Apple to launch cheapest ever 9.7-inch iPad in 2018: Reports

Technology giant Apple is planning to launch cheapest ever 9.7-inch iPad, priced at $259 (nearly ₹17,000) in the second quarter of 2018, reports suggested. Apple had launched a 9.7-inch iPad earlier this year at a starting price of $329 (about ₹21,200). The report also claimed that Apple is looking to expand the upcoming iPad into the industrial and service sectors.