Apple iPad Air 4

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Design iPad Air 4

iPad Air 4 owns the same frame as iPad Pro with thinner screen borders on all four sides, no more traditional Home button. Especially this year’s iPad Air 4 has up to 4 different colors, including space gray, rose gold, green and blue.

The Touch ID fingerprint sensor is put on the elongated power button by Apple on the top edge, and the fingerprint recognition speed is still very fast; of course, not as convenient as Face ID but enough to use.

iPad Air 4 has 247.6 x 178.5 x 6.1 mm and weighs 458g for the Wi-Fi version and 460g for the LTE version, equivalent to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7. This size is also similar to the 11-inch iPad Pro, but it is worth noting that it is a bit thinner (5.9 mm) but heavier (471g).

Screen

iPad Air 4 has a 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display, 2360 x 1640 pixels with True Tone technology. That is a beautiful screen but still lags behind the iPad Pro in color rendering, especially without 120Hz.

In terms of display quality, the iPad Air 4’s screen covers 102% of the sRGB color gamut, which is slightly better than the iPad (97%) but not as vibrant as on the iPad Pro (123%), Surface Go 2 (107%) and Galaxy Tab S7 (152%).

With an average brightness of 440 nits, the screen of the iPad Air 4 also has good outdoor visibility. It’s about the same as the category average (442 nits) but far below the iPad Pro (559 nits), iPad (484 nits), and the Galaxy Tab S7 (499 nits). About display quality on tablets, almost no device can beat the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ with its 120Hz, HDR+ OLED screen.

iPad Air 4 equipped with 2nd generation Apple Pencil

IPad Pro, iPad Air 4 also supports Apple Pencil 2 with wireless charging. When not in use, you can place the pen on the edge of the iPad; the magnetic will attract the pen to avoid losing it and charge the pen. With iPadOS, the latency of the pen is also reduced from 20 milliseconds to 9ms for a more realistic writing and drawing feel; unfortunately, the 60Hz screen still causes the pen to have a certain delay, not as smooth as drawing on the 120Hz screen.

Magic Keyboard on Air 4

With the same size as the 11-inch iPad Pro, the iPad Air 4 shares the Magic Keyboard with the iPad Pro, which is confusing to spend up to $299 for a keyboard that the camera assembly isn’t even cut to fit iPad Air.

That is too much money for just one keyboard. Besides, the weight will increase when adding a keyboard, which is too limited compared to the computer. So there isn’t much of a reason to buy an iPad Air keyboard.

Performance iPad air 4

iPad Air 4 is the first device equipped with A14 Bionic, before Apple iPhone 12. iPad Air 2020 scored 4,262 on Geekbench 5 overall performance test, surpassing Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 (3,074, Snapdragon 865+), Microsoft Surface Go 2 (1,563, Core m3-8100Y), and Apple iPad 8 (2.685, A12 Bionic). Only succumbed to iPad Pro (4,720), equipped with an 8-core A12Z Bionic chip. Notably, the Microsoft Surface Pro 7, which uses a Core i7 U-series chip for laptops, is slightly higher with 4,443.

This performance is comfortable for users for many more years with all tasks; even video editing, image editing, mobile games can certainly not be difficult for Apple devices.

Battery and charger on air 4

The iPad Air 4 achieved 10 hours and 29 minutes of battery life in the continuous web surfing test over Wi-Fi at 150 nits. While this is a great result, it’s still lower than other premium tablets. In which Surface Go 2 (11:39), Galaxy Tab S7 (13:08), and iPad (12:57).

In particular, the iPad Air 2020 “does not protect the environment” when it is equipped with a 20W USB-C charging adapter and a C to C cable. With this charger, the iPad can charge 25% in 30 minutes, so it is needed. It takes a few hours to charge fully.

Camera

The Air has only one 12MP, f/1.8 lens. Quality is also moderate, not too excellent, especially in low light conditions. But perhaps not many people use an iPad to take pictures.

There is a 7MP, f/2.2 camera on the front for detailed selfies, good color reproduction, and enough to “take a selfie” or make FaceTime calls.

Ending

Except for the lack of a 120Hz display, the iPad Air 4 is a great alternative to the much higher-priced iPad Pro. The things on the iPad Pro like Face ID, ultra-wide camera, LiDAR sensor, slightly more powerful A12Z chip are not useful to most users, while the price is much higher.

As for the iPad 10.2 (2020), the A14 processor is much more powerful than the A12, and the 10.9-inch screen is also larger. iPad Air 4 has a better design, convenient USB-C connection, and many outstanding advantages. Therefore, iPad Air 4 can be considered Apple’s most valuable iPad model.

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