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Apple iPad Air 13" M3 Starlight 2025

The M3 chip handles demanding creative apps and games, while the 13-inch 2732x2048 Liquid Retina screen with P3 wide color and low reflectivity ensures vivid, glare-free images. Weighing just 616g, it supports Apple Pencil Pro and Magic Keyboard for a laptop-like experience, backed by all-day battery life and Wi-Fi 6E. Digital artists and design students will value the large, precise canvas and responsive stylus input for detailed illustration and note-taking.

★★★★★ 4.9 (2,070)
CPU Apple M3
Storage 128 GB
Screen 13" 2732x2048
OS Apple iPadOS
stylus true
cellular false
Apple iPad Air 13" M3 Starlight 2025 tablet
65 Overall Score
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About This Tablet

The 13-inch iPad Air. Built for Apple Intelligence. Supercharged by the lightning-fast Apple M3 chip. It features a stunning Liquid Retina display, a 12MP Center Stage front camera for even better video calls, and blazing-fast Wi-Fi 6E. And it works with Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard, and Smart Folio, so you can multitask, study, work, play, and create from anywhere.

  • 13-INCH LIQUID RETINA DISPLAY—The gorgeous Liquid Retina display features advanced technologies like P3 wide color, True Tone, and ultralow reflectivity, which make everything look stunning.¹
  • BUILT FOR APPLE INTELLIGENCE—Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections integrated into the core of iPad, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data—not even Apple.²
  • PERFORMANCE AND STORAGE—M3 is a powerful chip built for Apple Intelligence and brings amazing performance for advanced creative and product tasks, graphics-intensive games, and smooth multitasking. And with all-day battery life, you can keep working and playing wherever you go.⁵ Choose up to 1TB of storage depending on the room you need for apps, music, movies, and more.⁶
  • IPADOS + APPS—iPadOS makes iPad more productive, intuitive, and versatile. With iPadOS, run multiple apps at once, use Apple Pencil to write in any text field with Scribble, and edit and share photos. Stage Manager makes multitasking easy with resizable, overlapping apps and external display support. iPad Air comes with essential apps like Safari, Messages, and Keynote, with over a million more apps designed specifically for iPad available on the App Store.
  • APPLE PENCIL AND MAGIC KEYBOARD—Apple Pencil Pro transforms iPad Air into an immersive drawing canvas and the world’s best note‑taking device. Apple Pencil (USB-C) is also compatible with iPad Air. Magic Keyboard for iPad Air delivers an amazing typing experience with a built-in trackpad and 14-key function row, and it doubles as a protective cover on the go. Accessories sold separately.
  • ADVANCED CAMERAS—iPad Air features a 12MP Center Stage front camera for video conferencing or epic Portrait mode selfies. The 12MP Wide back camera is perfect for capturing gorgeous photos and stunning 4K videos. And get great sound with landscape stereo speakers and two microphones.
  • CONNECTIVITY—Wi-Fi 6E gives you fast wireless connections for quick transfers of photos, documents, and large video files.³ And with 5G cellular capabilities, you have the option to stay connected when you’re away from Wi-Fi and add a flexible data plan whenever you need it.⁴ Connect to external displays and more with the USB-C connector.
  • UNLOCK AND PAY WITH TOUCH ID—Touch ID is built into the top button, so you can use your fingerprint to unlock your iPad Air, sign in to apps, and make payments securely with Apple Pay.

Overview

Performance

Performance Percentiles

CPU 73.6
GPU 73.2
RAM 32
Screen 87.4
Battery 30.8
Feature 84.2
Storage 52.7
User Sentiment 88
Connectivity 69.6
Social Proof 95.1

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
  • Strong user sentiment (88th percentile) 88th
  • Strong screen (87th percentile) 87th
  • Strong feature (84th percentile) 84th

Cons

  • Below average battery (31th percentile) 31th
  • Below average ram (32th percentile) 32th

Specifications

Full Specifications

Processor

CPU Apple M3
Cores 8

Memory & Storage

Storage 128 GB

Display

Size 13"
Resolution 2732
Panel Liquid Retina

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth Bluetooth
USB-C 1
Cellular No

Features

Stylus Support Yes
Stylus Model Apple Pencil Pro
Fingerprint Reader Yes

Physical

Weight 0.6 kg / 1.4 lbs
OS Apple iPadOS

vs Competition

Spec Apple iPad Air 13" M3 Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro 24091RPADG Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G
CPU Apple M3 3 GHz MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 2.3 GHz
RAM (GB) - 12 12 8 32 24
Storage (GB) 128 512 256 128 1024 512
Screen 13" 2732x2048 11.2" 3200x2136 14.6" 2960x1848 12.7" 2944x1840 13" 2880x1920 11"
OS Apple iPadOS Android 14 HyperOS Android 16 Android 14 Windows 11 Android 15
Stylus true true true true true true
Cellular false false false true false true
Battery (Wh) - - - - 47 -
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product CpuGpuRamScreenBatteryFeatureStorageUser SentimentConnectivitySocial Proof
Apple iPad Air 13" M3 73.673.23287.430.884.252.78869.695.1
Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro 24091RPADG Compare 97.496.481.498.68665.989.876.67987.4
Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare 97.496.481.495.993.286.673.994.763.797.9
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare 83.382.277.791.991.199.765.163.596.497.9
Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare 74.593.297.498.29984.298.3093.750.8
HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare 94.593.795.943.130.893.689.894.772.648.8

Usage Scores

Overall (64.7)Reading (59.6)Student (60.3)Business (55.7)Art Design (69)Productivity (58.6)Entertainment (63.6)

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