Apple iPad 10.2" 8th Generation Space Gray 2020
The A12 Bionic chip with Neural Engine drives smooth multitasking on a 10.2-inch Retina display with up to 10 hours of battery life. Refurbished pricing makes it an affordable entry into the Apple ecosystem, offering 128GB storage and first-gen Apple Pencil support for lightweight creativity. This iPad is best for students and readers who prioritize digital note-taking and media consumption without heavy productivity demands.
About This Tablet
The A12 Bionic chip with Neural Engine drives smooth multitasking on a 10.2-inch Retina display with up to 10 hours of battery life. Refurbished pricing makes it an affordable entry into the Apple ecosystem, offering 128GB storage and first-gen Apple Pencil support for lightweight creativity. This iPad is best for students and readers who prioritize digital note-taking and media consumption without heavy productivity demands.
- CPU Apple A12 Bionic
- RAM 3 GB
- Storage 128 GB
- Screen 10.2" 2160x1620
- OS iPadOS 14
- Stylus
- Cellular
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong screen (68th percentile) 68th
- Strong connectivity (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average cpu (8th percentile) 8th
- Below average gpu (11th percentile) 11th
- Below average ram (12th percentile) 12th
- Below average battery (31th percentile) 31th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple A12 Bionic |
| Cores | 6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 10.2" |
| Resolution | 2160 |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Cellular | Yes |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil (1st generation) |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
| Face Unlock | No |
Physical
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.1 lbs |
| OS | iPadOS 14 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad 10.2" 8th Generation | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 3000 MHz | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 3 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 512 | 512 |
| Screen | 10.2" 2160x1620 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | iPadOS 14 | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | true | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad 10.2" 8th Generation | 8.1 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 67.9 | 30.9 | 74.3 | 52.4 | 67.2 | 97.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 63.3 | 97.8 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 96.5 | 97.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.8 | 49.4 |
| Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 65.7 | 89.5 | 78.8 | 86.7 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 72.4 | 47.1 |
Usage Scores
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