Apple iPad Air With M3 Review: The Odd Man Out for iPads

An iPad Air refresh shouldn’t provide much room for rumination. Boiled down, the latest version, even with an upgraded M3 processor, is still the same mid-range Apple tablet. It comes in a range of nice colors, it’s light, and it’s powerful enough for most tasks you would use your tablet for. And still, even when I bring it out for all my usual tasks, I can’t help thinking the latest iPad Air is less the middle child of Apple’s tablet lineup but the odd duckling struggling to find a niche. iPad Air 2025 with M3 It's a refresh to Apple's solid mid-range tablet, but it lacks the versatility, power, or price of its other iPads. Pros Nice, bright display Nice, bright display New Magic Keyboard is a good upgrade from previous gen New Magic Keyboard is a good upgrade from previous gen Good performance uptick over M1 iPad Air Cons Very minimal performance upgrade over 2024 iPad Air Very minimal performance upgrade over 2024 iPad Air Still not as thin and light as iPad Pro, despite the nam ... Read full article.