2024 iPad Air 11' vs 13' Unboxing & Comparison! _ Purple & Blue
**Unboxing the New M2 iPad Air 2024: A Comprehensive Review**
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### Introduction
In this detailed unboxing video, we explore the new **M2 iPad Air** for 2024, available in both **11-inch** and **13-inch** models. The host, Brandon, provides an in-depth look at the device, highlighting its design, features, performance, and differences between the two sizes. Whether you're considering an upgrade or exploring your options for a new tablet, this review offers a thorough examination of what makes the M2 iPad Air stand out.
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### Unboxing Experience
Brandon begins by unboxing the **11-inch** model, which is the base version with **128GB of storage**, up from the previous 64GB. Priced at **$599**, it comes in **purple** and **blue** colors, alongside more traditional options like **Starlight** and **space gray**. The packaging remains sleek and minimalistic, as expected from Apple, with easy pull tabs to open.
Inside the box, you'll find:
- A **braided USB-C to USB-C cable**, which is not color-matched but comes in silver/gray.
- A **20W USB-C adapter** for charging.
- The iPad itself, beautifully wrapped in protective packaging.
Brandon also notes that Apple has stopped including stickers in the box, a trend that might be upsetting collectors, but it doesn't detract from the unboxing experience.
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### Design and Color Options
The highlight of the unboxing is undoubtedly the **purple** and **blue** colors. Brandon expresses his love for the **muted purple**, which he finds elegant compared to the more vibrant options on previous models. The **blue** option, while subtle, appears lighter and almost gray under certain lighting conditions.
Both devices feature a thick design—**6.1mm**—and weigh **1.02 lbs** for the 11-inch model, with the 13-inch weighing slightly more. Brandon humorously points out that the iPad Air feels heavier than expected compared to its predecessor, which he attributes to Apple's focus on durability and performance.
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### Hardware Specifications
The **M2 chip** powers both the 11-inch and 13-inch models, offering a **50% improvement in performance** over the M1 generation. The 13-inch model also benefits from double the base speaker system, resulting in superior audio quality compared to the 11-inch model.
Both devices support:
- **Wi-Fi 6E** for faster connectivity.
- **Bluetooth 5.3** for improved wireless performance.
- **Dual studio-quality microphones** for clear audio capture.
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### Display and Features
The iPad Air features a **Liquid Retina display**, which, while not OLED like the iPad Pro, delivers vibrant colors with support for **P3 wide color gamut** and **True Tone**. The 13-inch model offers more screen real estate, making it ideal for multitasking and consuming media.
A notable addition is the **landscape camera**, which supports **Center Stage**, a feature that keeps you in frame during video calls. This setup is particularly beneficial for those who use their iPads in landscape mode, as it provides a more natural viewing experience.
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### Speakers and Audio Quality
Brandon highlights the difference in audio quality between the 11-inch and 13-inch models. The **13-inch** model's dual stereo speakers produce richer, more refined sound, especially for bass-heavy content. However, the 11-inch model still delivers clear and adequate audio for everyday use.
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### Setup Process
Brandon walks through the setup process for both devices, noting that they share similar experiences. Both iPads run **iPadOS 17.5** out of the box, with a fresh software update available upon initial boot.
Key steps include:
- Enrolling in Apple ID or transferring data from another device.
- Setting up **Touch ID**, which works seamlessly on both models.
- Configuring display settings, such as **auto-brightness** and **dark mode** for optimal viewing conditions.
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### Apple Pencil Pro Compatibility
The video also introduces the new **Apple Pencil Pro**, compatible with both the iPad Air and iPad Pro. Features like **haptic feedback** during squeezing, **Find My** tracking, and enhanced tools for artists make this a must-have accessory for creative professionals.
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### Performance Benchmarks
Using **Geekbench**, Brandon demonstrates the power of the M2 chip. The 13-inch model scores:
- Single-core: **2584**
- Multi-core: **8211**
These scores highlight significant improvements over previous generations, making the iPad Air a formidable choice for productivity and entertainment.
