Apple's new iPad is expected to breathe new life into the fading series but things aren't looking too bright for the once iconic product line.

The iPad revenue and unit sales both have been sinking again, leading many to believe Apple may scrap the ill-fated line. While the fate of the controversy-plagued iPad line continues to remain a mystery, it looks like the Cupertino-based tech titan is leaving no stone unturned in the bid to lure back the brand's loyalists.

Lining with this, Apple beefed up the product line with a couple of high-end iPad Pro variants and just recently come out with a low-end model, which sports a big 9.7-inch screen, a newfangled A9 chip, and least possible 32GB of storage, according to VentureBeat.

As if that weren't enough, it bears a budget-friendly price tag of just $329. In fact, the company alludes to the device's price as one of its selling points and the device's online product description page also highlights the aforesaid starting price. Moreover, this is the only Apple device to pack features that are identical to the MacBook Air.

Apple last updated the MacBook Air two years ago and with the advent of the 12-inch MacBook and the MacBook Pro (with Touch Bar), the device currently serves as the lowermost of the Mac laptop lineup. Apple adopted a similar strategy last year when it introduced the iPhone SE, a reminiscent of the cute 4-inch 2013 iPhone 5S. At $399, the SE was deemed as the poor man's iPhone.

The company's new iPad offers faster performance coupled with a brighter screen as compared to the model it ousted. It comes bearing a price that's nearly half as much as the iPad Pro. Moreover, a perfect fusion of the hardware, software, and app store makes it quite easy to use, but it's not spared from flaws either.

According to CNet's Dan Ackerman, the 9.7-inch iPad is comparatively thicker and heavier than the now obsolete iPad Air 2. Furthermore, it doesn't come with stylus support, better screen and speakers.

Nevertheless, with a starting price of $469, the 9.7-inch iPad is an economical solution to those not wanting to shell out the money to buy a new laptop. Too good to be true? Let's delve into more details to find out.

While everything looks ritually proper from the outside, mobile repair website iFixit ferreted out a little secret that is quite atrocious for anyone who breaks the device.

The new iPad has been designed in such a way that users of the device will be unable to perform a DIY fix on the product, according to News.com.au. In other words, consumers will be left with no option but to count on Apple to perform repairs -- needless to say, the most high-priced option.

Just like with its predecessors, the new iPad's front panel is merely glued to the rest of the gadget, iFixit wrote. This considerably increases the chances of cracking the glass while performing a repair. The site gave the iPad a repairability score of just 2/10.