The 11-inch iPad Air (M2) is the 2024 iPad Air with the M2 chip, 8 GB of memory, a Liquid Retina IPS display and a 12 MP front camera moved to the landscape edge. It supports Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C), with transfers up to 10 Gb/s over USB-C and Wi-Fi 6E. Independent testing found the display well calibrated and flicker-free but criticised the 60 Hz refresh and slow response; CPU performance was clearly ahead of rival Android tablets. Owners praise the light weight, speed and battery life.
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.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Display | 11-inch Liquid Retina, LED-backlit IPS; 2360 × 1640 pixels, 264 ppi; 500 nits; P3 wide colour, True Tone |
| Chip | Apple M2; 8-core CPU (4 performance, 4 efficiency), 9-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM |
| Storage | 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB or 1 TB |
| Cameras | Rear 12 MP wide (ƒ/1.8, 4K 60 fps video); front 12 MP landscape Center Stage camera (ƒ/2.0) |
| Pencil and accessories | Apple Pencil Pro and Apple Pencil (USB-C); magnetic Pencil connector; Smart Connector |
| USB-C | Charging, DisplayPort and USB 3 (up to 10 Gb/s) |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E (2×2 MIMO); Bluetooth 5.3; 5G (sub-6 GHz) and eSIM only on the cellular model |
| Battery | 28.93 Wh lithium-polymer; up to 10 hours web or video on Wi-Fi |
| Audio and security | Landscape stereo speakers, dual microphones; Touch ID in the top button |
| Size and weight | 247.6 × 178.5 × 6.1 mm; 462 g |
Apple presents the iPad Air as a thin, light tablet for work and creativity, made more powerful by M2 and adding a landscape front camera and Apple Pencil Pro support. Apple Support
On Notebookcheck’s 128 GB Wi-Fi unit the display averaged 474 and peaked at 506 nits; contrast was about 1265:1 and no PWM flicker was detected. Factory calibration was good (99.4% sRGB, ΔE 1.48). Response times, however, are slow (29 ms black-to-white, 73.8 ms 50–80% grey), and the fixed 60 Hz refresh makes scrolling and pen use less fluid than on Pro models. Geekbench 6 scores of 2,587 single-core and 10,085 multi-core were well ahead of the Galaxy Tab S9. Wi-Fi 6E receive speed measured about 1196 Mbit/s. The lack of NFC, UWB and an IP rating, and no adapter in the box, were noted as drawbacks.
Notebookcheck: Apple iPad Air 11 (2024) reviewOn Best Buy’s 128 GB Wi-Fi Starlight page there are 2,223 reviews and 98% of buyers recommend it. All 20 visible reviews are five-star incentivised verified purchases. Light weight, speed, display and all-day battery are praised most; MorinT reports about 12 hours of note-taking. Mara says she returned an iPad mini 7, which felt too small for notes, and switched to the Air. The first reviewer misses 120 Hz ProMotion and Face ID; the page’s review summary also says a few people criticise the refresh rate and storage.
Best Buy: 11-inch iPad Air (M2) Wi-Fi 128 GB customer reviews