{"id":14832,"date":"2025-04-20T08:20:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14832"},"modified":"2025-04-20T08:20:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T08:20:49","slug":"apple-ipad-a16-2025-review-brilliantly-basic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=14832","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPad (A16, 2025) Review: Brilliantly Basic"},"content":{"rendered":"


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My best friend<\/span> recently called my 13-inch iPad Air<\/a> the \u201cgiant-ass iPad.\u201d All my friends know how much I rely on Apple’s slate, and that’s because my only hobby outside of reading is binge-watching everything and anything. (Someone get me on Summer House<\/em>.) But I also review iPads for my job, and have the entire lineup to choose from<\/a>. As tempting as the large screen is, if I were to go out and buy my own right now, I’d get Apple’s basic iPad.<\/p>\n

Apple refreshed its entry-level tablet in March, and it’s nearly identical to the 2022 model that preceded it. It’s largely a processor upgrade with the A16 Bionic, the same chip inside the iPhone 14 Pro<\/a> and iPhone 15<\/a>, and you finally get 128 GB of storage instead of 64. It’s such a basic update that it doesn’t even have Apple Intelligence<\/a>\u2014you know, the thing Apple won’t stop talking about with every new product launch and software update. Some might even relish that, free from having AI shoved into every product.<\/p>\n

The point is that, as basic as it is, Apple’s regular-ass iPad is all you need. (If you do actually need a new tablet<\/a>.) Whether it’s going to be used to stream all the reality TV, to take notes in class, or to compose emails, this machine can do almost everything and remains the best iPad.<\/p>\n

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