Help to futureproof an iPad for my schoolkid

[FlashSA]

I've never owned an Apple product so the ecosystem is very foreign to me. My Grade 3 has to have an iPad from Grade 4 onwards. The school is offering great pricing on a Gen 7 (R5700) and a Gen 8 (R6500). I am leaning towards the Gen 7 but will it receive iOS updates for the next 4 years that my child will use it for school or should I rather not be silly and go for the Gen 8 for future proofing?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[|tera|]

At the price difference and receiving it at discount, I would go for the 8th edition.

 

[killerbyte]

I've never owned an Apple product so the ecosystem is very foreign to me. My Grade 3 has to have an iPad from Grade 4 onwards. The school is offering great pricing on a Gen 7 (R5700) and a Gen 8 (R6500). I am leaning towards the Gen 7 but will it receive iOS updates for the next 4 years that my child will use it for school or should I rather not be silly and go for the Gen 8 for future proofing?

Any help would be appreciated.

I would agree and say go for the 8th Gen.

BUT!!!

Go out and find the best tempered glass screen protector you can get, buy two. Then go and find the most rugged cover you can. Extra points if its military grade. Then take out insurance with your insurance company to cover the inevitable broken screens.

 

[ScottulusMaximus]

OR!!!

Tell the school to shove it where the sun don't shine and that giving a group of 9 year olds all iPads is monumentally stupid and wasteful.

And then find out who got the kickback from the supplier...