Officially in 5 March 2025 (MYT), Apple has released its newer, faster and more powerful iPad Air with M3 chip, built for Apple Intelligence.
With the starting price of RM2,799 for the 11-inch model and RM3,699 for the 13-inch model, the new iPad Air retains its competitive value that's similar to the previous model. If you're qualified for the education pricing, the 11-inch iPad Air starts from RM2,569, and the 13-inch model from RM3,469.
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What's New With iPad Air with M3?
- Better Graphics Support
The iPad Air with M3 now has Apple’s latest advanced graphics architecture, offering users a combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level. Featuring a more powerful 8-core CPU, M3 is up to 35 percent faster for multithreaded CPU workflows than iPad Air with M1. The secret lies within the M3 processor's 9-core GPU with up to 40 percent faster graphics performance over M1.
When carrying out graphics-intensive rendering workflows, iPad Air with M3 offers up to 4x faster performance than iPad Air with M1, enabling more accurate lighting, reflections, shadows, and extremely realistic gaming experiences.
Moreover, iPad Air with M3 allows for enhanced AI capabilities in iPadOS 18. Compared to M1, the Neural Engine in M3 is up to 60 percent faster for AI-based workloads. This includes better support for new accessories such as a new Magic Keyboard and Apple Pencil Pro (USB C).
- iPad Air with M3 Comes With Apple Intelligence
iPad Air with M3 is also built for Apple Intelligence. Enjoy the likes of Clean Up tool for easy removal of distracting elements in images, and natural language search allows users to search for just about any photo or video by simply describing what they are looking for. Use the Image Wand in the Notes app to turn rough sketches into delightful images, just by drawing a circle around the sketch with their Apple Pencil. There's also the Image Playground to create the perfect emoji with Genmoji.
Users who want to make their writing even more dynamic can do so with Writing Tools. Now, when users type to Siri, Siri is more conversational with the ability to follow along if users stumble over their words. Siri can also maintain context from one request to the next, and with extensive product knowledge.
Siri can also answer thousands of questions about the features and settings of Apple products, so users can learn how to do things like take a screen recording.
With ChatGPT seamlessly integrated into Writing Tools and Siri, users can tap into ChatGPT’s expertise without jumping between applications, so they can get things done faster and easier than ever before. In addition, users can access ChatGPT for free without creating an account, and privacy protections are built in — their IP addresses are obscured and OpenAI won’t store requests.
- Enhanced Security with Apple Intelligence
Designed to protect users’ privacy at every step, Apple Intelligence uses on-device processing, meaning that many of the models that power it run entirely on device.
For requests that require access to larger models, Private Cloud Compute extends the privacy and security of iPad into the cloud to unlock even more intelligence. When using Private Cloud Compute, users’ data is never stored or shared with Apple; it is used only to fulfil their request.
- Double Storage For iPad A16
Additionally, Apple also updated the iPad with double the starting storage and the A16 chip, bringing even more value to customers. The A16 chip provides a jump in performance for everyday tasks and experiences in iPadOS, while still providing all-day battery life.
Compared to the previous generation, the updated iPad with A16 is nearly 30 percent faster. In fact, compared to iPad with A13 Bionic, users will see up to a 50 percent improvement in overall performance, and A16 makes the updated iPad up to 6x faster than the best-selling Android tablet.
Pricing & Availability
With the starting price of RM2,799, you can order the new iPad Air with M3 soon on apple.com/my/store, in the Apple Store app, and in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers. Models are available with 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB configurations.