I Bought the 'Cheapest' M1 iPad Air 5! Why Pay More?!

The M1 iPad air shows us that Apple is taking their domination of the mobile processor world seriously and I think this is the best overall tablet that you are going to find.

Why is that?

Lets find out!

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First Mac ( M1 Mac Mini)

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Best Thunderbolt 3 Dock (cal digit TS3 Plus)

Best Beginner YouTube Camera (Sony A6100)

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[DanielPvb]

I use an M1 iPad Air for work and travel, using google drive for work and my iCloud storage for personal the 64 gig version is more than enough! Great experience!

[AshtheB]

I ordered the 64g (in the blue that I wanted ) but at last minute I switched to 256g ( in space gray) because of the per cost benefit. Also my current over 5-year old 32g iPad battery has to be plugged at all times. My biggest gripe with Apple is that they didn’t have 128g option this time around. I think current smart phones have a standard of 128g so definitely agree with you.

[motorcycleartist]

Honestly they're all pretty amazing...trust me if you used computers from 20 years ago, anything out right now is IMPRESSIVE.. it all comes down to needs and your budget.

[gardnerunderhill]

“Business gotta Business”, now that is one of the most brilliant observations I have heard. Not only is it brilliant, it just makes so much sense. It does go a long way to explain to me at least, some of the reasons why Apple makes the choices it does.

[ShreyashVSingh]

I genuinely loved your opinion about the new i pad air 5 and it really cleared my choice of buying an it as my first apple product . Thank you very much😄

[educatingcellita]

I was so close to buying the IPad Air 5 with 256gb of storage. I paid a little extra for the IPad Pro 11 with 128gb . For that was the sweet spot . Great review as usual

[reginaldworthington]

The thing about adding a micro SSD slot is that Apple, never one to compromise one of their profit centers, has a pretty good gig going with their iCloud subscription revenue I suspect. They purposely hobble these machines in that area so we are all forced to accept the monthly fees for convenient storage. Just my 2 cents …

[KiriK]

You’re wrong about speed of storage impact. It’s maybe one of the most important thing in any device. Apple specifically makes their storage drive faster and increases single threaded performance, because of the features that they use to compensate lack of RAM. Adding more RAM is helpful but responsiveness of your device very much depends on speed of main storage.
For Apple it’s maybe better to have users complaining about lack of SD card slot, than implementing it and dealing with their devices getting slower and users don’t understanding why.

I personally bought iPad pro because of ProMotion and FaceID, and I really love this thing.

Sorry if my English isn’t perfect, it’s not my native language.

[faizanshafi]

When content is too awesome that when the video is dropped I leave everything and watch ur videos

[richarddcrossley]

Full thunderbolt support was the reason I finally upgraded from my iPad Pro 10.5 and OG iPad Pro so no full thunderbolt us worth the extra for me as I can use it with my docks and my older Thunderbolt Display. Good you can use Air with the new display though so be interesting to see if it would work with the older one as well.

[ToddDuvall]

I"m still rocking my iPad Air 2. The iPad Air 5 is on the way!

[EndzCrypto]

I still think the M1 iPad pro is worth getting over the Air 5.

You get double the storage, the 120hz screen, and 4 times the data transfer speed the squad speakers all these features are worth the £200/$200 IMO.

[tomvo]

My iPad 6 mini only has 64 GB. My old mini has 64 GB as well. It worked fine. only had to upgrade because the battery died on one and it wouldn’t upgrade to the current OS on another. I’ve saved money by sticking to the lowest storage

[mathiashansen]

I’m divided between getting new iPad Air M1 or the 11” iPad Pro M1. I’m divided because of the 120 hertz display, the transfer speed from the thunderbolt 4 and the fact that I don’t think I can go back to Touch ID, I’ve had Face ID since I got my iPhone X in November 2017. I do a lot of zoom calls and projects and assignments in my academic life, what would you recommend for me?

[mr.horseshoe]

Definitely the best value iPad for me. I have terabytes of cloud storage, so I have no need for internal storage. I also don’t care enough about the pro features to pay $200 more. My old iPad lasted 8+ years, so I’m sure the Air 5 should last at least as long for me.

[Grandream]

I get it, but I always find it funny that you make a comment about 64 gb not being enough, when my phone only had 32. Lol

[leafbelly]

Great review, but Apple doesn't want to add that little SD slot because it forces (a small percentage of buyers) to purchase the overly priced 128GB and 256GB versions of the iPad. Unfortunately.

[byrongwarby]

64 gigs is a no go for me, so I’d have to pay extra for more storage, at that point it’s only $50 cheaper for the pro. Idk why this is even an option, but might make sense when they update the pro and increase the price

[vapidthot]

100%, preordered mine in purple the day preorders went live.

[wfnicdao]

I still have a 2nd gen iPad pro 12.9 with 256gb. It still runs like new with 281 battery cycles and I seldom use more than 50gb storage. I use my iPad far more than iPhone or MacBook. The only reason for me to stay with the 12.9 size is because it’s easier for me to read small text at default settings. Some apps don’t allow you to adjust text size.