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Apple will never discount iPads on its official website because maintaining premium pricing forms a core part of the brand strategy that keeps products positioned as luxury tech rather than commodity electronics.
But retailers including Amazon occasionally offer legitimate discounts that Apple tolerates, and this year’s Black Friday brings unusual price cuts on recent releases including Mac Minis, MacBook Airs, MacBook Pro M5 models, and iPads: The 11-inch 128GB/WiFi iPad that launched in March just dropped to $274 from its usual $349 on Amazon, hitting a new all-time low that makes Apple’s entry-level tablet affordable instead of aspirational.
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Best in Class Tablet
The A16 chip brings desktop-class performance in a tablet form factor, performing photo editing, 4K video playback, multitasking across demanding apps, and immersive gaming without slowdowns that plague all the cheaper Android tablets using substandard processors. In other words, you get smooth 60fps gameplay in graphically intensive titles, seamless app launching where you won’t spend time waiting, and fluid multitasking with Split View that actually works rather than stuttering between apps.
The base storage of 128GB is sufficient to store all your essential apps, a good photo library, and some offline content without being forced into constant storage management or expensive iCloud subscriptions. All-day battery life covers typical use from morning to bedtime without mid-day charging anxiety, lasting about 10 hours of mixed usage with video streaming, web browsing, and light productivity work.
The 11-inch Liquid Retina display touts vibrant colors and sharp text at 2388×1668 resolution, which makes it comfortable to read for extended periods, do detailed photo work, or binge-watch whole seasons without eye strain. And True Tone technology self-regulates color temperature based on ambient lighting, curbing the intense blue light of dark rooms and warming up the display in bright environments so that viewing is more natural.
This adaptive display makes the iPad usable in everything from dimly lit bedrooms to bright outdoor patios, where cheaper tablets turn into unreadable glare mirrors. The screen size hits a sweet spot between portability and usability, providing enough real estate for comfortable typing and content viewing while still managing to remain light enough, at roughly one pound, to hold comfortably for long stretches.
Apart from that, iPadOS enables true productivity through features like Stage Manager, which intelligently organizes windows; Scribble, which can convert handwritten text anywhere on screen; and universal control, which allows the use of one keyboard and mouse across iPad and Mac seamlessly. The App Store houses more than a million iPad-optimized apps designed specifically for tablet interfaces rather than just blown-up phone apps that waste screen space and feel awkward.
At $274 instead of $349, you save $75 on Apple’s most recent entry-level iPad that delivers current-generation performance and features, rather than clearance pricing on outdated models. When Black Friday cuts the price to that level, the iPad finds itself competitive with mid-range Android tablets that sell for $250-300 but don’t have anywhere near the ecosystem integration, app quality, or long-term software support that keeps iPads functional for 5+ years.
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