SpecEagle review · Apple

Apple iPad (1st gen, 2010) review: 2010 the original iPad.

Item: Apple iPad (1st gen, 2010)
Rating: 78
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2010·$499

Overall

78/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Vintage

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

iPad (original 2010).

Apple's 2010 original iPad created the tablet category — sold 14 M units in year 1 despite no camera.

01Display

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2010.

TypeIPS LCD

Size9.7"

Resolution1024 x 768

02Performance

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2010.

ChipsetApple A4

CPU1 GHz Cortex-A8

RAM256 MB

03Camera

0/100

0/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2010.

MainNone

04Battery

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2010.

Web10 h

05Software

84/100

84/100 — right at the average for vintage phones of 2010.

What works

First iPad — created tablet category.
10 h web battery.
Aluminium build.
Sold 14 M units year 1.

What doesn't

No camera at all.
Final iOS 5.1.1.
256 MB RAM tiny.
680 g chunky.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of vintage devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .