![]() It works quite well and is a bit of fun when using FaceTime or compatible apps, especially if you get up and start moving round the room. This allows the the camera to zoom in and centre on your face, or even zoom out to a wide view to include a number of people in the frame. The extra width is designed to work in tandem with Apple’s Centre Stage video conferencing feature. On the front is a 12MP ultra-wide camera, with a f/2.4 aperture. There are two new cameras on the 5th generation Air. The Air’s is just 60Hz, but this is still completely fine for scrolling pages, drawing and playing games. ![]() Mini-LED produces brighter colors and deeper blacks and is very nice to look at when watching movies.Īlso, the Air’s screen doesn’t get the iPad Pro’s 120Hz ProMotion technology, which makes for buttery smooth scrolling as the image is redrawn 120 times per second. Given that the iPad Pro is more expensive, we weren’t surprised that the Air’s screen is the IPS-type and not the higher-end mini-LED. The display also has a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating but we could still see fingerprints when the screen was switched off. It has an anti-reflective coating too, which we compared to the 2020 iPad Pro 12.9 in model, and they both reflected about the same amount of light when illuminated with a torch. The screen includes True Tone and P3 wide Colour so it’s a good match for photo editors, artists and designers. The 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display is very sharp and clear with 264 pixels per inch and a 2360 x 1640 resolution. The larger 12.9-inch iPad Pro would get you closer to a true laptop replacement. Using the trackpad is fantastic, as it operates just like a MacBook trackpad, however, the 10.9 inch screen is a little cramped to really take advantage of iPadOS’s multi-tasking. The Magic Keyboard does add weight and thickness however. ![]() The keyboard action is comfortable and the hinge is solid and never flimsy. There’s an extra USB-C port on it too for recharging and connecting to peripherals. It’s a handy way to package up the Air and make it more laptop like. We used the Magic Keyboard, which has a trackpad, keyboard, front and rear cover. It also connect to new Magic Keyboards, Smart Keyboard Folios and Smart Folio cases. Speaking of accessories, since the iPad Air’s shape stays the same, it will still work with cases and keyboards for the old model. We used Adobe Fresco to test this out and didn’t experience any redraw lag when using complex brushes. ![]() Drawing with the Apple Pencil (version 2) also felt good. Video editing was quick and snappy using iMovie when cutting together two 4K clips. We played Genshin Impact, which is a very graphics intensive game, and found moving the camera view to be very smooth with no frame dropping or studdering issues. Apps launched quickly, scrolling and swiping felt smooth and responsive. Real world useĪs expected, there were no performance issues when multi-tasking or switching between applications. It’s interesting that the iPad Pro is still a tad faster than the Air, even though they use the same chip. Here’s a quick table of our findings using Geekbench, comparing the CPU (chip) performance: GeekBench CPU Test So, even though the A13 is newer, and is clocked at about the same frequency (3.2GHz), it’s not nearly as fast. Compared to the A15 Bionic chip found in the iPhone 13 Pro, the M1 has two additional high-performance cores and three extra GPU cores. Looking deeper into the M1 chip in the new Air, this has eight processing cores, four of which are for high performance, and four are efficiency cores. The company also claims it is twice as fast as the best windows laptop in its price range. Apple says that the new iPad Air has 60 percent more performance than the old model, with twice the speed of the fastest competitive tablet. Given the Air’s price point of $929, the chip brings a whole lot more bang for your buck. This is very important for mobile devices and laptops because poor battery life is a definite deal breaker. It started from the drawing board and was able to make a chip that was significantly more powerful, while using much less power. Why is Apple’s M1 chip a big deal? In a nutshell, Apple decided to make its own ‘silicon’ rather than rely on the chips used in other computer brands. The best part is that the iPad Air is $270 less than the iPad Pro, but gets exactly the same M1 chip. And since iPads have traditionally used the same or slightly more powerful versions of iPhone chips, it’s a big deal to see a full-blown computer chip in an iPad.
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