Cameras
While cameras arguably aren’t as important on iPads as they are on iPhones, outside of Apple’s iPad Pro models, there have been virtually no improvements in the main rear cameras in two years.
Even the iPad Air still includes the same rear camera as the fifth- and sixth-generation iPads, with only a minor enhancement to add wide color capture. So it’s no surprise that the seventh-generation iPad also sports identical cameras to its fifth- and sixth-gen predecessors — an 8 megapixel, f/2.4 shooter with a five-element lens.
Despite having the same rear camera, however, the iPad Air does offer a 7 megapixel FaceTime HD camera that’s capable of recording 1080p video, which is much closer to the TrueDepth camera found on the iPad Pro. The seventh-generation iPad still retains the same front camera as the prior sixth-gen model — a paltry 1.2 megapixel unit.