Apple iPad Air 10.9" 5th Generation Starlight 2022
The M1 chip with 8GB RAM delivers desktop-class speed in a 463g tablet with a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display featuring P3 wide color and anti-reflective coating. Center Stage on the 12MP Ultra Wide front camera auto-frames during video calls, and the device supports Apple Pencil (2nd gen) and Magic Keyboard for creative flexibility. It's ideal for digital illustrators and students needing a color-accurate canvas for sketching and annotation, though 64GB base storage may constrain large project work.
About This Tablet
The M1 chip with 8GB RAM delivers desktop-class speed in a 463g tablet with a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display featuring P3 wide color and anti-reflective coating. Center Stage on the 12MP Ultra Wide front camera auto-frames during video calls, and the device supports Apple Pencil (2nd gen) and Magic Keyboard for creative flexibility. It's ideal for digital illustrators and students needing a color-accurate canvas for sketching and annotation, though 64GB base storage may constrain large project work.
- CPU Apple
- RAM 8 GB
- Storage 64 GB
- Screen 10.9" 2360x1640
- OS Apple iPadOS
- Stylus
- Cellular
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong connectivity (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong feature (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong social proof (73th percentile) 73th
- Strong screen (73th percentile) 73th
Cons
- Below average storage (29th percentile) 29th
- Below average battery (31th percentile) 31th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple |
| Cores | 8 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR4 |
| Storage | 64 GB |
Display
| Size | 10.9" |
| Resolution | 2360 |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Cellular | Yes |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
Physical
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.0 lbs |
| OS | Apple iPadOS |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Air 10.9" 5th Generation | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | Xiaomi Pad 7 2410CRP4CG | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 2.8E+3 | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 8 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 64 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 256 | 512 |
| Screen | 10.9" 2360x1640 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | Apple iPadOS | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | true | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | - | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Air 10.9" 5th Generation | 61.9 | 63.5 | 66.2 | 72.8 | 30.9 | 84.2 | 29.1 | 96.5 | 73 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 63.3 | 97.8 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 96.5 | 97.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.8 | 50.1 |
| Xiaomi Pad 7 2410CRP4CG Compare | 96.7 | 95.8 | 66.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 52.8 | 83.5 | 78.8 | 87 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 72.4 | 47.6 |
Usage Scores
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