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### Final Thoughts and Conclusion
Brandon concludes by discussing his personal preferences between the two models. While he finds the 13-inch ideal for media consumption and multitasking, he acknowledges that the 11-inch is more portable and practical for tasks like note-taking and reading.
Ultimately, Brandon plans to test both devices further to decide which one suits his needs best. He encourages viewers to stay tuned for more updates as he explores this decision in greater detail.
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This unboxing video provides a comprehensive look at the **M2 iPad Air 2024**, offering insights into its design, performance, and features. Whether you're upgrading from an older model or considering the iPad Air for the first time, Brandon's review is an excellent resource to help you make an informed decision.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today we're going to be unboxing the new M2 iPad Air for 2024 in both 11in and in 13in sizes so we got the purple and the blue so let's start with the 11-in model and this is the base model the entry level iPad Air at 128 GB so that is new up from 64 GB as the base storage on the M1 iPad air from 2022 so I got the this one in the purple color and it is also Wi-Fi only this is going to run you $5.99 and if you want to add cellular you can do that for an extra $150 and aside from the purple and the blue color it does also come in Starlight and space gray so that is nice if you want the more traditional colors but I went with the more fun colors this time so let's go ahead and unbox this 11-in model easy pull tabs as always on Apple products we go let's see what the purple looks like here we go so we have our paper on top as usual before we take a look at that let's see what else is inside of the box we have our pamphlet of papers here and if you watch my iPad Pro unboxing video you would know no Apple stickers so Apple did not ship any Apple stickers with the iPad Air or the iPad Pro which may be the new trend that Apple heads in unfortunately if you are a collector like me so anyways we have the braided USBC to USBC cable it is not color matching it is the traditional Silver or gray color and then we also have a 20 W USBC adapter to plug in to the wall so pretty standard stuff let's go and take a look at this new purple color and man I can already tell I love this color it's very muted it's not super saturated like the iPad 10 colors are but here is what that purple iPad Air looks like I like it I dig it and my first impressions of this especially compared to the iPad Pro are that this thing is thick and heavy I mean the iPad Pro here is thinner and also more lightweight than the iPad Air which just doesn't make any sense you know based on the history of iPads and just the naming scheme but that's where we're at right now so the iPad Air is 6.1 mm thin so or thick however you want to look at it and it also weighs 1.0 2 lb so the iPad Pro weighs 98 lb for the 11 in so just over a pound and 6.1 mm thick and that's going to be the same thickness for the 13-in model as well which we'll see here in a moment so since there's not a big difference between these two let's go ahead and unbox the 13in as well and then we'll talk about the differences in terms of size and overall features between the 11-in and 13-in iPad Air because there are a couple of minor differences so you can see I got the base again 128 gigabyte model for the 13 in and this is going to run you $7.99 so $799 for the 13 in 5.99 for the 11 in and this is Wi-Fi only as well and I got this in the blue color so let's going to take off these peel tabs and now let's check out what that blue looks like and inside you can see everything is the same the same cord and the same AC outlet so let's take a look at that blue color and again this is just a very light like pastely color so let's go ahead and take the paper off here so here is what the blue and purple look like together so the blue kind of looks like a gray in certain lighting so if you have like lighting directly on it it's going to look very silver or maybe like a like a gray color like a very light gray color whereas the purple it it stays looking purple you know it does kind of also look silver in certain lightings so it's hard to tell you know under studio lights so I can actually show you let me turn these lights off real quick and you can see how it looks maybe in you know your living room or when you're just around in your house you can see how they you can still tell that both of them are you know blue and purple especially right here you can see the purple really shines when it's darker but that's just a little bit of a color comparison between the purple and the blue you can see the top as well the borders always stand out with these colorful Apple products and there is a look at the side you can see the the blue and the purple around the camera bump as well and then also Al down here at the bottom you can see kind of the color comparison there it's not very obvious on the bottom with the lighting hitting it the way that it is but everything else looks the