PORTABLE POWERHOUSE The new iPad Air is elbowing right into the iPad Pro’s territory, blurring the lines for creatives.

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The iPad Air (5th Gen) delivers a notepad-sized package with the power of a MacBook Pro.

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The iPad Air (5th Gen) takes a design that already followed in the footsteps of the iPad Pro, then throws in the latest iPad Pro range’s party piece – the powerful Apple M1 processor – to create a mid-range tablet that’s even more tempting.

There isn’t a long list of other changes from the previous version of the iPad Air –a better front camera, improved USB-C and the option of 5G connectivity – but this tablet just had an overhaul, and wasn’t in need of another. All it needed was a bit of modernification, because the cheaper iPad mini (6th Gen) and iPad 10.2 (9th Gen) had both come out since then, with some features that left the Air behind. But Apple didn’t stop at modernising it – it massively juiced it up at the same time.