Deal | Big price drop: Apple iPad Air 11 M2 with 512 GB storage hits lowest price ever

Apple unveiled 2025 iPad Air 11 and 13 earlier this year. We have reviewed both models and found them to be pretty good iPads, bringing fast performance, low emissions, and more. However, we contended that Apple has made the storage upgrades on the 2025 iPad Air models prohibitively expensive.

Take the smaller iPad Air 11 (2025) for example. The tablet starts at an accessible $549 for 128 GB storage. However, increasing the storage to 512 GB causes the iPad Air 11 M3 price to go above $1,000. So, if you are in the hunt for an iPad with a comfortable amount of storage, it makes more sense to shop for the Gen 6 Apple iPad Air (2024). This is especially true since, except for different SoCs, the iPad Air (2024) and iPad Air (2025) models are largely identical.

To that end, you can now buy the “Wi-Fi + Cellular” Apple iPad Air 11 (2024) with 512 GB of storage for just $799 (linked at the end of this article). This price is $250 lower than the $1,049 list price and matches the all-time low price from a few months ago. For reference, the Wi-Fi-only Apple iPad Air 11 (2025) with the M3 chip and 512 GB storage currently retails for $849 on Amazon.

Apple iPad Air 11 (2024) has excellent performance

The main draws of the Apple iPad Air 11 (2024) are the fast M2 SoC, a sleek-yet-sturdy design, good speakers, and low heat output. The 11-inch Liquid Retina IPS panel is also stellar with high brightness and accurate colors. We measured an average brightness of 474 nits and a maximum of 506 nits alongside 99% sRGB coverage.

Looking at the performance, the M2 SoC inside the iPad Air 11 (2024) made the tablet the fastest device in its category in our testing. So, users are unlikely to notice any slowdowns during regular operation. Moreover, thanks to the powerful GPU cores of the Apple M2, the iPad Air 11 (2024) is also a solid mobile gamer able to play games like Genshin Impact without a hitch.

Lastly, the more than 11 hours of Wi-Fi websurfing runtime make the Apple iPad Air 11 M2 a fantastic daily-use tablet.

Buy the Apple iPad Air 11 (2024) with 512 GB of storage on Amazon

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