same you can see kind of a size comparison here between the 11in and the 13in so we're going to boot up both of these iPad Airs and set them up at the same time and take a look at the display differences the speaker differences and just the overall display size differences because this is the first time that we're seeing a 13-in iPad a and if you look closely we have a new landscape camera on both the 11-in and the 13-in iPad Air so now you have a landscape camera which means that you also have center stage on the iPad Air which just keeps you in frame when you're on a web call or a FaceTime call so that's going to be much more convenient because most people have their iPad sitting in you know landscape mode as opposed to portrait mode so let's go ahead and set these up all right so we're going to do this as English on both we'll go United States and here's where you can change the appearance so if you want it to be medium or large size in terms of the text and icons you can have that set there but I would recommend default especially on the 11in you might want to go bigger on the 13in because you have more of a display to deal with but I went with normal and now we have the quick start guide so if you have your phone nearby you might get a popup to basically set up this iPad without having to go through the process manually which is really nice I'm just going to go through without another device for this tutorial we're going to connect to our Wi-Fi and then we have a fresh software update so fresh out of the box we have a software update for the iPad Air this is going to be iPad OS 17.5 so I would highly recommend that everybody update right away but I'm going to update later just for the sake of this video now we have our data and privacy screen which we will just continue on and now you have the option to set up for a child in your family or if you want to set it up for yourself you can just go ahead and set up for yourself and now we get the option for Touch ID so we have Touch ID on the lock screen button on the top button which is going to be just like what we saw on the previous generation iPad Air so I'm going to take the 11in here and set up Touch ID so since I'm always going to be in this orientation most likely I'm going to use my left index finger not my dominant right hand for this and that is something I did on the previous generation and it worked out well for me you can always add other fingers as well but you kind of just need to you know tap up and down on the button right here make sure to keep doing that until it gets your finger kind of like face ID on your phone you know obviously a lot of people had Touch ID phones back in the day as well we all did but uh a lot of people forgot about that so anyway capture all your fingerprint so we're going to have to do another scan here of our fingerprints on this touch ID button so there we go it's done and now I ask you if you want to add another fingerprint if you want to switch it around and do that I would recommend doing at least two fingerprints one on each hand but we're going to set that up later in settings and now it's asking us to create an iPad passcode so we're just going to go to passcode options and we're going to select a four digigit so we're just going to do a four-digit we'll just do all zeros which obviously you do not want to do unless you're you know never leave your house and it only stays in your house but we're going to use that anyways and we're going to confirm our 4 zeros as our passcode just for the sake of this video and now you have the option to transfer your apps and data so if you didn't transfer everything over earlier now you get the chance to transfer from an iCloud backup from another iPad or if you have an Android device like a Galaxy Tab you can transfer everything over from there but we're going to set up and just do it from scratch and here's where you want to sign in to your Apple ID I'm just going to sign in on one of these and now we have our terms and conditions to agree to so we'll just go ahead and agree to that right there so while we're waiting on the 13in to sign in we're just going to go through the rest of the setup process on the 11 in so we have the option to update your iPad automatically so if you want software updates to update automatically without you doing it manually you can set that up and just tap continue if you want that but I want to download automatically and not install automatically so now we have location services I would recommend turning that on and now you have the option to set up h s so if you want to set up Siri and with the hey trigger you can set that up right there I personally do not use that very often on my iPad so I'm going to skip this and set up later in settings now you have the option for screen time so if you want a weekly report of your screen time and if if you want to be able to monitor that I would recommend just tapping on continue or you can set that up later in settings I like screen time so we'll set that up now and then you have iPad analytics so if you want to share the analytics with apple you can do that right there I'll just go ahead and share same with app analytics