Apple iPad Air (2019)
Price: £479 from fave.co/2KXYbnY
As we reported last month, the Air is back. Apple unexpectedly revived its old iPad Air branding (formally discontinued in March 2017) in a surprise announcement in March, unveiling a powerful, mid-priced, mid-sized tablet with an A12 processor and support for the Apple Pencil.
But will the Air float your boat? In this review we put it through our rigorous speed, graphics and battery tests, and evaluate design, specs and pricing, to find out if Apple has hit the sweet spot.
Price
The 9.7in iPad (2018) is still on sale, starting at £319 from fave.co/2Dyf6HG and that remains the benchmark for a budget iPad. The new Air is pitched a little higher, while remaining markedly more affordable than the iPad Pro models further up the scale.
64GB, Wi-Fi: £479
256GB, Wi-Fi: £629
64GB, cellular: £599
256GB, cellular: £749
The iPad Air is available to buy now, direct from Apple and from the usual resellers (such as John Lewis), but for its first month or two on sale you should expect high demand and limited supply.
Design
Continuing the in-betweener theme, the Air has
