As announced a few days ago by TIM Cookearly March for Apple is the month of air, more specifically than the Air models. The house of Cupertino, however, instead of the highly anticipated MacBook Air M4which could be presented tomorrow, has decided to concentrate the attention of fans on the new version of the “light” iPad. The most powerful version will in fact mount the M3 chipguaranteeing respectable performance with extremely reduced consumption both in the 11 -inch version and in the 13 -inch version.
The keyboard designed specifically for apple tablets, with a new one Magic Keyboard more versatile and equipped with innovative functions. Apple’s hope is that the imminent presentation of Apple Intelligence In Italian, the new colors and prices confirmed with respect to the predecessor relaunches the sales of theiPad Airdespite the competition of the models based on Android is increasingly ferocious. So let’s see the news of this new model.
Confirmed prices, lots of power
Considered the Mongies following the launch of theiPhone 16e“Economic” only in name, the faithful of Apple will be happy to know that the prices of the models equipped with M3 chip They are confirmed: € 719 for the 11 “model, € 969 for the 13” one, which descend to 659 and 909 respectively for students or educators. THE’iPad Air It will be available in physical stores and online retailers authorized from Wednesday 12 March but can be preordained from today on the official Apple store. Apple Bob Borchers’ VP Marketing recalls how the “Unparalleled mix of performance, portability and compatibility with advanced accessories, all at an affordable price “ make the brother of the iPad family “PErfetto for anyone, from those who study at the university and take notes with Apple Pencil Pro to those who travel or create content and must be able to work best wherever they are “.
The introduction of the M3 chip And the fact that Apple remembers how it is up to 35% faster than the M1 mounted on the latest version of the iPad Air is clear indication of how to convince users to upgrade, which could affect the prices on the second -hand market and reconditioned. The version of SoC M3 of the AIR model is equipped with 8 CPU side cores and 9 core GPU side, which guarantees significant forwards from the point of view of graphic architecture, including Ray Tracing with hardware support. When used with professional applications, the new chip guarantees performance of 4 times higher than the models equipped with M1 both productivity side and in gaming, the market that Apple has been chasing for a few years. The leap in terms of performance is even more evident side of artificial intelligence, where the neural engine is up to 60% faster than the models based on chips designed for the furniture. The new iPad Air And “Designed for Apple Intelligence” But it will take time before understanding how the integration of the AI in the various applications will really work and if the privacy promised by Apple will really be bomb -proof.
Magic Keyboard and new iPad with A16
In beautiful evidence in the photos provided to the media by Apple is clearly the new Magic Keyboardrenewed in functions and price. The integrated trackpad is now wider while the 14 function keys allow access directly to many functions of the device. Interesting that, thanks to the Smart Connector, there is no need to combine it with the iPad via Bluetooth: just connect it and it is immediately recognized. The USB-C connector is also useful in the keyboard which allows you to recharge the way more orderly theiPad Air. The prices, unfortunately, always remain important: € 329 for the 11 “model, € 349 for the 13 -inch one.
The update of the Ipad base, which was equipped with the chip a16 And double the storage space in the basic model, a real Achilles heel for Apple. The transition from 13 promises a leap from the point of view of performance without damaging the autonomy, which should allow a quiet day of work. Compared to the previous version, Apple guarantees an increase of about 50% of the performance while the claim that the new one raises the eyebrow iPad base is “Up to 6 times faster than the best -selling Android tablet”.
Factizia aside, the 128 GB version of the iPad leaves for the model with only Wi-Fi of 409 € while the one equipped with 5G modem will start from € 579. We will see if it will be enough to convince users to choose this basic version of the tablet of Apple.