if you want to share data with app developers to help improve the applications you can do that as well now we have the option to do either light or dark mode for the interface or you can have it set to Auto which means it is light mode during Sunrise like after sunrise and when the Sun sets it goes to dark mode so I like that I'm going to keep that on auto and there we go perfect timing get started and we're now on the home screen for the 11-in iPad Air and if you want to improve Siri IND dictation you can share your audio recordings I select not now for that one and there we go we are now on the home screen of the 13in and you can see instantly the difference between the home screen even of the 13in and the 11in iPad Air so a pretty big difference you can fit a lot more over here on the 13in you can just see a lot more obviously than you can on the 11 in and as far as the processor inside we have the M2 Chip on the 13in and the 11-in iPad Air and this is going to be about 50% faster than the M1 air when combined with the faster memory bandwidth that this has now it's also going to be three times faster than the a12 iPad Air which a lot of you are likely looking to upgrade from so as far as battery life though it's going to be the same same as M2 we do also have Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 which is big for the iPad Air that's going to help Wi-Fi speeds and also Bluetooth connectivity and also speeds with Bluetooth and in terms of speakers and audio these are both going to have dual studio quality microphone so the microphone quality is going to be pretty good and they also both have landscape stereo speakers however the 13in is going to have better sound quality because it has double the base of the 11 in and I'm just going to turn the speakers up all the way because I think I can already tell a difference in the speaker quality so here's the 11in I'm not sure if this is going to go through on camera but yeah the 13-in just sounds a lot more refined and just more professional I don't know how to put it but the speakers definitely sound better on the 13in and it's not even related to the base just the overall quality sounds more polished and refined sounds more like an iPad Pro here on the 13in compared to the 11in so that will definitely translate over in into videos as well so I just want to listen to a quick video here on YouTube to see if we can hear a difference in the speaker quality okay so the 11 in definitely has better treble I would say like better Highs but the overall sound quality and especially the lows and the Basse is way better on the 13in iPad Air so it's a noticeable difference but I think that if you're listening to podcasts and things like that then the 11in is going to sound just fine there's really no downside to the 11in speakers I'd say it's only for like movies and things with a lot of base and by the way since we have that front-facing camera on the landscape side now it's in the landscape orientation that's going to make Center Stage a lot better as well so we do have Center Stage here on the iPad Air just like we had on the iPad Air 5 but you can see it just keeps you centered in the screen you know in the frame even when you move from side to side it's going to reenter you in the frame which is really nice it's a little too close for me but that's it's really nice in video calls and facetimes and things like that so it's definitely nice to have it here in the landscape view because it is a lot more you know accurate and it can see a lot more of your surroundings than when it was right here so that's great as well and that's a big benefit of having that landscape uh front-facing camera just like we had on the iPad 10th gen and then as far as far as the display we're looking at here this is going to be the liquid Retina Display so this is still an LCD display so of course it's not going to be OLED like the iPad Pro that's how apple is able to keep this at $599 starting for the 11-in model however we do have the P3 wide color gamut we have true tone and also the anti-reflective coating which it doesn't do great at reflect you know anti-reflection as you can see there but that is what Apple claims and by the way the software version that we're on on both of these is going to be iPad OS 17.4 with a build number of 21e 8237 so I do also want to run a geekbench test here so this is going to be on the 13-in iPad air base model which you can see has 8 GB of RAM and as we're running that geekbench test I do also want to show you the apple pencil Pro on the new iPad Air so this is the new Apple pencil Pro which was also just released today and this new iPad Pro or this new apple pencil Pro is only compatible with the new iPad Pro and and the new iPad Air so you can see we do have some new features here as well so you have the squeeze feature you have you know all these other features that shows right here so it asks us to try squeeze so the new Apple pencil has haptic feedback built in so now when you squeeze you will feel that haptic feedback which feels really good and it allows you to choose some of your tools without reaching all the way across the screen to do it it makes