I struggled with recommending iPad models - but this one just made it so much easier

• The 2025 iPad 11th Generation is on sale now for $299 (typically $349.)
• The upgraded iPad has double the base storage as year's model, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip.
• However, it still isn't compatible with Apple Intelligence and doesn't support the Apple Pencil Pro.

It's not every day that a tech giant offers a new, improved product for an equal or lesser price than its previous model. This is even more true now, with looming tariff hikes causing uncertainty in the tech world. 

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Yet Apple did this very thing with the launch of the new iPad, which is the 11th generation of the iPad base model. This iPad replaces the three-year-old 10th-generation model but has better features for a $100 lower list price (though discounts and deals impact ...