iPad · Standard
2010
iPad (1st generation)
A 9.7-inch Multi-Touch slate establishing a third device category between smartphone and laptop powered by Apple's first custom system-on-chip (Apple A4).
- Announced
- 2010-01-27
- Family
- iPad
- Branch
- Standard
- Historical weight
- Paradigm shift
Key specifications
Apple verification ↗- Display
- 9.7" IPS LCD, 1024×768
- Chip / CPU
- Apple A4 · 1 GHz
- Memory
- 256 MB
- Base storage
- 16 GB
- Ports & charging
- 30-pin dock
- Weight
- 680 g
- Dimensions
- 242.8×189.7×13.4 mm
- Original OS
- iPhone OS 3.2
- Launch price
- $499
- Released
- April 3, 2010
- Discontinued
- March 2011
- Graphics
- PowerVR SGX535
- CPU cores
- 1
Generation delta
What changed?
Introduced
5- Display
Tablet Multi-Touch form factor
9.7-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen IPS display (1024x768 resolution at 132 ppi) enabling direct, natural finger manipulation of web pages, photos, maps, and apps.
- Silicon
Apple A4 SoC
Apple's first in-house designed system-on-chip (1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 CPU and PowerVR SGX535 GPU), initiating Apple's proprietary silicon strategy.
- Power
10-hour battery life standard
Custom dual-cell 25 watt-hour battery system delivering 10 hours of active use, setting the endurance baseline across iPad history.
- Ports
iBooks and digital reading platform
Introduced the iBooks app and iBookstore with ePub format support, positioning the tablet as an interactive reading device.
- Connectivity
Micro-SIM cellular connectivity
First Apple consumer mobile device utilizing micro-SIM cards for contract-free 3G mobile data plans.
Technology DNA
Ideas carried by this generation.
Canonical predecessor
Starts a new branch