Powerful, portable, and personal with a gorgeous 9.7-inch Retina display¹ in a thin, durable aluminum design that weighs just a pound. iPad puts incredible capabilities in your hands with a powerful A9 chip, 8MP camera, FaceTime HD camera, Touch ID, Apple Pay, Wi-Fi, all-day battery life, ² and over a million apps on the App Store. ⁴
This iPad is faster and lighter. Its photos & videos are crystal clear and vibrant. The only downside is that there are no "rugged" cases manufactured yet that properly fit it. Just enough changes from iPad Pro that a different case is necessary yet Apple didn't coordinate release with case manufacturers. It's sitting on a shelf until I can get a case to protect it before our young son gets to use it.