I got this new version for my partner since he bought the last version only a few months ago. So he traded in the Air 4 for the new Air 5.It’s fast and this will least a good 4-6 years with all the updates it will have in its lifecycle.The camera with the CenterStage its a much better improvement over the last version. When he has to use it for zoom calls or facetime he has to move it at a certain degrees to get a good shot while using the camera and now that it moves with you it accommodates itself and he doesn’t have to move the tablet around.It works well with the Logitech Combo Keyboard he was using for both the Air 4 and Air 5 smoothly. The Apple Pencil works very well and is responsive to whatever he is using it for.I will say that the battery life ... MoreI got this new version for my partner since he bought the last version only a few months ago. So he traded in the Air 4 for the new Air 5.It’s fast and this will least a good 4-6 years with all the updates it will have in its lifecycle.The camera with the CenterStage its a much better improvement over the last version. When he has to use it for zoom calls or facetime he has to move it at a certain degrees to get a good shot while using the camera and now that it moves with you it accommodates itself and he doesn’t have to move the tablet around.It works well with the Logitech Combo Keyboard he was using for both the Air 4 and Air 5 smoothly. The Apple Pencil works very well and is responsive to whatever he is using it for.I will say that the battery life could be a bit more desirable if it had an all day life but he gets a good 8-10 hours depending the usage for typing stuff or watching movies or tv with the streaming apps.The one major downside is the storage. This should have been at least 128GB instead of the paltry 64GB that its still doing with most iPads now have at least 128GB. But since he’s not using it for editing and stuff this should do for what he does with it.Overall with a major upgrade with the M1 Chip its super fast but this could have been improved more with extra internal storage from 64GB to 128GB and the camera with flash and a few more megapixels but overall its a major improvement from the last version which hasn’t been barely 2 years since the iPad Air 4 came out.

I’ve owned many tablets over the years, but nobody does it quite like Apple when it comes to consistency. Battery life, app & accessory support, processing speed, etc. All a league ahead of the competition for devices in this category, save if you need more ports or a different OS. I haven’t liked Apple’s phones in recent years because of a few main design choices: Face ID instead of a fingerprint scanner for biometrics, an ugly notch that steals screen real state, and a lightning port instead of a much more modern and capable USB-C port. IPad’s don’t have the notch (thank God), but the base model still has a lightning port and the pro models use Face ID only, not to mention the price tag (ouch!). So when the 4th Gen iPad Air launched without any of those ... MoreI’ve owned many tablets over the years, but nobody does it quite like Apple when it comes to consistency. Battery life, app & accessory support, processing speed, etc. All a league ahead of the competition for devices in this category, save if you need more ports or a different OS. I haven’t liked Apple’s phones in recent years because of a few main design choices: Face ID instead of a fingerprint scanner for biometrics, an ugly notch that steals screen real state, and a lightning port instead of a much more modern and capable USB-C port. IPad’s don’t have the notch (thank God), but the base model still has a lightning port and the pro models use Face ID only, not to mention the price tag (ouch!). So when the 4th Gen iPad Air launched without any of those issues/compromises, I thought some Apple engineer had designed it just for me. I purchased it right away last year and I can’t find anything to complain about. I did upgrade to the 5th Gen model this year for the M1 chip, a storage upgrade, and 10GBPS USB-C, but my review stands for both generations. You get basically the same CPU/GPU performance of the iPad Pro without Face ID and the price tag, while still retaining more “pro” features than the base model iPad. In my opinion, this is the best bang for your buck iPad, and it could replace a laptop completely if you don’t need desktop specific software, and don’t mind a dongle or two for accessories. 5/5

I was an android guy dating back to the first HTC phone that was the first phone to have a 4” screen which was considered too big back then, it was supposed to be the first phone with 4g, but they were trying to build an entirely new network and I never seen 4g. Then I had the Samsung S3, then graduated to the Note 4(which was a game changer for phones) and you could never sell me on Apple products for years. I believe many people fall into this nostalgia category where they remember android and how it was and have not even given the Apple products the chance. Many will try to use Apple for a few minutes and get frustrated because it requires learning new gestures that are actually much simpler than android, but because they’re used to the android they will never ... MoreI was an android guy dating back to the first HTC phone that was the first phone to have a 4” screen which was considered too big back then, it was supposed to be the first phone with 4g, but they were trying to build an entirely new network and I never seen 4g. Then I had the Samsung S3, then graduated to the Note 4(which was a game changer for phones) and you could never sell me on Apple products for years. I believe many people fall into this nostalgia category where they remember android and how it was and have not even given the Apple products the chance. Many will try to use Apple for a few minutes and get frustrated because it requires learning new gestures that are actually much simpler than android, but because they’re used to the android they will never look at something like a tablet. They pay so much attention to the RAM numbers without understanding the RAM may be lower on an Apple product but because of its software it’s actually way more efficient at 6gb of ram vs Samsung whatever they’re claiming now. Once I switched to Apple I complete understood the hype and just how much easier the phone is to operate, just how much better everything flows with how you want to use the product whether it’s a phone or tablet. I will say that I wish the tablet were a little more advanced on the screen under normal circumstances, but when it comes to watching YouTube, movies, or video I’ve taken with my phone this tablet is absolutely up there with most laptops. I enjoy this tablet so much I have now began looking into the MacBook Pro regardless of the price simply because of how much it can do and it will completely mesh with my phone and tablet seemlessly. My AirPods with just work with each item without having to think of how to connect them. I ordered the Magic Keyboard with my iPad and this is how I suggest anyone use it. It’s so much like a laptop you might as well. Especially when dealing with WiFi everything the tablet just performs so well. Solid state is where it’s at. How many android users have issues with malware or being hacked in a sense, seeing pop up banners when they log into their phone. My kids always had that problem because they’d click on something they shouldn’t have, but since we’ve all gone Apple, nobody not once has had an issue with strange pop ups or ads. Apple is just more secure, easier to use, and every product interacts so well with the other products. As someone who used android(mainly Samsung) for over 10yrs, trust me….if you take the week to make the adjustment to Apple you will not regret it. You hear about the notch, the ram, the tech numbers and they’re just numbers, when it comes to being smooth crisp, clear, and easy to use Apple wins hands down regardless of those meaningless tech specs they use to try to convince you their product is worth it. When they test product vs product Apple always does just as well if not better regardless if it doesn’t have the bloated numbers other companies use to lure you in. Apple has earned the hype. It took me 10yrs to figure it out. iPad Air is more than enough to do most of the things you want or need to do around the house.