iPad Air

Is the 5th Gen iPad Air (M1) still powerful enough today? Yes it is I found a used 64GB iPad Air 5 (M1) for the same price as a brand-new, sealed 128GB iPad 11 (A16). Do you think it's worth the trade-off? Do not get a 64 GB iPad in 2026

I have the same problem with my M1 iPad Air 64gb and that’s not a cheap or old device. Needed to delete almost everything just to install ios26 because it needs space for the old and the new OS at the same time (18+24gb =42 GB out of the 55 usable on the iPad)

The M1 iPad is obviously more powerful than the a16 iPad. However if you’re buying 2nd hand, the battery health might not be in the best condition. And you’ll have to make sure you buy the 256gb iPad, because 64gb won’t be enough. If you find one in good condition for a good price, go for it. The a1

this shit was the reason I sold my iPad Air 5 lol. Great device, M1 was so fast even up to point of sale but I could not deal with 64GB constantly

I’m having absolutely no issues on my M1 iPad Air. Although i do have less storage at 64GB so maybe it’s somehow related that the amount of apps you have affects it?

Honestly, get any iPad with an M chip in it. The general consensus seems to be that iPadOS isn’t even really capable of using the full power of it, and I’ve found that to be true. My iPad Air 5 with the M1 has never shown any signs of slowing down and I am consistently multitasking. My recommendatio

The only future-proofing you’ll be doing by getting more storage on an iPad would be for local AI or to hold more games on it. I used a 9.7” iPad Pro (the first small pro iPads) with 128 GB of storage for 5 years before I decided to upgrade to an M1 iPad version just because I wanted to do so. The o

I would say either an iPad with at least 256GB of storage, usb c port & support for either Apple Pencil 2 or Apple Pencil Pro So I would suggest either iPad Air (5th (M1), 6th (M2), 7th (m3) & 8th (m4)) or an iPad Pro (5th (M1), 6th (m2), 7th (M4) & 8th (M5)) I would strongly recommend m4 iPad Pro w

Maybe get a used last model Air that has 256gb storage. Really any of the M series chips is enough. That default 128gb gets pretty full when you start adding apps for art. If you have the money for new the M4 Air gets 12gb of RAM which will make it feel more responsive longer. I'm still on an M1 Air

OP says it's an M1 iPad Air which was released in 2022. I was surprised they released a 64GB model (I had to google it to check). It was kind of an asshole move of Apple to be selling 64GB iPads so recently. Especially when the M chips came to iPads and they were boasting about how powerful they wer