HONOR MagicPad4 / Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2)

HONOR MagicPad4: YLE-W09; Wi-Fi; Gray; 12 GB / 256 GB

Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2): 11-inch iPad Air (M2), 2024; Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + Cellular (A2899, A2903); 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB. The 13-inch iPad Air (M2) and the M3 and M4 iPad Air models are separate.

SpecificationHONOR MagicPad4Apple iPad Air 11-inch (M2)
Release year20262024
Model / yearYLE-W09; 2026 HONOR—
Memory / storage12 GB / 256 GB HONOR—
Display12.3-inch OLED; 3000 × 1920 HONOR11-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit IPS; 2360 × 1640 pixels, 264 ppi; 500 nits; P3 wide colour, True Tone

Full lamination and anti-reflective coating remove the gap between glass and panel to reduce reflections. The display is 60 Hz; there is no ProMotion.

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Refresh rate60 / 90 / 120 / 144 / 165 Hz HONOR—
HDR brightness2400 nits peak

Manufacturer lab figure, not sustained full-screen brightness.

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ProcessorSnapdragon 8 Gen 5; eight cores HONOR—
SoftwareMagicOS 10; Android 16 HONOR—
Rear camera13 MP f/2.0; autofocus HONOR—
Front camera9 MP f/2.2; fixed focus HONOR—
Battery10,100 mAh typical; 10,000 mAh rated HONOR28.93 Wh lithium-polymer; up to 10 hours web or video on Wi-Fi

Web browsing on mobile data drops to up to 9 hours.

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Charging66 W HONOR SuperCharge HONOR—
Audio8 speakers; HONOR Spatial Audio HONOR—
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7; 2.4 / 5 GHz; 2×2 MIMO HONOR—
Bluetooth6.0; LE Audio / Auracast HONOR—
Dimensions273.4 × 178.8 × 4.8 mm HONOR—
WeightApproximately 450 g including battery HONOR—
Chip—Apple M2; 8-core CPU (4 performance, 4 efficiency), 9-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine Apple
Memory—8 GB RAM

It is the same on all storage options.

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Storage—128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB Apple
Cameras—Rear 12 MP wide (ƒ/1.8, 4K 60 fps video); front 12 MP landscape Center Stage camera (ƒ/2.0)

Because the front camera sits on the long edge, your face is centred in video calls when the tablet is in a keyboard; Center Stage follows you as you move.

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Pencil and accessories—Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C); magnetic Pencil connector; Smart Connector

Apple Pencil Pro adds squeeze and barrel-roll gestures; Apple Pencil 2 is not listed as compatible with this model.

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USB-C—Charging, DisplayPort and USB 3 (up to 10 Gb/s)

Suitable for an external display and fast SSDs; it is not Thunderbolt.

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Wireless—Wi-Fi 6E (2×2 MIMO); Bluetooth 5.3; 5G (sub-6 GHz) and eSIM only on the cellular model Apple
Audio and security—Landscape stereo speakers, dual microphones; Touch ID in the top button Apple
Size and weight—247.6 × 178.5 × 6.1 mm; 462 g Apple