it a lot more convenient and now we also have find mod so it's going to add the apple pencil Pro to our find my so we can track it which is nice and so here we are inside of free form I just want to show you some of these features really quickly so we do have the barrel feature so if you go to a certain brush so we're going to pinch in right here so once you like kind of press in right here you feel that haptic feedback and you can see it pulls up that menu wherever you're at on the screen so it knows where you're at anywhere you go and it kind of just puts that menu there where you're at which is awesome so we're going to select a new brush here and what's really cool is that since we have a gyroscope built in you can see that when you twist and turn the apple pencil the little hover preview there shows the orientation that we're holding our pencil if we want to do the little barrel roll to change like the way that we draw things which is just awesome especially for artists so anyways here is the score for the geekbench test we scored a 2584 on the single core and an 8211 on the multicore now in terms of an overall size comparison between the 13in and the 11-in iPad Air I would say that if you're somebody who lik to take notes a lot like if you're a student and you need to take notes I would highly recommend the 11 in over the 13in the 13in just gets too big for things like writing in my opinion or if you like to read books a lot I still think the 11 in is best for that if you're just on the go more I mean both of these are pretty heavy I mean they're not super heavy it's still an iPad Air the new iPad Pro just makes these feel heavier than they actually are but uh the 11 in is obviously going to be better for portability and if you're just always on the go but I think the 13in is a great addition for the iPad Air for somebody who may not be able to you know afford or may not want all the fancy bells and whistles that the iPad Pro has but they want that bigger display I think the 13-in iPad Air is perfect for those people and I would say that if you're a big gamer or if you like to watch a lot of movies or TV shows then the 13inch is going to be the best bet for that as well I mean the 11 in is good but you're not going to beat the real estate that you get from the 13 in and I have yet to determine which one of these I will be keeping I am going to be using both of these for the next couple of weeks to see which one I actually want to keep because at this point in time I do not know if I want the 11 in or if I want the 13in iPad Air because I think I'm leaning toward the 11in for the iPad Pro so maybe I want the 13inch for the iPad Air who knows I will be doing a lot of testing and I will bring you more videos and My overall decision as well when I make that decision later on on the channel so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss out on that but anyways that was my quick unboxing and overview detailed overview about the new iPad Air hope you enjoyed this video and I'll see you in the next onewhat's up guys my name is Brandon and today we're going to be unboxing the new M2 iPad Air for 2024 in both 11in and in 13in sizes so we got the purple and the blue so let's start with the 11-in model and this is the base model the entry level iPad Air at 128 GB so that is new up from 64 GB as the base storage on the M1 iPad air from 2022 so I got the this one in the purple color and it is also Wi-Fi only this is going to run you $5.99 and if you want to add cellular you can do that for an extra $150 and aside from the purple and the blue color it does also come in Starlight and space gray so that is nice if you want the more traditional colors but I went with the more fun colors this time so let's go ahead and unbox this 11-in model easy pull tabs as always on Apple products we go let's see what the purple looks like here we go so we have our paper on top as usual before we take a look at that let's see what else is inside of the box we have our pamphlet of papers here and if you watch my iPad Pro unboxing video you would know no Apple stickers so Apple did not ship any Apple stickers with the iPad Air or the iPad Pro which may be the new trend that Apple heads in unfortunately if you are a collector like me so anyways we have the braided USBC to USBC cable it is not color matching it is the traditional Silver or gray color and then we also have a 20 W USBC adapter to plug in to the wall so pretty standard stuff let's go and take a look at this new purple color and man I can already tell I love this color it's very muted it's not super saturated like the iPad 10 colors are but here is what that purple iPad Air looks like I like it I dig it and my first impressions of this especially compared to the iPad Pro are that this thing is thick and heavy I mean the iPad Pro here is thinner and also more lightweight than the iPad Air which just doesn't make any sense you know based on the history of iPads and just the naming scheme but that's where we're at right now so the iPad Air is 6.1 mm thin so or thick however you want to look at it and it also weighs 1.0 2 lb so the iPad Pro weighs 98 lb for the 11 in so just over