Apple Unveils iPad Air 2024: New Features, Pricing, and More!

Apple just released the new one iPad Air 2024 presented. For the first time, the tablet is available in two sizes – and that’s not the only thing that has changed. Find out what’s new about the iPad Air 2024!

After a year of iPad drought (not a single new iPad will be released in 2023), the Apple Store has two brand new tablets. They were announced on Tuesday afternoon at an Apple event.

The iPad Air 2024 succeeds the fifth generation iPad Air and is immediately available for purchase. It is not a strict upgrade, but the Air has been improved in several areas. Also nice: the starting price is much lower than before, while you get more storage back. Below we will take you through the changes in the sixth generation iPad Air.

If you want the biggest iPad, you don’t need to get a Pro anymore. As usual, there is an 11-inch version, but the iPad Air 2024 is also available in a 13-inch version. This means that the largest iPad Air has the same size as the most expensive one for iPad Pro 2024. The larger Air offers 30 percent more screen space than its smaller brother.

Apart from the screen size, the 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air are almost identical. There is a difference in sound quality: the larger iPad has twice as much.

There are no major design changes. Again, the iPad Air has an aluminum body with flat, rounded edges that wrap around the screen. The black edges of the iPad Air have always been slightly wider than the Pro brother – and that is still the case.

Like its predecessor, the iPad Air is available in a range of pastel colours. In addition to gray space (kind of black) and starlight (almost white), you can choose from a version in blue or purple.

There are hardly any external changes, although the selfie camera has been given a new purpose. If you place the iPad Air on its side (which most of us usually do), the camera will be at the top center of the iPad, rather than on the side. This way you are centered on the screen when FaceTiming, instead of suddenly being on the side.

The iPad Air still only has one camera (wide angle) on the back. There were rumors about a new camera island, but the design looks the same as before. Unfortunately the specifications of the camera have remained the same. You can take selfies using a 12-megapixel ultra-wide lens and take photos or movies on the back with a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens.

Apple has – of course – also enhanced the iPad Air with a more powerful chip. The iPad Air 2024 is powered by an M2 processor. The chip was first released in 2022, and is almost two years old. For even more muscle, make the jump to the iPad Pro, featuring the latest M4.

The question is whether you need that power. The iPad Air 2022 with M1 was also powerful, and with the M2 it has become 50% faster, according to Apple. It is surprising that Apple once again emphasizes that it is a powerful tool for AI, so it seems that the company mentions new AI functions in iOS 18.

The iPad Air 2024 supports the new Apple Pencil Pro. The style has been improved in several ways compared to its predecessor. For example, it has a hover function and pressure and tilt sensitivity.

The iPad Air has also been updated with Bluetooth 5.3, which contributes to a better connection with Bluetooth devices and a more energy-efficient battery. Wi-Fi 6E is also present, which allows the tablet to connect to faster 6GHz WiFi networks.

Perhaps the best of it is the price of the iPad Air 2024. Before that, you paid 790 euros for the 11-inch iPad Air in the Netherlands. now equal to 719 Euro. And you get more storage back: 128 instead of 64 GB. You can expand this to 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB.

The larger 13-inch version costs 250 euros more. Just how much you pay for the iPad Air depends on the storage you choose, the screen size and whether or not Cellular (mobile data) is available.

The iPad Air is immediately available for purchase through the online Apple Store. The device will be available in stores and delivered to your home from Wednesday, May 15.