Apple iPad Air 11" M4 Starlight 2026
The 10-core M4 chip and 11-inch Liquid Retina display with P3 wide color deliver smooth performance and vivid, reflection-free visuals. Its lightweight 463g design and Wi-Fi 7 make it an ultra-portable tool for fast file transfers, while Apple Intelligence adds on-device AI privacy. It’s best for digital illustrators and design students who need precise Apple Pencil Pro input and long battery life for creative sessions.
About This Tablet
The 10-core M4 chip and 11-inch Liquid Retina display with P3 wide color deliver smooth performance and vivid, reflection-free visuals. Its lightweight 463g design and Wi-Fi 7 make it an ultra-portable tool for fast file transfers, while Apple Intelligence adds on-device AI privacy. It’s best for digital illustrators and design students who need precise Apple Pencil Pro input and long battery life for creative sessions.
- CPU Apple M4
- RAM 12 GB
- Storage 256 GB
- Screen 11" 2360x1640
- OS Apple iPadOS
- Stylus
- Cellular
- Battery wh 29
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong battery (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong cpu (93th percentile) 93th
- Strong gpu (92th percentile) 92th
- Strong connectivity (92th percentile) 92th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M4 |
| Cores | 10 |
| GPU | Apple (9-Core) |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | UFS |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 11" |
| Resolution | 2360 |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 6.0 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Cellular | Yes |
Features
| Stylus Support | Yes |
| Stylus Model | Apple Pencil Pro |
| Fingerprint Reader | Yes |
| Face Unlock | No |
Physical
| Weight | 0.5 kg / 1.0 lbs |
| Battery | 29 Wh |
| OS | Apple iPadOS |
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Air 11" M4 | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR | Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro | Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 | Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO | HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Apple M4 | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Processor (3.35 GHz ) | 5 GHz intel_core_ultra_7 | 3000 MHz | 2.3 GHz |
| RAM (GB) | 12 | 12 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 24 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 512 | 512 |
| Screen | 11" 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) | 29 | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Air 11" M4 | 93.4 | 91.9 | 81.2 | 77 | 95.7 | 91 | 83.5 | 91.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 63.3 |
| Lenovo Idea Tab Pro Idea Tab Pro Compare | 83.3 | 82.2 | 77.5 | 91.9 | 91.2 | 99.8 | 64.9 | 96.5 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 93.8 |
| Xiaomi Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Xiaomi Pad 7 PRO Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 65.7 | 89.5 | 78.8 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 72.4 |
Usage Scores
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