Apple iPad Air 13 2025
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Secondary Camera: 12 MPix f/2.0, flash
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Average of 5 scores (from 14 reviews)
Reviews for the Apple iPad Air 13 2025
The iPad Air has been given a processor upgrade in 2025: the Apple M3 now delivers the power and should make the tablet one of the fastest on the market. In our test, we took a look at what else Apple has come up with to keep its 12.9-inch tablet up-to-date.
Source: BGR
Here’s the thing: Apple isn’t making base iPads or iPad Airs for the kinds of people who want to upgrade their tablet every single year. From that perspective, the iPad Air M3 makes total sense. If you have an iPad Air M2 or even an M1 model, you shouldn’t buy the iPad Air M3. Instead, if your seven or eight-year-old iPad has slowed down enough to where you can’t get what you want from it anymore, then the iPad Air M3 is an excellent upgrade. This tablet will last years to come, just like your previous one did. Sure, you could buy a used M2 model if you want, but spending that extra bit of cash for the M3 variant will likely ensure that your shiny new tablet lasts that extra bit longer down the line.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/16/2025
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Hardware Zone
The new MacBook Air may not be as seminal a machine as the recently updated Mac Mini, but it’s easily one of the best MacBook Airs Apple has ever released. It’s powerful, well-built, thin and light, has a long battery life, and is even cheaper than the model it replaces. Furthermore, it now comes with 16GB of memory as standard, which addresses one of our longest-standing and biggest issues with Apple’s base configuration MacBooks. However, it’s not perfect. The Liquid Retina display is starting to look outdated now given that most Windows laptops are steadily transitioning to OLED displays. Throttling can be an issue on longer or more intensive workloads. Also, having just 256GB and two USB-C ports is a bit miserly. Thankfully, none of these are dealbreakers and don’t detract from the fact that, for most people, the MacBook Air is all the MacBook they’ll need.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/16/2025
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 95% performance: 90% mobility: 95% workmanship: 85%
Source: Max Tech
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/14/2025
Source: Tom's Guide
In this video, Tony unboxes the new MacBook Air M4 which, if you check out the full MacBook Air M4 13” review linked below, you’ll see that it’s the best MacBook for 2025. That’s thanks to the performance quality for a price *reduction*, which Mark will talk about in his upcoming episode of Buy or Skip so don’t forget to subscribe if you want to check his full thoughts and benchmarks out. Otherwise, this unboxing will take you through what to expect when you get a new MacBook Air, from what’s inside the box to the biggest upgrades Tony is excited about.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/11/2025
Source: CNet
Apple removed the "iPad Air" from the back of this iPad Air. There's just an Apple logo now. Maybe it's a sign. Air doesn't mean anything right now in Apple's iPad universe. The Air is very good, and at the right config, this could very well be the futureproofed, more affordable iPad that's perfect for you -- especially if you're interested in pushing the iPad hard for tools that will need the M3 performance. Don't overspend, and you'll be happy. What do I really want here? I've said it before, I'd like these lovely keyboarded, powerful iPads to become Macs at the touch of a button. That would help me. And, sure, an OLED display would be nice. But the Air covers all the rest of the bases I'd ever need. I just can't justify them being super expensive if they're not ready to make the leap into MacOS convertibles, too.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2025
Source: Emkwan Reviews
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2025
Source: Zdnet.com
More quietly than the iPad Air's announcement, Apple also updated its iPad base model to launch the 11th-generation iPad. This new iPad will be available on March 12, starting at $349, though it is open for pre-order now. Unlike the iPad Air, the 11th-generation iPad won't support Apple Intelligence, as it boasts an A16 Bionic chip. Apple Intelligence is only available on A17 Bionic chip devices and M1 and newer devices.
Comparison, online available, Short, Date: 03/06/2025
Foreign Reviews
Source: Futurezone.at
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/26/2025
Source: RP-Online
DE→ENComparison, online available, Long, Date: 03/22/2025
Source: Hipertextual
ES→ENPositive: High performance; compact size; light weight; modern design; stereo speakers. Negative: High price; 8GB RAM only.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/10/2025
Source: HDblog.it
IT→ENSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/14/2025
Rating: features: 58%
Source: Quotidiano Hardware Upgrade
IT→ENPositive: Powerful processor; high performance; smart Apple Pencil Pro; high mobility; good price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/10/2025
Source: Les Numeriques
FR→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/12/2025
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 100% display: 80% mobility: 40% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Presse Citron
FR→ENComparison, online available, Medium, Date: 03/12/2025
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 70% performance: 90% mobility: 90% workmanship: 50%
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Apple M3 9-Core GPU: Graphics card designed by Apple itself in the Apple M3 SoC and, according to Apple, with nine of the ten cores. Supports dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing.
Modern games should be playable with these graphics cards at low settings and resolutions. Casual gamers may be happy with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
M3: System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that integrates 8 CPU cores (4 performance cores with up to 3.5 GHz and 4 efficiency cores at up to 2.4 GHz), 16 + 4 MB Level 2 cache and unified memory controller that supports up to 24 GB LPDDR5-6400 RAM (100 GB/s throughput). » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
12.90":
This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.
The same applies to tablets in this size range.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Apple: Apple is a US company founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, the company is known for its innovative products such as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch, and manufactures computers and consumer electronics as well as operating systems and application software. Apple is also a leading provider of software and services such as the App Store, iTunes and iCloud.
Apple has earned a reputation as a company that focuses on design and ease of use. As for their notebooks, they are mostly in the high-priced segment, have their own operating system, but also run Windows on the newer Macbooks.
Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world and has a loyal following of customers and fans. The company also has a strong presence in the entertainment industry, with services like Apple Music and Apple TV+. In 2023, Apple had an approximate 8% market share of global PC sales, ranking it 4th after Lenovo, HP, and Dell.
78.08%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
