Apple iPad Air 13" M3 Space Gray 2025
The M3 chip drives a 13-inch 2732x2048 Liquid Retina display with P3 wide color and ultralow reflectivity, delivering all-day battery life for sustained creative work. At just 617g, it pairs with Apple Pencil Pro and the Magic Keyboard for a precise, portable sketching and note-taking experience, supported by Wi-Fi 6E and 5G connectivity. This iPad Air is best for digital illustrators and design students who prioritize a bright, color-accurate large canvas and seamless stylus input for detailed artwork and annotations.
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 5G. 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
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong battery (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong connectivity (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong screen (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M3 |
| Cores | 8 |
| GPU | Apple (9-Core) |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 128 GB |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 13" |
| Resolution | 2732 |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 600 nits |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Cellular | Yes |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil Pro |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
Physical
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.4 lbs |
| Battery | 37 Wh |
| OS | Apple iPadOS |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Air 13" M3 | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro 24091RPADG | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple M3 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | 3 GHz | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 128 | 256 | 512 | 128 | 1024 | 512 |
| Screen | 13" 2732x2048 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11" |
| OS | Apple iPadOS | Android 16 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | true | false | false | true | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | 37 | - | - | - | 47 | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Air 13" M3 | 73.6 | 73.2 | 66.3 | 94.7 | 97.4 | 91 | 52.7 | 96.4 | 97.9 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.4 | 96.4 | 81.4 | 95.9 | 93.2 | 86.6 | 73.9 | 63.7 | 97.9 |
| Xiaomi Pad 7 Pro 24091RPADG Compare | 97.4 | 96.4 | 81.4 | 98.6 | 86 | 65.9 | 89.8 | 79 | 87.4 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.7 | 91.9 | 91.1 | 99.7 | 65.1 | 96.4 | 97.9 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.5 | 93.2 | 97.4 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.7 | 50.8 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.5 | 93.7 | 95.9 | 43.1 | 30.8 | 93.6 | 89.8 | 72.6 | 48.8 |
Usage Scores
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