--- description: Normally, Apple uses its glitzy new product introductions to quietly retire old models. When the company launched the iPad Air, for example, it nixed the... title: Apple Just Killed One of Its Most Popular iPads image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096cb6e682ae7f28/6986837c13c79f447c190d15/shutterfly-photo-story-for-ipad-350px.jpg?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # RIP: Apple Just Killed the iPad 2 by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 1:21 PM CUT  Shutterfly by [Matt Vella](/author/matt-vella/) ## Matt Vella Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 18, 2014 1:21 PM CUT Normally, Apple uses its glitzy new product introductions to quietly retire old models. When the company launched the iPad Air, for example, it nixed the fourth-generation iPad while keeping the iPad 2 around as the entry-level tablet. Now Apple has killed the iPad 2, replacing it with the Retina-and-Lightning model. The model is back on the Apple Store for the same price as the Retina iPad Mini. \[[Engadget](http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/18/apple-ipad-2-retina-fourth-gen/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/28568/rip-apple-just-killed-the-ipad-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/28568/rip-apple-just-killed-the-ipad-2/"},"headline":"RIP: Apple Just Killed the iPad 2","datePublished":"2014-03-18T13:21:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:07.010Z","description":"Normally, Apple uses its glitzy new product introductions to quietly retire old models. When the company launched the iPad Air, for example, it nixed the...","url":"https://time.com/28568/rip-apple-just-killed-the-ipad-2/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","iPad","Apple Store"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096cb6e682ae7f28/6986837c13c79f447c190d15/shutterfly-photo-story-for-ipad-350px.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Vella","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-vella/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt096cb6e682ae7f28/6986837c13c79f447c190d15/shutterfly-photo-story-for-ipad-350px.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"shutterfly-photo-story-for-ipad-350px","caption":"","creditText":"Shutterfly","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/28568/rip-apple-just-killed-the-ipad-2/","name":"RIP: Apple Just Killed the iPad 2"}}]}] ```