Apple Inc. a company which is popular for the stellar performance in manufacturing of variety of hardware products including iPhones, iPad tablets and Mac personal computers.
It has always been in demand by technical geeks as well as stylists. It was founded initially with the motto of development of personal computer Apple 1.
Steve Jobs was always keen about design of all the products they designed as I got to know from biopic of Steve Jobs.
Therefore, Apple has always been able to attract users with design of every launched product. It can also be seen that design is getting even better with time. I wasn’t surprised to know that Steve Jobs was the richest man as he always had a great vision of how things are supposed to be.
Here in this article I will be writing about design of all the amazing iPads launched by Apple Inc.
Each and every model is special in own.
This has been the reason why Apple Inc. is successful of breaking all records set by predecessors. This position they have gained with their clear vision and hard-work.
Even after getting disowned from their own company Steve Jobs never gave up.
He knew what he had to do in life and his sole purpose was to bring out the best design in market which will definitely change user’s experience when they will use it by themselves.
iPad 1st gen
The 1st generation iPad was announced in 2010 on April 3. All in all around 15 million iPads were sold before launch of 2nd generation iPad. It has 9.7 inch display which has LED backlighting and scratch resistant coating. It has resolution of 1024x 768 pixels.
- Length: 9.56 inch
- Width: 7.47 inch
- Height: 0.528 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 680g (1.5 lb) 3G model 730g (1.6 lb)
iPad 2 2nd gen
The 2nd generation iPad was announced in 2011 on March 2.It is 33% thinner than the previous version and 15% lighter. It has 9.7 inch display which has LED backlighting and scratch resistant coating. It also has finger print resistant coating. It has resolution of 1024x 768 pixels which gives crisp clear images .
- Length: 9.5 inch
- Width: 7.31 inch
- Height: 0.346 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 650g (1.44 lb) CDMA model 607g (1.338 lb) 3G Model 613g (1.351lb)
iPad 3rd gen
The 3rd generation iPad was announced in 2012 on March 7.This was launched by CEO Tim Cook. It is integrated with dual core A5X processor and RAM of 1024 Mb DDR2. It has retina display which has resolution of 2048x 1536 pixels. It presented users with jaw dropping powerful display.
- Length: 9.5 inch
- Width: 7.31 inch
- Height: 0.37 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 650g (1.44 lb) LTE model 660g (1.46 lb)
iPad mini 1st gen
- Length: 9.8 inch
- Width: 7.02 inch
- Height: 0.23 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 310g (0.68 lb) LTE model 310g (0.68 lb)
It was launched on 23rd October 2012 which was considered as little controversial tablet.
As all other producers were going towards larger size tablet, apple decided to shrink the size of tablet to make it easier to hold in hands. It consists of 7.9 inches multi touch display with resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.
But response which this iPad got was reverse of the expected response. Users loved it because of its portable size and weight.
iPad 4th gen
The 4th generation iPad was announced in 2012 on October 23.This was launched by CEO Tim Cook. It is integrated with dual core A6X processor and RAM of 1024 Mb DDR2. It has retina display which has resolution of 2048x 1536 pixels. In terms of display it is double powerful than previous versions.
It also consisted of storage of 128 GB. It was in true terms biggest present in the market.
- Length: 9.5 inch
- Width: 7.31 inch
- Height: 0.37 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 650g (1.44 lb) LTE model 660g (1.46 lb)
iPad mini 2 2nd gen
The 2nd mini iPad was released on November 12, 2013 and it observed a significant betterment compared to the previous iPad Mini released previous year. The iPad Mini 2 is integrated with an A7 processor which made it much more powerful in terms of processing speed than its predecessor. Along with that at a price tag that was about $100 less than the full-sized iPad
- Length: 7.9 inch
- Width: 5.30 inch
- Height: 0.30 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 331g (0.730 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 341g (0.752 lb)
iPad Air
This iPad Air was launched on November 1 in the year 2013. It is best combination we can get by combining mini and full sized iPad. It basically integrates the slim and trim design of iPad Mini and the massive power of full sized iPad together. It resulted into something that most people would recognize as the best handheld device. It also has 64-Bit processor. It was able to create perfect benchmark for all upcoming iPads in the market.
