<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The iPad (officially sixth - generation iPad) is a 9.7 - inch (25cm) tablet computer designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc . It was announced on March 27, 2018 during an education - focused event in Chicago and it is a revision of the 2017 model, upgraded with the Apple A10 Fusion SoC and support for styluses such as Apple Pencil . The iPad is marketed towards educators and schools . </P> <P> Gareth Beavis of TechRadar and Scott Stein of CNET gave the product generally positive reviews, singling out the addition of the Apple Pencil support for praise, while criticizing the fact that the model was rather similar to the previous iPad, and just as costly . </P>

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