a pound and 6.1 mm thick and that's going to be the same thickness for the 13-in model as well which we'll see here in a moment so since there's not a big difference between these two let's go ahead and unbox the 13in as well and then we'll talk about the differences in terms of size and overall features between the 11-in and 13-in iPad Air because there are a couple of minor differences so you can see I got the base again 128 gigabyte model for the 13 in and this is going to run you $7.99 so $799 for the 13 in 5.99 for the 11 in and this is Wi-Fi only as well and I got this in the blue color so let's going to take off these peel tabs and now let's check out what that blue looks like and inside you can see everything is the same the same cord and the same AC outlet so let's take a look at that blue color and again this is just a very light like pastely color so let's go ahead and take the paper off here so here is what the blue and purple look like together so the blue kind of looks like a gray in certain lighting so if you have like lighting directly on it it's going to look very silver or maybe like a like a gray color like a very light gray color whereas the purple it it stays looking purple you know it does kind of also look silver in certain lightings so it's hard to tell you know under studio lights so I can actually show you let me turn these lights off real quick and you can see how it looks maybe in you know your living room or when you're just around in your house you can see how they you can still tell that both of them are you know blue and purple especially right here you can see the purple really shines when it's darker but that's just a little bit of a color comparison between the purple and the blue you can see the top as well the borders always stand out with these colorful Apple products and there is a look at the side you can see the the blue and the purple around the camera bump as well and then also Al down here at the bottom you can see kind of the color comparison there it's not very obvious on the bottom with the lighting hitting it the way that it is but everything else looks the same you can see kind of a size comparison here between the 11in and the 13in so we're going to boot up both of these iPad Airs and set them up at the same time and take a look at the display differences the speaker differences and just the overall display size differences because this is the first time that we're seeing a 13-in iPad a and if you look closely we have a new landscape camera on both the 11-in and the 13-in iPad Air so now you have a landscape camera which means that you also have center stage on the iPad Air which just keeps you in frame when you're on a web call or a FaceTime call so that's going to be much more convenient because most people have their iPad sitting in you know landscape mode as opposed to portrait mode so let's go ahead and set these up all right so we're going to do this as English on both we'll go United States and here's where you can change the appearance so if you want it to be medium or large size in terms of the text and icons you can have that set there but I would recommend default especially on the 11in you might want to go bigger on the 13in because you have more of a display to deal with but I went with normal and now we have the quick start guide so if you have your phone nearby you might get a popup to basically set up this iPad without having to go through the process manually which is really nice I'm just going to go through without another device for this tutorial we're going to connect to our Wi-Fi and then we have a fresh software update so fresh out of the box we have a software update for the iPad Air this is going to be iPad OS 17.5 so I would highly recommend that everybody update right away but I'm going to update later just for the sake of this video now we have our data and privacy screen which we will just continue on and now you have the option to set up for a child in your family or if you want to set it up for yourself you can just go ahead and set up for yourself and now we get the option for Touch ID so we have Touch ID on the lock screen button on the top button which is going to be just like what we saw on the previous generation iPad Air so I'm going to take the 11in here and set up Touch ID so since I'm always going to be in this orientation most likely I'm going to use my left index finger not my dominant right hand for this and that is something I did on the previous generation and it worked out well for me you can always add other fingers as well but you kind of just need to you know tap up and down on the button right here make sure to keep doing that until it gets your finger kind of like face ID on your phone you know obviously a lot of people had Touch ID phones back in the day as well we all did but uh a lot of people forgot about that so anyway capture all your fingerprint so we're going to have to do another scan here of our fingerprints on this touch ID button so there we go it's done and now I ask you if you want to add another fingerprint if you want to switch it around and do that I would recommend doing at least two fingerprints one on each