LIGHTNING WILL NOT STRIKE AGAIN: APPLE RETIRES ITS LAST IPAD WITH HOME BUTTON, HEADPHONE JACK

Apple has launched a bunch of new iPads after a long gap. The iPad Pro 2024 brings an OLED display and Apple M4 silicon, while the new iPad Air gets you a pro-sized display for cheap. The company also updated its “entry-level” iPad range dropping the price of the tenth-generation model and killing off the ninth-generation version altogether. Many had expected that the iPad 9 would get the axe after the launch of the iPad 11—which as per reports isn’t planned before the end of 2024—but clearly, Apple was on another tangent.

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But what this means is that with the end of the iPad 9, Apple has basically removed the last iPad—that it was making—with not one but two old-school technologies. The ninth-generation iPad, which has stuck around since 2021, still had the lightning port and home button. It also had a headphone jack. All these are now relics of the past, at least for iPad. What this also means is that all the iPads that Apple makes today have USB Type-C port, complying with EU rules and regulations that actually started the end of Lightning in the first place.

iPad tenth-generation India price revision

The iPad 10 was launched in 2022 at a starting price of Rs 44,900 with Wi-Fi and Rs 59,900 with 5G. The prices have been revised effective May 7, 2024. The 64GB iPad with Wi-Fi is now priced at Rs 34,900 while the 256GB version will set you back by Rs 49,900. The 64GB iPad with Wi-Fi and cellular is now priced at Rs 49,900 while the 256GB version will set you back by Rs 64,900.