Apple kills $329 iPad with home button, Lightning port
Ars Technica 2024-05-07
Apple is lowering the price of its 10th-generation iPad from $399 to $349, the company announced at its Let Loose event today.
The 10th-generation iPad did away with the top and bottom bezels that previous iPads carried. The 10.9-inch tablet also doesn't have a home button, showing Apple, under pressure from European Union regulations, moving from a Lightning port to USB-C. It debuted with a $449 starting price in 2022 with an A14 chip.
However, Apple is also doing away with the $329 9th-generation iPad, effectively increasing the price of entry for an iPad.