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If you’ve been waiting for a good deal on an iPad with one of the Apple M-Series, now seems like a good time to take the plunge. The M2-Powered 11-inch iPad Air has . That’s $100 off the regular price and just a hair above the record low of $498.
Each colorway drops to $549 or $559, but you can get the full discount if you activate the clippable coupon.
The 11-inch M2 iPad Air has dropped to nearly a record-low price. The tablet can be yours for $500, which is a $100 discount.
This deal is for the base model with 128GB of storage (double the base storage from the previous gen) and no cellular connection, although there is support for Wi-Fi 6E. You also get 8GB of RAM.
We gave the M2 iPad Air Air, without hesitation a year ago, A . This is our choice . It hits the sweet spot between performance, features and price – more than thought of this deal. It offers better future proofing compared to the entry level drop, as more features and apps are only powered by series chips and newer series.
For basic functions such as web browsing and video streaming, performance is not really an issue. M2 iPad Air supports features, as well as demanding games Reality of Death and the Resident Evil 4 Remake.
You should get about 10 hours of battery life on a single charge. There’s no face ID here, but a touch ID fingerprint scanner is built into the power button. Another positive is that Apple avoids the front camera to face the side of the tablet, making calls to face Landscape Mode. The M2 iPad Air is compatible with the Apple Pencil Pro, but not the second gen pencil.
One of our main complaints about the M2 iPad Air is that it has an LCD display with a 60hz refresh rate. It’s not as smooth or vibrant as the 120hz Oled you’ll find on the latest iPad pro. Still, it’s a bright, sharp screen. However you slice it, the M2 iPad Air is an excellent tablet.
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