Apple IPad Air, 16GB, Wifi, 9.7 in LCD (White with Silver) (Renewed)

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Delivery excludes selected postcodes in Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Scottish Highlands & Islands, Northern Ireland, Scottish Highlands and Channel Islands (excl. Isle of Man). Grade A: Refurbished item in Very Good condition, with some slight blemishes but, overall, close to pristine. See full details for more information. USB‑C to Apple Pencil Adapter required to work with iPad (10th generation). Subject to availability. With the Apple M1 chip inside, the performance of the iPad Air (2022) is significantly better than the previous model across both graphics and productivity tasks. Grade C: Refurbished item in Acceptable condition, with clear signs of consistent long-term use. See full details for more information.

So no, it isn’t the pinnacle of display perfection, but for the money this is still a very impressive display.

iPad Air (4th generation)

Essentially, what this means is that the iPad Air is just as good a laptop replacement as its more powerful siblings. If you can find the software to replace your Mac/Windows apps in the App Store, it’s a great do-it-all machine and it eats 4K video-editing tasks for breakfast. I’m yet to receive the Tab S8 in for review, so can’t yet put up comparison benchmarks but, based on results we’ve seen from other Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 devices, I don’t expect the speeds to overhaul those of the iPad Air (2022). Sometimes all you need is a chip upgrade - Apple's 2022 refresh to their iPad Air lineup brings the much-discussed and celebrated Apple M1 SoC that brings a wealth of performance improvements all around that puts this new Air nearly at the same level of speed as their superior offering from the previous year, the Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021). The new chip is so good, in fact, that the 2022 iPad Air even stays relatively competitive when compared against the other M1-based Macs such as the 2021 MacBook Pro and the 2020 Mac Mini. On top of that, it also comes with the 5G support for an additional price. No Major Design Changes That’s not due to any new feature or advancement – the 2022 iPad Air uses technology you’ll have seen on other products before – but the deployment of the M1 processor in such an affordable tablet means this is now the cheapest way to access Apple’s much-lauded new silicon.

Still, if you need the performance, there’s loads on tap here. Below is a selection of benchmark results, all of which show the iPad Air 5 ahead of both its predecessor and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 by a significant margin. It’s also not far behind the M1 12.9in iPad Pro and the M1 Mac mini. Two years on and it’s very much the same story, except that the latest iteration – the 5th generation iPad Air – is arguably closer in specifications and capabilities to the 11in iPad Pro than ever before.

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As we’ve come to expect from Apple, the iPad Air is made from a single piece of aluminium, with a glass front. Available in Space Grey and White to match the colours of the iPhone 5S, the iPad Air, alongside its successor (which barely changes in terms of outward appearances) is the best-looking tablet around. More than that, it also feels extremely tough and durable thanks to its metal construction, giving it a major advantage over the countless plastic Android tablets also vying for your cash. Screen If that sounds reasonable, bear in mind that to turn the iPad Air into the ultraportable, do-it-all laptop it deserves to be, you need to budget extra for a keyboard case and, if you want an official Apple keyboard, you’re going to have to be prepared to fork out a fair amount. The one issue I have is that the 64GB base storage is rather mean. It won’t take long to fill that up, especially if you’re a gamer or work with large files, so I’d recommend upgrading to the 128GB model if you can afford it.

What you do get, though, is a colour-accurate IPS panel with a measured peak brightness of 489cd/m² (Apple quotes 500 nits) and a contrast ratio of 1,356:1. There’s also full lamination so there are no internal reflections to wash out the display in bright conditions, and it has a highly effective anti-reflective coating. Refurbished item in Good (Grade B) condition, with a few visible signs of wear-and-tear but, overall, in good shape. See full details for more information. The displays have rounded corners. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the iPad Pro 12.9‑inch screen is 12.9 inches, the iPad Pro 11‑inch screen is 11 inches, the iPad Air screen is 10.86 inches, the iPad screen is 10.86 inches and the iPad mini screen is 8.3 inches. Actual viewable area is less.

Very Good (Grade A): Very well looked after and, as such, close to pristine. You might notice some slight blemishes on close inspection but, by and large, the product is in great condition. Functionality isn’t affected in the slightest, though - everything works perfectly!