hand but we're going to set that up later in settings and now it's asking us to create an iPad passcode so we're just going to go to passcode options and we're going to select a four digigit so we're just going to do a four-digit we'll just do all zeros which obviously you do not want to do unless you're you know never leave your house and it only stays in your house but we're going to use that anyways and we're going to confirm our 4 zeros as our passcode just for the sake of this video and now you have the option to transfer your apps and data so if you didn't transfer everything over earlier now you get the chance to transfer from an iCloud backup from another iPad or if you have an Android device like a Galaxy Tab you can transfer everything over from there but we're going to set up and just do it from scratch and here's where you want to sign in to your Apple ID I'm just going to sign in on one of these and now we have our terms and conditions to agree to so we'll just go ahead and agree to that right there so while we're waiting on the 13in to sign in we're just going to go through the rest of the setup process on the 11 in so we have the option to update your iPad automatically so if you want software updates to update automatically without you doing it manually you can set that up and just tap continue if you want that but I want to download automatically and not install automatically so now we have location services I would recommend turning that on and now you have the option to set up h s so if you want to set up Siri and with the hey trigger you can set that up right there I personally do not use that very often on my iPad so I'm going to skip this and set up later in settings now you have the option for screen time so if you want a weekly report of your screen time and if if you want to be able to monitor that I would recommend just tapping on continue or you can set that up later in settings I like screen time so we'll set that up now and then you have iPad analytics so if you want to share the analytics with apple you can do that right there I'll just go ahead and share same with app analytics if you want to share data with app developers to help improve the applications you can do that as well now we have the option to do either light or dark mode for the interface or you can have it set to Auto which means it is light mode during Sunrise like after sunrise and when the Sun sets it goes to dark mode so I like that I'm going to keep that on auto and there we go perfect timing get started and we're now on the home screen for the 11-in iPad Air and if you want to improve Siri IND dictation you can share your audio recordings I select not now for that one and there we go we are now on the home screen of the 13in and you can see instantly the difference between the home screen even of the 13in and the 11in iPad Air so a pretty big difference you can fit a lot more over here on the 13in you can just see a lot more obviously than you can on the 11 in and as far as the processor inside we have the M2 Chip on the 13in and the 11-in iPad Air and this is going to be about 50% faster than the M1 air when combined with the faster memory bandwidth that this has now it's also going to be three times faster than the a12 iPad Air which a lot of you are likely looking to upgrade from so as far as battery life though it's going to be the same same as M2 we do also have Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 which is big for the iPad Air that's going to help Wi-Fi speeds and also Bluetooth connectivity and also speeds with Bluetooth and in terms of speakers and audio these are both going to have dual studio quality microphone so the microphone quality is going to be pretty good and they also both have landscape stereo speakers however the 13in is going to have better sound quality because it has double the base of the 11 in and I'm just going to turn the speakers up all the way because I think I can already tell a difference in the speaker quality so here's the 11in I'm not sure if this is going to go through on camera but yeah the 13-in just sounds a lot more refined and just more professional I don't know how to put it but the speakers definitely sound better on the 13in and it's not even related to the base just the overall quality sounds more polished and refined sounds more like an iPad Pro here on the 13in compared to the 11in so that will definitely translate over in into videos as well so I just want to listen to a quick video here on YouTube to see if we can hear a difference in the speaker quality okay so the 11 in definitely has better treble I would say like better Highs but the overall sound quality and especially the lows and the Basse is way better on the 13in iPad Air so it's a noticeable difference but I think that if you're listening to podcasts and things like that then the 11in is going to sound just fine there's really no downside to the 11in speakers I'd say it's only for like movies and things with a lot of base and by the way since we have that front-facing camera on the landscape side now it's in the landscape orientation that's going to make Center Stage a lot better as well so we do