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iPad Air (5th Gen)
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Ipad Air 5 with M1 has been so great me with all this time since i got as gift it in September 2022
As long as you take care of the device, those M1 devices are something else. My iPad and MacBook Air (both M1) still function amazingly well and the battery life isn’t bad at all.
Gizmo135 in r/ipad
October 25, 2025 2:21 PM
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Users of iPad Air (5th generation) with battery health around 80% and 600–700 cycles — how has your battery life been in daily use? How many hours of screen time do you usually get?
I bought my Air M1 5th gen in March 2023 and it has around 86% SoH left. I don’t remember the amount of cycles out of my head. The battery life is not far from awful tbh… Sometimes I get around 7 hours of usage and sometimes it burns through 8% of battery in 10 minutes of photo editing (Apple Photos
...DavidBelgium in r/ipad
April 4, 2026 8:25 PM
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Help deciding which iPad to buy
I’d go for the iPad Air 13” M3 256GB WiFi + Cellular ($750). It’s the newest/most future-proof with M3 chip, great for school apps, note-taking (full Apple Pencil Pro support), and multitasking with your 70GB+ stuff. Bigger screen than your current Air 5, 256GB solves storage, cellular adds flexibil
...MIGUELENNO in r/ipad
April 16, 2026 3:14 PM
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Tablette pour les études
11 pouces c’est la taille parfaite, c’est la dimension la plus répandu, c’est pas pas pour rien. En termes de rapport qualité/prix je trouve ton choix éclaté. Pour 500 euros, j’ai acheté un iPad Air 5 + magic keyboard folio + Apple Pencil 2. C’est plus performant (puce M1) La durée de vie est largem
...AdWild2566 in r/etudiants
December 7, 2025 12:32 PM
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New iPad Air 5th gen M1
That's a solid deal. I had the same model and the M1 is pretty fast with plenty of memory for multitasking. The major downside of this model is the cheap non-OLED display but honestly at that price who cares. It's still a fairly bright 500 nits panel with good colors although black will be more grey
...Jarasmut in r/ipad
November 16, 2025 3:26 PM
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Air M1 upgrade to Air M4 isn't worth it.
I do disable the settings you mentioned and I have the device really optimised (I think that’s why my drain isn’t higher), but I honestly never understood why. I think I know when it started (many people mentioned that when it changed from iOS 12 to iPadOS 13 standby battery life collapsed), but I o
...Feli18 in r/ipad
May 24, 2026 8:52 PM
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Ipad air 5 battery problem
How high is brightness? Note taking with the Apple Pencil is rather heavy, 10% per hour depending on brightness isn’t too bad. My Air 5 is on iPadOS 15 (which is better than yours, presumably on 26), and I’m getting about 6 hours to 60% from 100% with 30-40% brightness. About maybe 13 hours 100-0%,
...Feli18 in r/IpadAir
May 25, 2026 1:45 PM
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Air M1 upgrade to Air M4 isn't worth it.
Standby battery life has been utterly appalling for my Air 5 (M1), since I got it back in 2022. I don’t update, so that iPad still runs iPadOS 15. Standby battery life is garbage, oftentimes dropping 3-4% overnight. If you had older iPads, standby battery life used to be FAR better, and the iPads ju
...Feli18 in r/ipad
May 24, 2026 5:31 PM
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Portable ir hybrid tablet suggestions?
This does not have a good battery life, and is not as portable as you think. That being said, if you keep this plugged in wherever you use it, it's a full-blown Windows PC workhorse with a decent pen for artwork. Personally, I've have a Surface Pro 11, with recent adreno gpu drivers for Snapdragon X
...rippler7 in r/wacom
April 30, 2026 8:00 PM
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iPad running warm? These coolers are amazing
Jogo One State RP no meu IPad Air 5 M1 e esse jogo consegue ser um monstro sugador de bateria, mesmo jogando no mínimo de qualidade ele esquenta muito meu iPad. Acho que vou comprar um Flydigi b9x pro meu caso.
JellyLegitimate8809 in r/iPadPro
April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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