iPad Air

Apple has way too many iPad models. iPad Air should be the base iPad at $399. The lineup should be Air, Pro, Mini. I really enjoy my M1 Air but I waited until it dropped to $399. There’s no way I can justify getting it at $599, even the new M4 that just came out… the screen is my biggest gripe and t

I wouldn't call going from iPad Air M1 to iPad A16 an "upgrade" (less RAM, less processing power, no laminated display, etc) But if it works for you, it works.

Actually during last year I ditched iPhone in favour of Android and completely abandoned Windows for Mac :P For me its fine. I'm not using Safari anyway. All I need is browser history sync. If I need to send files I use localSend so yeah, for me that famous synergy is not big deal. Same for tablet.

Performance wise the Air will be better, but the display will make the device feel slower than the Pro. I had an iPad Air M1 and I almost never used it due to how unsatisfying it was to look at the 60hz LCD display. I have an OLED monitor on my PC, MiniLED display on my MBP, and a 17 Pro Max, so the

Honestly you might benefit more from a 12.9-inch M1 or M2 iPad Pro. You get a (still) stunning miniLED display, 120Hz, Face ID, and more performance than your use case would ever call for, all for around the same price as the new iPad Air.

Going off on a tangent here: Having tried the A16 iPad, I would’ve much rather have gotten the A18 Pro chip on the iPad Air. Battery life is atrocious on my M1. The reports for the M2 through M5 are the same. The iPad lineup is suffering from confusing naming schemes and even weirder specs. The Air

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the iPad Air, but if you’ve used an iPad Pro before, you give up a lot going back to an Air even if it’s a newer model with a more performant chip. I enjoyed using my M1 iPad Pro way more than I did using my partner’s M3 iPad Air. I cannot get used to the halved

Get a refurbished iPad Air instead. Look I know it sounds dumb, but I have used the a16 iPad for exactly 1 year for studying and I have traded it with m1 iPad Air 3 weeks ago. The a16 iPad was great, and pretty fast with everything I was trying to do, BUT the screen was horrible. A non-laminated dis

Yeah honestly I have both the 11th-gen and the M1 iPad Air and I couldn’t care less about screen differences. I’ve compared them side-by-side and the difference for me is negligible.

I disagree - iPad is a unique form factor, and I understand if it doesn’t work for everyone. You don’t have to bring it with you, choose the laptop or the tablet for the task. iPad pro’s promotion 120hz is important if you use Apple Pencil, and overall smoother especially if your other devices are 1