- Length: 9.4 inch
- Width: 6.67 inch
- Height: 0.30 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 469g (1.03 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 478g (1.054 lb)
iPad mini 3
It is iPad Mini 3rd generation which was released on October 22, 2014, and this iPad Mini was just a little upgraded version of the previous iPad Mini 2. It is so much tantamount to the previous version that almost everything regarding design, display and even performance remains the same. The change which was observed was the introduction of Touch ID that was introduced into this iPad Mini through which you could unlock your iPad, apps. It also enabled quick payments using Apply Pay with your fingerprints.
- Length: 7.87 inch change
- Width: 5.303 inch
- Height: 0.29 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 331g (0.73 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 341g (0.75 lb)
iPad Air 2 6th gen
It was released alongside iPad mini 3 on October 22 2014. It had a lot upgradation as compared to iPad Air 1. One big upgrade was introduction of triple processor which made it even powerful than iPhone 6.
- Length: 9.4 inch
- Width: 6.67 inch
- Height: 0.24 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 437g (0.963 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 444g (0.979 lb)
iPad mini 4 6th gen
It was revealed alongside iPad Pro on September 9, 2015, iPad Mini 4 necessitated the killing of the earlier iPad Mini 3 because it was so much better. This left users with a choice of either buying the cheaper iPad Mini with half the processing power or going for this iPad Mini 4 or getting access to the power of iPad Air on a smaller sized iPad
- Length: 8 inch
- Width: 5.31 inch
- Height: 0.24 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 298g (0.659 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 304g (0.670 lb)
12.9 inch iPad-pro 1st gen
It was released on March 31 2016 this iPad Pro is not just a smaller version of 12.9-inch iPad Pro but packs in a bunch of features that make it a unique device in its right. Places, where this iPad beats the earlier version but is not limited to a better display with a True Tone and decreased reflections bright light and a beautiful 12MP camera that is compatible with Live Photos
- Length: 12.04 inch
- Width: 8.69 inch
- Height: 0.27 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 713g (1.5 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 723g (1.57 lb)
9.7 inch iPad Pro 1st gen
- Length: 9.4 inch
- Width: 6.6 inch
- Height: 0.24 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 436g (0.96 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 448g (0.98 lb)
iPad 5th gen 2017
While the world awaited the launch of iPad Air 3 or an iPad Pro update, Apple rolled out a much subtle device on March 24, 2017, and equally subtly named it The Apple iPad. This version is much like the Apple iPad Air 2 except for a few performance tweaks on the plus side and an added 0.05 inch thickness on the downside.
- Length: 9.4 inch
- Width: 6.6 inch
- Height: 0.29 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 469g (1.03 lb) Wi-Fi Cellular 478g (1.054 lb)
10.5 inch iPad pro 2017
This iPad Pro was launched with a 10.5-inch display. Interesting thing about it is that it was achieved just by extending the length by only a mere ½ inch. This was achieved by a minimal bezel which essentially also makes it a beautiful gadget to look at. The device matches the 12.9-inch iPad Pro in power and performance while maintaining a slim profile. I true sense it is an iPad which is not only brilliant in display but also good in terms of performance. It can easily compete with other tablets available in the market.
- Length: 9.8 inch
- Width: 6.8 inch
- Height: 0.24 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 650g (1.44 lb) LTE model 660g (1.46 lb)
12.9 inch iPad pro 2nd gen 2017
- Length: 9.8 inch
- Width: 7.02 inch
- Height: 0.23 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 469g (1.03 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 477g (1.05 lb)
9.7 inch iPad 2018
- Length: 9.8 inch
- Width: 7.02 inch
- Height: 0.23 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 469g (1.03 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 477g (1.05 lb)
11 inch iPad pro 2018
- Length: 9.8 inch
- Width: 7.02 inch
- Height: 0.23 inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 469g (1.03 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 477g (1.05 lb)
12.9 inch iPad Pro 2018
This launch gave the world’s best tablet compatibility with a theatrical wide colour, which will make movies and video look fantastic. The second generation iPad Pro adds the True Tone display that debuted in the 9.7-inch model to the bigger 12.9-inch model. The new True Tone display also operates at 120 Hz to provide smoother graphical transitions and has a 12-megapixel back-facing camera.
- Length: 12 inch
- Width: 8.68 inch
- Height: 0.27inch
- Weight: Wi-Fi 677g (1.49 lb) Wi-Fi+ Cellular 692g (1.53 lb)
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