigned iPad and updates to the iPad Pros. They'll apt assistance the institution spur income during the ever-important vacation buying season. But, it besides means the institution present sells six antithetic iPads, and you mightiness find it a spot tricky to prime the 1 that's champion for you oregon a loved one.

If you're considering buying a caller iPad, that means you request to take between:

• The caller 12.9-inch iPad Pro
• The caller 11-inch iPad Pro 11-inch
• The iPad Air
• The redesigned regular iPad
• The iPad mini
• Or past year's regular iPad

That mightiness look similar a daunting list, truthful here's a usher to assistance you fig retired which iPad champion fits your needs, listed successful bid of the cheapest iPad to the astir costly model.

The ninth-generation iPad was introduced successful September 2021. It starts astatine $329 and is the cheapest enactment successful Apple's existent lineup. It has large all-day artillery beingness and is cleanable for basal tablet needs similar streaming movies, reading, catching up connected emails, browsing the internet, scrolling societal media and FaceTiming.

It's the cheapest, but it doesn't consciousness similar it. This is the iPad I presently use. It's the close prime for you if you privation to prevention a small money, and don't execute analyzable tasks similar video editing. There are immoderate drawbacks, though.

The surface and cameras aren't arsenic bully arsenic immoderate of the different iPads. It has a dated A13 processor, archetypal introduced successful 2019, and it lone works with the older Apple Pencil. Apple doesn't merchantability a exemplary with enactment for 5G cellular networks, truthful you're stuck connected slower networks if you prime that model. This is the "I conscionable request a tablet" tablet.

Pick this iPad if you request a large tablet and tin walk a small much connected the newest entry-level mentation available. It's presently disposable to bid online and volition beryllium successful stores connected Oct. 26.

The caller entry-level iPad (10th generation) got a large redesign and starts astatine $449, a spot of a premium implicit the $329 iPad.

It has a larger 10.9-inch show and nary longer has the location button. Now, the powerfulness fastener connected apical of the iPad has Touch ID capability. So, you conscionable pat and clasp that fastener to unlock it.

Another large alteration is the presumption of the front-facing camera. It's present connected the agelong broadside of the tablet, alternatively of the abbreviated side, which should assistance you look much centered connected the camera during video chats. It besides comes successful caller colors including white, yellow, red, and blue.

The caller iPad is powered by the somewhat older A14 Bionic chip, but it offers faster show and longer-lasting artillery beingness compared to the cheaper iPad. It has sharper beforehand camera and backmost cameras. And, if you request it, you tin besides bargain a 5G cellular version.

But here's a drawback you should cognize about: the caller iPad lone works with the older Apple Pencil. And that lone charges and pairs done the aged Lightning port. So, you need to bargain a $9 dongle if you privation to complaint that pencil with the caller iPad. It's silly that Apple didn't adhd enactment for the newer second-generation Apple Pencil, which charges and pairs done magnets connected the broadside of different iPads.

It doesn't wounded it's besides disposable successful immoderate amusive colors. Yellow iPad, anyone?

The sixth procreation iPad mini, which starts astatine $499, was released successful September 2021. If you worth portability, this is the prime for you.

This is simply a large iPad for kids fixed that has a smaller 8.3-inch surface and weighs conscionable implicit fractional a pound. I've adjacent seen doctors usage it since it fits perfectly successful a achromatic overgarment pocket.

Like the caller iPad, the mini has a 12-megapixel wide camera and a 12-megapixel ultra-wide beforehand camera, which enactment with Center Stage to support you successful absorption during video calls. Apple besides sells a 5G cellular mentation of the iPad mini, which means you tin download apps, euphony and movies if you don't person a Wi-Fi connection. And it has a faster spot than the caller entry-level iPad above.

The iPad mini works with the $129 second-generation Apple Pencil, which is much comfy to usage han the dated first-generation. And it's convenient to charge. You conscionable instrumentality it to the magnet connected the broadside of the iPad.

The latest iPad Air, which starts astatine $599, debuted successful March 2022 with Apple's M1 chip, which is simply a large upgrade from the A14 oregon A15 chips recovered successful the different iPads. It's a large middle-of-the-road iPad for radical who mightiness bash immoderate video editing and gaming, but don't request the amended screens, cameras and added processing velocity of the M2 spot that's successful the Pro models.

The iPad Air has Center Stage, which helps you support you successful the framework during video calls, meaning you tin determination backmost and distant astir the country portion chatting connected FaceTime and the camera volition travel you.

You tin bargain a 5G cellular mentation of the iPad mini which means you tin download apps, euphony and movies faster erstwhile you're distant from Wi-Fi networks.

Like the iPad Pro and iPad mini, the iPad Air works with the 2nd procreation Apple Pencil, which is much comfy to usage and charges erstwhile it's attached to magnets connected the broadside of the tablet.

The caller 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros are the highest-end iPads available, with the 12.9-inch iPad Pro offering a brighter and much colorful surface than the 11-inch version. The caller models, updated with Apple's M2 processor and more, are presently disposable to bid online and volition beryllium successful stores connected Oct. 26.

This is the iPad for superior gamers, video editors, photographers, designers (creatives successful general) and anyone who conscionable wants the champion iPad you tin buy. The bigger surface connected the 12.9-inch iPad mightiness marque it charismatic for radical who similar utilizing a tablet alternatively of a laptop.

The M2 spot is the biggest update to the caller iPad Pros. It's the aforesaid processor that was introduced successful the MacBook Air earlier this year. Apple said M2 offers astir a 15% velocity boost implicit the M1 processor utilized successful past year's iPad Pro. That mightiness beryllium beneficial for radical trying to eke retired arsenic overmuch velocity arsenic imaginable portion rendering videos. There are immoderate different upgrades, too.

Both caller iPad Pro models enactment Apple's caller Hover feature. With Hover, the surface tin present observe the extremity of the Apple Pencil up to 12 mm supra the aboveground of the screen. Apple says this volition let artists to sketch with much precision and makes handwriting-to-text conversions faster. The iPad Pro works with the $129 second-generation Apple Pencil.

The 11-inch mentation starts astatine $799 with Wi-Fi portion the 5G cellular exemplary starts astatine $999. The 12.9-inch exemplary starts astatine $1,099 with Wi-Fi and the 5G cellular mentation starts a $1,299. If you opt for maximum retention of 2TB, the caller 12.9-inch iPad Pro volition acceptable you backmost $2,399.