The iPad Air gets a minor spec bump for 2025, but that spec bump ensures the mid-tier iPad remains fast and responsive. Skip To Our Expert Review. Rating: 4 Stars.

Less than a year after updating it with the M2 chip and introducing a larger-screen option, Apple gave the iPad Air another hardware refresh with a power bump. To boost its already formidable ...

So we should think of this as a small refresh for the iPad Air, a kind of “speed bump.” For a proper speed boost, Apple would have needed to install the M4, and it’s pretty obvious why the ...

iPad Air M3 13" 8/256 with keyboard but no pencil - $1218 iPad used to deliver value. Now you get less memory, an old processor, and the OS you really don't want for more.

The M3 bump seems to offer another good step up: On Geekbench 6, the multicore score was 11,643, compared to the M4 iPad Pro's score of 14,672, and the M2 iPad Air's score last year of 9,894.

The new Air is primarily a spec bump over last year’s device. It has an upgraded M3 chip and, of course, supports Apple Intelligence. It’s not Apple’s most modern chip — that would be the ...

The iPad Air M3 makes one of our favorite tablets even faster, though folks who own a recent Apple tablet won’t find much new here.

The iPad Air 11-inch comes equipped with a 7,606mAh battery, which the 13-inch model bumps up to 9,705mAh Across the board, these are some of the largest batteries you’ll find on any mobile device.

As teased, Apple just introduced the iPad Air with an M3 chip. ... 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB data options. For WiFi plus cellular, the 11-inch and 13-inch bump up to $799 and $949.

The basic iPad runs on Apple's A14 Bionic processor, which ran the iPhone 12 series from 2020. Meanwhile, the iPad Air runs on the M2 processor that spins the wheels in the 2022 MacBook Air.