Apple iPad (7th gen, 2019) review: A 10.2" entry iPad with Smart Connector support.
The entry iPad gets Smart Connector.
iPad 7 introduced Smart Connector to the entry iPad — opening up keyboard accessories at $329.
01Display
72/100At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2019 — 8 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
56/10056/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.
03Performance
66/100At 66/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2019 — 16 points above the cohort average.
04Battery
80/10080/100 puts it above the 74-point average for budget phones of 2019.
05Build
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among budget phones of 2019 — 16 points above the cohort average.
06Value
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among budget phones of 2019 — 11 points above the cohort average.
- Smart Connector arrives on entry iPad.
- Bigger 10.2" screen.
- Apple Pencil 1 support.
- microSD-free Lightning + jack.
- A10 was already three years old.
- Lightning.
- 32 GB base.
- Big bezels + home button.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 103-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .