Apple iPad Air 11" M3 Purple 2025
The Apple M3 chip and 9-core GPU bring ray tracing and dynamic caching to a 460-gram tablet with 8GB RAM and 1TB storage, enabling desktop-class graphics on the go. Its 2360x1640 Liquid Retina display pairs with Apple Pencil Pro support and all-day battery life for a versatile creative canvas. This iPad Air is best for business professionals and design students who need portable performance with 5G connectivity for video editing and 3D work.
About This Tablet
The Apple M3 chip and 9-core GPU bring ray tracing and dynamic caching to a 460-gram tablet with 8GB RAM and 1TB storage, enabling desktop-class graphics on the go. Its 2360x1640 Liquid Retina display pairs with Apple Pencil Pro support and all-day battery life for a versatile creative canvas. This iPad Air is best for business professionals and design students who need portable performance with 5G connectivity for video editing and 3D work.
- CPU Apple M3
- RAM 8 GB
- Storage 256 GB
- Screen 11" 2360x1640
- OS iPadOS
- Stylus
- Battery wh 29
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong battery (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong feature (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong storage (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Apple M3 |
| Cores | 8 |
| GPU | Apple (9-Core) |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
| Expandable | No |
Display
| Size | 11" |
| Resolution | 2360 |
| Panel | Liquid Retina |
| Refresh Rate | 60 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6E |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| USB-C | 1 |
| Cellular | No |
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 | iPadOS |
Value & Pricing
Price History
vs Competition
| Spec | Apple iPad Air 11" M3 | 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 M3 | 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) | 256 | 256 | 128 | 1024 | 256 | 512 |
| Screen | 11" 2360x1640 | 14.6" 2960x1848 | 12.7" 2944x1840 | 13" 2880x1920 | 11.2" 3200x2136 | 11" |
| OS | iPadOS | Android 16 | Android 14 | Windows 11 | Android 14 HyperOS | Android 15 |
| Stylus | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Cellular | false | false | true | false | false | true |
| Battery (Wh) | 29 | - | - | 47 | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Screen | Battery | Feature | Storage | User Sentiment | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple iPad Air 11" M3 | 73.5 | 73.1 | 66.2 | 77 | 95.7 | 84.2 | 83.5 | 76.8 | 78.8 | 97.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra SM-X930NZAAXAR Compare | 97.3 | 96.3 | 81.2 | 95.9 | 93.3 | 86.5 | 73.7 | 94.9 | 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 | 53.3 | 96.5 | 97.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Pro EP2-20077 Compare | 74.4 | 93 | 97.5 | 98.2 | 99 | 84.2 | 98.3 | 0 | 93.8 | 49.4 |
| Xiaomi Pad 7 2410CRP4CG Compare | 96.7 | 95.8 | 66.2 | 98.6 | 86.2 | 52.8 | 83.5 | 88.1 | 78.8 | 86.7 |
| HOTWAV R9 Ultra 5G R9 Ultra 5G Compare | 94.3 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 43 | 30.9 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 94.9 | 72.4 | 47.1 |
Usage Scores
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