iPad Gen 9 Two Weeks Later! The ACTUALLY Useful iPad!

With all the releases so far this year its easy to overlook the humble standard iPad Gen 9. However I think this is probably the most actually useful iPad you can buy and have been using mine for the past couple of weeks.

So how has it held up?

Lets find out!

iPad Gen 9

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———————What Gear I Recommend!——————————

First Mac ( M1 Mac Mini)

Best Macbook (MacBook Pro 13)

Best Travel Professional Windows Laptop (XPS 15)

Best Thunderbolt 3 Dock (cal digit TS3 Plus)

Best Beginner YouTube Camera (Sony A6100)

Best Overall YouTube Camera (Lumix S5)

—————What Gear I Use!————————————————

Main Camera (I own 3 of these)

Main Lens

Secondary Lens

Main Computer

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[jahsonstar]

I personally don’t have a problem with the screen not being laminated. The screen is beautiful for movies, web browsing or gaming. Best investment I’ve made this year. iPad 9 is a solid device!!!!

[meatwad]

I think this ipad should honestly be compared to other budget laptops in its price range. For most people who need a basic computer for email or content consumption I seriously think the ipad 9 is the better buy. Longer battery life, faster processors, lighter, apple pencil support if just 1st generation, it may not be the best ipad but it's honestly good enough. Hard to argue at $330.

[jordanwilliams]

The IPAD 9 has gotten me through college from taking notes, reading textbooks, completing assignments, and entertainment. Now in my last year I got myself the IPad Pro 11 and I can’t wait. My beloved IPad 9 will be given to my younger sibling for Christmas

[pradeepraghuraman]

I'm an Android user but i have to appreciate Apple's long term support for their devices. My mom's iPad mini 4 (2015) got the latest iPad OS 15.2 update despite being more than 6 years old and it still runs smoothly as well.
I'm planning to get an iPad mini 6 for myself.

[Shodan-]

I love the iPad 9 its an incredible device for the price!! I returned my iPad mini 6 as the screen was just too small! iPad 9 is perfect! Great video <3

[zwheels]

Those "SE" I devices are parts bin devices. Basically, they are finding uses for older parts in order to make discounted products. It's genius and it opened up Apple devices to a whole new market.

[TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Yup, it’s a quality device and the larger bezels allow for more hand holding space. Once you start watching the screen, the style of the device instantly disappears, but it still looks fine stylistically. Excellent, quality-performance vs price tablet.

[FigWidIt]

I went with the silver 64gb base model as it's very affordable compared to the other models. After almost 2 weeks of use and the honeymoon phase of a brand new device wore off, it still left me thinking that its a great ipad. Great resolution screen compared to to other 720p-1080p Android tablets I've owned even though it is still non-laminated, so many accessories out there since it fits the same ipad 7th and 8th gen accessories if you still own any like I do, a headphone jack that many premium tablets just don't have anymore, incredible batterylife though charging it back up to 100% still takes more time than more expensive ipads. It does everything an ipad should but at a cheaper price

[ianllarena]

Forget about the review. His voice is so soothing that it healed my soul.

[NM_rocker]

Just bought one of these, a Logitech combo touch, and Apple Pencil for about $630 total. It’s a great value for everyday use, I have a 13 Pro and iMac for sheer power when I need it.

[dansanger]

The base iPad is regularly on sale at various retailers for $300. IMHO, the base iPad is the only iPad that's worth the money. The rest are overpowered and overspec'd for a mobile OS.

[andrewm]

I’m still rocking my 7th gen, it does what i need it to do and the audio jack is really useful for me

[DcRider]

I had Samsung's flagship Tab S7+ for about a week but ultimately ended up returning it. Their hardware is top notch but Android apps for tablets are either lacking or not optimized for the tablet. I'm a big Samsung guy but ultimately I ended up with the iPad 9 and am enjoying it.

[liamhil]

I sold the iPad mini 6 and just ordered the iPad 9th Gen.

My iPad use is 99% prop it up and consume media, which this iPad is perfect for. I have a MacBook Pro, I don’t need a powerful tablet. I don’t want to carry 3 separate chargers or need to transfer loads of data so don’t like USB C on an iPad. Home button Touch ID just works so much better on an iPad than lock button Touch ID or Face ID.

And best of all, it finally comes in silver with a black front again!

[yeadai]

I got an ipad 9 which i am watching this with, a week ago, from my 6th gen. It is great, a lot larger and faster. It was very good!

[tim]

just bought two for the kids, i left apple a long time ago, and don't really like much of their products or ecosystem, but man the ipad 9 really just blew away everything in that price point. my favorite thing was the support. i have couple really old ipads that only couldn't update ios when the hardware physically couldn't support it, not arbitrary phase outs, that i like. hopefully they'll last another 5-7 years.

[mikipav]

I own the iPad 8th generation and the Apple pencil 1st generation and i’m still loving it! I bought it mainly to draw art in Procreate with it and it’s absolutely incredible! The drawing experience is so precise and smooth that it feels like i’m holding a professional 2000$ graphic tablet in my hand. And the display is soooo colour accurate. My iPad still runs as smoothly as it did on the first day. Apple has an incredible and unbeatable deal to offer with those standard iPads. No other tablet in this 300-400$ price range comes even close.

[jackgoldman]

Just bought an iPad 9 today for my brother from Amazon. $249. Hell of a deal. Very pleased. 64GB wifi. What a good deal.

[Farah-qdds]

imo iPad 9th gen is the best for students based on it’s accessible price and size if you want to note take. I personally bought the mini just because I want the small form factor so I can both take notes and content create.

If you’re a student and want to take notes on a big screen I’d get iPad 9, and if you want a smaller one then buy the mini

[MrWh]

Comment 1 year after I sold my ipad9 and bought it again, after change to some fancy tablet and I found IPad 9 is the one that I need. Durable, slim, light weight, about the pencil, I just bought the non sensitive non apple brand one, it works great enough for my note taking.