More power at the same price: Apple IPad Air donates M3 and new Magic Keyboard 34 comments
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As expected yesterday, Apple Today a new iPad Air with M3 chip and a revised Magic Keyboard. Prices and colors remain unchanged, Apple However, the intelligence should convince to buy.
The new iPad Air with M3 chip
The new iPad Air builds on the iPad Air with an M2 chip from the spring of 2024. In addition, the Air is available with an 11 “and 13” liquid retina display (IPS) with a refresh rate of 60 Hz and with support for the Apple Pencil Pro, as well as touch ID in the power button. The design also remains uniform and resembles the iPad pros. The wallpapers on the product images are also the same as the same colors offered with space gray, blue, purple and polar star.
M3 chip replaces M2 chip
So it is only new in the core: the M3 chip, which is previously only known from MacBooks. Apple Promises a boost through the chip upgrade, but compares the M3 with the significantly older M1 from 2020 in the press release. From a feeling of comparison of M2 and M3, tests of MacBook Air with M3-Chip can be examined, here the editorial team found only a small improvement in the CPU area, but with excellent efficiency.
Apple M3 chip (image: Apple)
However, a basic argument for the M3 is in the GPU area: This takes hardware accelerated ray tracing on the iPad Air for the first time. This should lead to better lighting effects, reflections and CO in games.
Benefits for AI applications
The group also points out that the M3 chip has a much more powerful Neural Engine (NPU), through which Apple Intelligence and other AI tasks should transition from hand to hand more quickly. Apple Intelligence also starts in Germany from April to use the functions, but an iPad Air with M1 chip is also sufficient.
New keyboard skin
The new iPad Air comes with a new Magic Keyboard. The trackpad was enlarged and a series for function keys like with the iPad Pro keyboard was introduced. Like the predecessor, it can be attached to the iPad magnetically and, as usual, provides a USB-C connection for charging so that the iPad’s connection can be used otherwise.
Unlike the Magic Keyboard of the iPad Pro Apple However, on an aluminum covering around the keyboard, as well as a backlight. The new Magic Keyboard is only available in white and compatible with iPad Air with M3, M2, M1-Chip and A16 from 2020.
Pricing and availability
The iPad Air with M3-Chip starts from 699 euros for 128 GB of memory with 11 “” Diagonal Screen. The most expensive model is again available for 1,749 euros, but then includes 1 TB Memory, 5G support and a 13 “screen. The new Magic Keyboard costs 329 euros for the 11″ model and 349 euros for 13”. The keyboard and iPad will be delivered from March 12.
Model memory without 5g with 5 g ipad air 11 “2025 128 GB 699 Euros 869 Euros 256 GB 829 Euros 512 GB 1,079 Euros 1 TB 1,329 Euros iPad Air 13“ 2025 128 GB 1,119 Euros 256 gb 1,249 Euros 512 gb 1,329 EURO 1,499 EURO 1,749 euro topics: Apple
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