iPad Air 11-inch (M2)

Upgrades the compact Air with Apple M2 silicon, a landscape front camera, Apple Pencil Pro support, and doubled base storage of 128GB.

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What changed?

Apple M2 chip
8-core CPU (4 performance and 4 efficiency cores), 9-core or 10-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, and 100GB/s memory bandwidth; delivers nearly 50 percent faster overall performance than iPad Air with M1.
Silicon
Apple Pencil Pro compatibility
Adds support for Apple Pencil Pro features including squeeze gesture (triggering contextual palettes), barrel roll (utilizing an internal gyroscope for brush orientation), custom haptic feedback, and Apple Find My location tracking.
Ports
Apple Pencil hover
Displays an interactive preview of tool position and stroke dimensions up to 12 mm above the screen.
Display
Landscape 12MP Ultra Wide front camera
Front camera relocated to the horizontal long edge for centered sightlines and natural framing in landscape orientation and keyboard docks.
Camera
Doubled baseline storage
Entry capacity doubled from 64GB to 128GB (at the same $599 starting price), adding 512GB and 1TB storage tiers.
Storage
eSIM-only cellular architecture
Physical nano-SIM card slot omitted worldwide; cellular models exclusively use digital eSIM.
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 6E & Bluetooth 5.3
Upgraded tri-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless protocols.
Connectivity
Refreshed color finishes
Available in Blue, Purple, Starlight, and Space Gray.
Product

Apple Pencil (2nd generation) compatibility
Incompatible with Apple Pencil 2 due to relocated internal magnetic charging induction coils accommodating the landscape camera assembly.
Camera
Physical SIM tray
Completely retired across all global cellular models.
Connectivity

11-inch Liquid Retina display (LED-backlit IPS, 2360-by-1640 resolution at 264 ppi, 500…
11-inch Liquid Retina display (LED-backlit IPS, 2360-by-1640 resolution at 264 ppi, 500 nits brightness, P3 wide color, True Tone, fully laminated with anti-reflective coating).
Display
Top-button Touch ID capacitive biometric sensor
Top-button Touch ID capacitive biometric sensor.
Sensors
Magic Keyboard (for iPad Air and previous 11-inch iPad Pro) compatibility via Smart Con…
Magic Keyboard (for iPad Air and previous 11-inch iPad Pro) compatibility via Smart Connector.
Ports
6.1 mm thin aluminum unibody enclosure weighing 462 g
6.1 mm thin aluminum unibody enclosure weighing 462 g.
Design
USB-C port supporting 10 Gbps transfer speeds (USB 3.1 Gen 2)
USB-C port supporting 10 Gbps transfer speeds (USB 3.1 Gen 2).
Ports

Technology DNA

Fingerprint authentication introduced on iPhone 5s.

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