“As much as we love the affordable iPad Mini, it's really hard to argue with a $279 iPad. And so we're not even going to try. While the base model iPad is missing the latest Apple silicon (the M series chips), do you really want your tablet to feel like a laptop? Then you might be tempted to get some work done instead of playing The Sims.”

Timothy Beck Werth · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-12

Timothy Beck Werth reviews the discounted base-model Apple iPad.