Apple updated iPad Air with M3 chip and new magic keyboard
It was Less than a year As Apple updates the iPad Air but the company uses another opportunity to speed up things Add chip m3 to the mixture. The new iPad Air is still available in 11- and 13-inch sizes and starts at the same price as the previous model-$ 599 for the 11-inch and $ 799 for the 13-inch. It also works with a revised magic keyboard, similar to the one introduced Apple last May with an iPad Pro.
This is definitely a strange update, given that Apple usually does not upgrade its iPad on an annual basis at this point. And the M3 vs. M2, which would not have made much difference for most users-IPAD AIR already working with Apple Intelligence, and the M-Series chip also allows it to use the more modern mode of stage manager. I guess moving to the M3 means that Apple can approach one step to winding the M2 production.
Most other specifications look identical to last year’s model. The 11- and 13-inch displays are the same resolution and are still stuck at the 60Hz refresh rate, although they are fully laminated to the glass and have an anti-reflective coating, unlike the main iPad screen (which was also Just updated). It still uses the Touch ID of the power button rather than the face of the face, and the storage (which starts at 128 GB) remains unchanged. As usual, you can get 5G wireless options for an additional $ 150.
Surprisingly, Apple has reduced the cost of the updated magic keyboard-now starts at $ 269 for the 11-inch and $ 319 for $ 3,19, $ 30 less than in both cases. This is a easier and smaller keyboard than the one that replaces, and adds an extremely comfortable function key to the top. There are several differences in the keyboard compared to the iPad Pro. This is not backlighting and Trackpad has no haptic feedback. However, this is a certain step to the older model it offers to Apple and at a better price. This said it was identical in size to the M2 model, so the older magic keyboard should work without a problem.
Pre -orders start today and the new iPad Air will be delivered on March 12. If you were curious, it seems that it is available in the same four colors as the latest model: Space Gray, Starlight Silver, Purple and Blue.
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