The Apple iPad is a tablet first introduced by Steve Jobs in January 2010 when he asked an audience whether “there was room for something in the middle” of the iPhone and the MacBook?
The answer was absolutely as Apple then sold 3 million iPads in the next 80 days!
Interestingly work on the iPad itself actually traces back to 2004, when designer Jonathan Ive and others crafted a new tablet prototype. The product was originally supposed to ship before the iPhone, but the company came to decide the latter was more important, premiering it in 2007 using similar technologies.
As of September 2020, Apple has sold more than 500 million iPads though sales peaked in 2013. It is the most popular tablet computer by sales as of the second quarter of 2020.
Repair for the iPad are comparatively inexpensive at Mobile Solutions with replacement screens starting at £55. We can replace batteries, charge ports and a host of other repairs.
We also sell reconditioned iPads across our 3 stores in Norwich, Cambridge and Great Yarmouth
Chronology of iPads
Official Name | Generation | Screen Size | CPU | Release Date | Latest iOS/iPadOS version | Status
Regular iPad (not mini, air or pro)
iPad | First | 9.7″ | A4 | 2010 | 5.1.5 | Discontinued March 2011
iPad 2 | Second | 9.7″ | A5 | 2011 | 9.3.5/9.3.6(CDMA) | Discontinued March 2014
iPad | Third | 9.7″ | A5X | 2012 | 9.3.5/9.3.6(CDMA) | Discontinued October 2012
iPad with Retina display | Fourth | 9.7″ | A6X | 2012 | 10.3.3/10.3.4(Cellular) | Discontinued October 2014
iPad | Fifth | 9.7″ | A9 | 2017 | 14.3 | Discontinued March 2018
iPad | Sixth | 9.7″ | A10 | 2018 | 14.3 | Discontinued September 2019
iPad | Seventh | 10.2″ | A10 | 2019 | 14.3 | Discontinued September 2020
iPad | Eighth | 10.2″ | A12 | 2020 | 14.3 | Currently Sold
iPad Mini
iPad Mini | First | 7.9″ | A5 | 2012 | 9.3.5/9.3.6(CDMA) | Discontinued June 2015
iPad Mini 2 | Second | 7.9″ | A7 | 2013 | 12.5 | Discontinued March 2017
iPad Mini 3 | Third | 7.9″ | A7 | 2014 | 12.5 | Discontinued September 2015
iPad Mini 4 | Fourth | 7.9″ | A8 | 2015 | 14.3| Discontinued March 2019
iPad Mini | Fifth | 7.9″ | A9 | 2019 | 14.3 | Currently Sold
iPad Air
iPad Air | First | 9.7″ | A7 | 2013 | 12.5 | Discontinued March 2016
iPad Air 2 | Second | 9.7″ | A8X | 2014 | 14.3 | Discontinued March 2017
iPad Air | Third | 10.5″ | A12 | 2019 | 14.3 | Discontinued September 2020
iPad Air | Fourth | 10.9″ | A14 | 2020| 14.3 | Currently Sold
iPad Pro
iPad Pro 12.9″ | First | 12.9″ | A9X | 2015 | 14.3 | Discontinued June 2017
iPad Pro 12.9″ | Second | 12.9″ | A10X | 2017 | 14.3 | Discontinued November 2018
iPad Pro 12.9″ | Third | 12.9″ | A12X | 2018 | 14.3 | Discontinued March 2020
iPad Pro 12.9″ | Fourth| 12.9″| A12Z| 2020| 14.3 | Currently Sold
iPad Pro 9.7″ | First / Only | 9.7″ | A9X | 2016 | 14.3 | Discontinued June 2017
iPad Pro 10.5″ | First / Only | 10.5″ | A10X | 2017 | 14.3 | Discontinued November 2018
iPad Pro 11″ | First | 11″ | A12X | 2018 | 14.3 | Discontinued March 2020
iPad Pro 11″ | Second | 11″ | A12Z | 2020 | 14.3 | Currently Sold
iPad History and Chronology
