It’s still a sheet of glass, has no serious competitors, and uses radically different technology as you’d expect for a product more than a decade old, but the 2024 iPad still conforms to Steve Jobs’ original vision for the product.
Steve Jobs demonstrating the original iPad
Steve Jobs demonstrating the original iPad
There is an argument that the new iPad Air and iPad Pro models are merely spec-bump ones, that they are the same as ever, just a bit faster. That does ignore the new screens, or at least the larger one that’s been brought to the iPad Air for the first time.
It’s not an unreasonable criticism, though, until you look back. Comparing the new 13-inch iPad Pro to the iPad Steve Jobs so proudly showed off at the original launch is eye-opening.
The iPad has come so incredibly far since 2010, and fulfills Steve Jobs’ vision perfectly
The iPad has come so incredibly far since 2010, and fulfills Steve Jobs’ vision perfectly