The New iPad Air Is Faster With M3, but It’s Still Not as Thin as the iPad Pro

The new iPad Air has floated down from Apple’s spaceship headquarters in Cupertino, California. As CEO Tim Cook said Monday, “there’s something in the air.” Still, you may not be surprised to learn it looks very similar to last year’s model, though now it should be faster with an M3 chip rather than last year’s M2. The 2025 model of the iPad Air starts at $600 for the 11-inch version and $800 for the 13-inch variant. Both come with M3 chips, the last-gen silicon featured in the 2024 MacBooks. Apple skipped a generation for its iPad Pro, shoving an M4 chip inside the 2025 model along with its ultra-thin frame sporting a pretty OLED display. The new Airs, by comparison, include a similar thin frame to last year’s rendition. Then there’s the new iPad updated with the A16 chip. The 10th-gen iPad’s new chip includes a 5-core CPU and 4-core GPU, alongside Apple’s 16-core neural engine. It was first featured in the iPhone 14 Pro and later came to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The extra ... Read full article.