have Center Stage here on the iPad Air just like we had on the iPad Air 5 but you can see it just keeps you centered in the screen you know in the frame even when you move from side to side it's going to reenter you in the frame which is really nice it's a little too close for me but that's it's really nice in video calls and facetimes and things like that so it's definitely nice to have it here in the landscape view because it is a lot more you know accurate and it can see a lot more of your surroundings than when it was right here so that's great as well and that's a big benefit of having that landscape uh front-facing camera just like we had on the iPad 10th gen and then as far as far as the display we're looking at here this is going to be the liquid Retina Display so this is still an LCD display so of course it's not going to be OLED like the iPad Pro that's how apple is able to keep this at $599 starting for the 11-in model however we do have the P3 wide color gamut we have true tone and also the anti-reflective coating which it doesn't do great at reflect you know anti-reflection as you can see there but that is what Apple claims and by the way the software version that we're on on both of these is going to be iPad OS 17.4 with a build number of 21e 8237 so I do also want to run a geekbench test here so this is going to be on the 13-in iPad air base model which you can see has 8 GB of RAM and as we're running that geekbench test I do also want to show you the apple pencil Pro on the new iPad Air so this is the new Apple pencil Pro which was also just released today and this new iPad Pro or this new apple pencil Pro is only compatible with the new iPad Pro and and the new iPad Air so you can see we do have some new features here as well so you have the squeeze feature you have you know all these other features that shows right here so it asks us to try squeeze so the new Apple pencil has haptic feedback built in so now when you squeeze you will feel that haptic feedback which feels really good and it allows you to choose some of your tools without reaching all the way across the screen to do it it makes it a lot more convenient and now we also have find mod so it's going to add the apple pencil Pro to our find my so we can track it which is nice and so here we are inside of free form I just want to show you some of these features really quickly so we do have the barrel feature so if you go to a certain brush so we're going to pinch in right here so once you like kind of press in right here you feel that haptic feedback and you can see it pulls up that menu wherever you're at on the screen so it knows where you're at anywhere you go and it kind of just puts that menu there where you're at which is awesome so we're going to select a new brush here and what's really cool is that since we have a gyroscope built in you can see that when you twist and turn the apple pencil the little hover preview there shows the orientation that we're holding our pencil if we want to do the little barrel roll to change like the way that we draw things which is just awesome especially for artists so anyways here is the score for the geekbench test we scored a 2584 on the single core and an 8211 on the multicore now in terms of an overall size comparison between the 13in and the 11-in iPad Air I would say that if you're somebody who lik to take notes a lot like if you're a student and you need to take notes I would highly recommend the 11 in over the 13in the 13in just gets too big for things like writing in my opinion or if you like to read books a lot I still think the 11 in is best for that if you're just on the go more I mean both of these are pretty heavy I mean they're not super heavy it's still an iPad Air the new iPad Pro just makes these feel heavier than they actually are but uh the 11 in is obviously going to be better for portability and if you're just always on the go but I think the 13in is a great addition for the iPad Air for somebody who may not be able to you know afford or may not want all the fancy bells and whistles that the iPad Pro has but they want that bigger display I think the 13-in iPad Air is perfect for those people and I would say that if you're a big gamer or if you like to watch a lot of movies or TV shows then the 13inch is going to be the best bet for that as well I mean the 11 in is good but you're not going to beat the real estate that you get from the 13 in and I have yet to determine which one of these I will be keeping I am going to be using both of these for the next couple of weeks to see which one I actually want to keep because at this point in time I do not know if I want the 11 in or if I want the 13in iPad Air because I think I'm leaning toward the 11in for the iPad Pro so maybe I want the 13inch for the iPad Air who knows I will be doing a lot of testing and I will bring you more videos and My overall decision as well when I make that decision later on on the channel so make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss out on that but anyways that was my quick unboxing and overview detailed overview about the new iPad Air hope you enjoyed this video and I'll see you in the next one\n"