Apple iPad - First Generation iPad (2010-2011)

✅ Apple iPad 1st Generation

🥇First iPad Model 

The Apple iPad (1st Generation), launched in April 2010 for $499, was the "magical and revolutionary" device that proved the world wanted a third category of hardware between the smartphone and the laptop. Powered by Apple's first custom silicon, the A4 chip, it featured a 9.7-inch IPS display with a 1024x768 resolution that allowed for a wide 178-degree viewing angle—perfect for the media consumption it was designed to dominate. Unlike every subsequent model, the original iPad was famously camera-free, focusing entirely on a sleek, "slab of glass" aesthetic with a distinctive, slightly squared-off aluminum back that set it apart from the tapered designs that followed. While it was praised for its 10-hour battery life and the immediate availability of thousands of optimized apps, its primary hardware bottleneck was its mere 256MB of RAM, which led to it being the only iPad stuck forever on iOS 5.1.1.

Source: John and Carol Babina