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Apple iPad (2025) vs. iPad Air (2025): Which is right for you in an AI era?
Mar 10, 2025
Apple had a big unveil earlier this month when it unveiled two new iPads. While a new entry-level iPad was longer overdue, it also took the opportunity to unveil a modestly upgraded M3 iPad Air only ten months after it released its predecessor.
Neither of these tablets is a revolutionary upgrade over the prior models. In fact, we were more surprised by what the budget iPad (2025) left out than what it added: in an era of Apple Intelligence, the new iPad is the first device to be released without any of Apple’s new AI features.
Along similar lines, the new iPad Air gets a powerful new M3 chip, but little else over the M2 version. It’s a nice boost, but it’s hardly enough to make anyone rush out and upgrade from last year’s model.
However, that’s not really the point. Apple’s latest iPads won’t do much to entice recent buyers, but they’re healthy upgrades for anyone toting an older model, or even coming to the iPad family for the first time. If you’re in the market for a new iPad, the trickier question isn’t whether you should buy one of these two models (the answer is an unqualified yes), but rather which of the two you should opt for. Let’s dive in and take a look at what sets them apart.
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