features, price and technical sheet

It is about to be a year since Apple unexpectedly announced the iPad Air with M3 chip. Already then we told you that it was a model that hardly changed compared to its predecessor, except for the M3 chip, of course. Well, history has repeated itself, although with a very interesting change: the price.

iPad Air (M4) technical sheet

Two sizes, same design

Apple repeats the recipe that it knows works for it and the iPad Air is still available in two sizes: 11 or 13 inches. The screen is IPS, with a resolution of 2,360 x 1,640 pixels and 2,732 x 2,048 pixels, offering a density of 264 dots per inch in both cases.

Once again, the screen is still 60Hz, the high frequency is still exclusive to the iPad Pro. If you look at the dimensions, there is a noticeable change between them, which translates to more than 150 grams of difference. What they do agree on is the thickness, with only 6.1 millimeters.

The design also follows the same line, with those rounded corners in contrast to the straight edges and the matte aluminum back. Available colors are space gray, blue, purple and star white.

Finally in this section, the cameras are both 12 megapixels. The front has the Center Stage function that keeps us focused during video calls.

New brain

The novelty of this generation, like the previous one, is that it integrates the most current chip, in this case the M4. According to Apple, the M4 is 2.3 times faster than the M1 and 60% faster graphics performance thanks to its 9-core GPU.

The one in charge of processing tasks related to AI is the NPU (Neural Engine), which has 16 cores. Plus, the new iPad Air increase RAM memory from 8 to 12GBwhile storage remains the same, with four versions for each model.

Regarding the battery, as is customary, Apple does not give the data in milliamps/hour, but they assure that both models offer 10 hours of WiFi browsing.

Versions and prices of the iPad Air M4

The processor may be the most notable novelty, but there is another one that will be more than welcome by those who want to update their iPad and that is that the price has dropped. All 11-inch models are 50 euros cheaper than the iPad Air with M3 were, while the 13-inch models drop by 100 euros. It can be purchased starting next March 4.

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