HONOR MagicPad4 / Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3)

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

Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3): 13-inch Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + Cellular (A3267/A3269); 128 GB–1 TB; 8 GB RAM; Blue, Purple, Starlight, Space Grey

SpecificationHONOR MagicPad4Apple iPad Air 13-inch (M3)
Release year20262025
Model / yearYLE-W09; 2026 HONOR—
Memory / storage12 GB / 256 GB HONOR—
Display12.3-inch OLED; 3000 × 1920 HONOR13-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit IPS; 2732 × 2048, 264 ppi; 600 nits

Fully laminated with an anti-reflective coating; P3 wide colour and True Tone. Apple does not list a refresh rate; there is no ProMotion and the screen is 60 Hz.

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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 HONOR12 MP wide, ƒ/1.8; 4K 60 fps video Apple
Front camera9 MP f/2.2; fixed focus HONOR12 MP landscape Center Stage, ƒ/2.0

Because the camera sits on the long edge, your face stays centred in video calls with the tablet in landscape on a keyboard; Center Stage adjusts the framing to follow you.

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Battery10,100 mAh typical; 10,000 mAh rated HONOR36.59 Wh; up to 10 hours of web or video on Wi-Fi

Web browsing on mobile data is rated at up to 9 hours.

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Charging66 W HONOR SuperCharge HONOR—
Audio8 speakers; HONOR Spatial Audio HONORLandscape stereo speakers; dual microphones Apple
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 M3; 8-core CPU (4 performance, 4 efficiency), 9-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine

The GPU supports hardware-accelerated ray tracing; the Media Engine handles ProRes and AV1 decoding in hardware.

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Memory—8 GB Apple
Storage—128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB Apple
Authentication—Touch ID in the top button Apple
Pencil and accessories—Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C), Pencil hover; Smart Connector

Pencil hover previews where a stroke will land before the pencil touches the screen.

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USB-C—Charging, DisplayPort, USB 3 (up to 10 Gb/s); one external display up to 6K at 60 Hz Apple
Wireless—Wi-Fi 6E (2×2 MIMO), Bluetooth 5.3; 5G (sub-6 GHz) and eSIM only on the Cellular model Apple
Size and weight—280.6 × 214.9 × 6.1 mm; Wi-Fi 616 g, Cellular 617 g Apple
In the box—iPad Air, 1 m USB-C cable, 20 W USB-C adapter

The adapter is listed on the Australian spec page; it may not be included in some countries.

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