iPad Air 13-inch M2 (Wi-Fi) – Good
In May 2024 Apple for the first time released a larger iPad Air 13-inch with the M2 chip. Features include Apple Pencil hover, a landscape front-facing camera, storage configurable up to 1TB, faster Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3, and support for the Apple Pencil Pro. Available in four colours – Space Grey, Starlight, Purple, and Blue.
Spec
Display 13-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina display 2372-by-2048 resolution, LED backlit with IPS technology, True Tone, wide colour (P3), 600 nits brightness and support for Apple Pencil (USB-C) and Apple Pencil Pro
Chip Apple M2 chip with 8-core CPU (4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores), 9-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine and 8GB RAM
Camera Back 12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture, Autofocus with Focus Pixels, Smart HDR 4 Front Landscape 12MP Ultra Wide camera, ƒ/2 aperture, Retina Flash with True Tone, Smart HDR 4
Video Recording 4K video recording at up to 60fps, slo-mo video up to 240 fps, cinematic video stabilisation
Microphone Dual microphones
Wireless WiFi 6E (802.11ax) with 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.3 and iBeacon microlocation
Sensors Touch ID (integrated into top button), three-axis gyro, accelerometer, barometer and ambient light sensor
Features Apple Pay and Siri
Display Support Supports one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz, up to 4K AirPlay mirroring with Apple TV (2nd gen or newer) or AirPlay enabled TV
Size and Weight (H)280.6 by (W)214.9 by (D)6.1mm, weighing 617g
Boring Stuff Model Identifier: iPad14,10 – Model Number: A2898 (EMC 8394)
Space Grey
MV273 (128GB) MV2D3 (256GB) MV2J3 (512GB) MV2P3 (1TB)
Starlight
MV293 (128GB) MV2G3 (256GB) MV2L3 (512GB) MV2R3 (1TB)
Purple
MV2C3 (128GB) MV2H3 (256GB) MV2N3 (512GB) MV2T3 (1TB)
Blue
MV283 (128GB) MV2F3 (256GB) MV2K3 (512GB) MV2Q3 (1TB)
Environment Report
Performance
Geekbench 6 Single-core – 2590
Geekbench 6 Multi-core – 9898
Geekbench Metal – 41314
