If you've been waiting for a good deal on an iPad with one of Apple's M-Series chips, now seems like a good time to take the plunge. The M2-powered 11-inch iPad Air is down to $500. That's $100 off the regular price and just a hair above the record low of $498.
Each colorway has dropped to $549 or $559, but you'll get the full discount when you activate the clippable coupon.
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Apple's 11-inch Air M2 has dropped to a near-record price. The tablet can be yours for $500, which is a $100 discount.
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This deal is for the base model with 128GB of storage (double the base storage of the previous generation) and no cellular connectivity, although there is Wi-Fi 6E support. You will also get 8 GB of RAM.
We gave the M2 iPad Air, which debuted less than a year ago, a score of 91 in our review. It's our pick for the best iPad for most people. It hits the sweet spot between performance, features and price, even more so considering this deal. It offers better future proofing compared to the entry-level iPad, as many features and apps only run on M-series and newer A-series chips.
For basic tasks like web browsing and video streaming, performance shouldn't be an issue at all. The M2 iPad Air supports Apple's intelligence features as well as demanding games like Death Match and the Resident Evil 4 redo.
You should get about 10 hours of battery life on a single charge. There's no Face ID here, but a Touch ID fingerprint scanner is built into the power button. Another major positive is that Apple has bumped the front camera to the longer side of the tablet, making FaceTime calls in landscape mode an easier proposition. The iPad Air M2 is compatible with the Apple Pencil Pro, but not the second-generation pencil.
One of our main complaints about the iPad M2 Air is that it has an LCD screen with a 60Hz refresh rate. It's not as smooth or vibrant as the 120Hz OLED you'll find on the latest iPad Pro. Still, it's a bright, sharp display. However, cut it short, the M2 iPad Air is a pretty good tablet.
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