iPad Air 2020

FEATURES

• 10.9-inch Liquid Retina display
• True Tone & Wide color
• A14 Bionic processor
• 12-megapixel rear camera
• 7-megapixel front camera
• Touch ID in the power button
• Apple Pencil 2 and Magic Keyboard support
• 54,900 price tag

The screen uses Apple's Liquid Retina display tech, which is a fancy form of LCD. It has a resolution of 2360 x 1640 and it's 10.9 inches across, which isn't quite as big as the iPad Pro models, as the smallest size of that slate is 11 inches. There are plenty of features here to improve the visuals too, such as Apple's True Tone display tech, which subtly tweaks the display depending on what environment you're in.

The Magic Keyboard is originally designed for the iPad Pro, but since the new iPad Air has the same design as the iPad Pro, the accessory works perfectly with the redesigned tablet. The Magic Keyboard is sold separately and costs Rs 27,900. The new tablet is also compatible with the second-generation Apple Pencil stylus similar to the iPad Pro. The 2nd gen Apple Pencil doesn’t come in the box. You have to buy it separately for Rs 10,899.

Apple only says the iPad Air’s new chip gives it 40 percent performance improvement over the prior iPad Air, and it’s worth noting that the A14 Bionic is a 6-core chip while the A12Z Bionic is an 8-core one with a faster GPU and specific benefits toward computer-like use for graphics- and computation-heavy apps.

My perspective

In my perspective, you should go for a previous-gen iPad pro (2018) because it would cost you the same as the new iPad air but you'll get a ProMotion display, better speakers, better processor, a slightly bigger screen, face ID(which is a lot more convenient) and some more storage on the base variant.