iPad Air M3 review: A modest update that's still easy to recommend

The iPad Air still hits the sweet spot in Apple ’s tablet lineup, offering a lot of additional features over the basic iPad while keeping a relatively affordable price.

It has a new Magic Keyboard modeled after the much-improved one that was introduced alongside the iPad Pro M4 .

It's still wildly expensive — $ 269 for the 11-inch iPad Air and $ 319 for the 13-inch model.

However, a $ 2,00 keyboard is also $ 30 cheaper than the one it replaces.

The iPad Pro M4 has a much better OLED display with a higher refresh rate and better speakers and microphones.

The screen refreshes at up to 120Hz, the same as others that Apple brands as ProMotion -capable, and max brightness when watching movies was 1,000 nits.

It's hard to imagine Apple sticking with 60Hz screens for most of their products much longer.

At this point, Face ID really does not feel like a “Pro” feature.

The new iPad with the A16 chip is also better than its predecessor because Apple has fixed a number of issues with it since 2022 .

The price is lower, storage is doubled and the dumb Lightning Pencil charging situation is now gone.