The best tablet is still an iPad

The latest model looks identical to the last but Noel Campion finds a noticeable difference in performance

Apple iPad 8th Generation.

The new base model of the iPad, which is now in its eighth generation, looks identical to last year's model. This replaces the latter, but, thankfully, inherits the new form factor and 10.2-inch screen size up from all previous iPads which had a 9.7-inch screen. Despite the fact that the iPad is Apple’s most basic tablet, it still performs better than top-of-the-range Android tablets, in part thanks to the new A12 Bionic CPU upgrade, but mainly due to the app ecosystem and sheer volume of quality iPad specific apps.

Performance