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Apple iPad Air M4 review: a little bit faster now

The newest iPad Air is a chip bump iPad - maybe the chip-bump-iest iPad Air yet. Inside this new machine are, in fact, three upgraded chips compared to last year's model: an M4 processor, a C1X cellular modem, and an N1 chip that brings the Air Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support. That is […]

Apple iPad Air M4 review: a little bit faster now
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For the record: if you’re getting an iPad Air, you should also get the keyboard case. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

The newest iPad Air is a chip bump iPad - maybe the chip-bump-iest iPad Air yet. Inside this new machine are, in fact, three upgraded chips compared to last year's model: an M4 processor, a C1X cellular modem, and an N1 chip that brings the Air Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread support. That is the entire list of upgrades on this year's device.

Apple talks about the Air in a very straightforward way: it's where Apple's top-line tech goes after it's retired from the iPad Pro, typically once Apple has a better version available and can produce the existing version with more scale and cost-efficiency. Does that make the iPad Air as much a produ …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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