iPad Air M3 Review in India 🔥 | Best Value Apple Tablet Yet? Design, Display, Performance & More!
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00:00one thing i have just got to appreciate about apple is that how close they're getting that
00:09difference between a pro series ipad and the air series with the performance lineup because over
00:15the couple of years they're trying to bridge that gap and i really like it because the new
00:19ipad air m3 is getting you some very cool pro level performance and that too at a price tag
00:27that doesn't hit you that hard and in this video we have the newly launched ipad air m3 and we're
00:33going to be talking about some of the cool features that have been introduced some of the
00:36incremental updates and why exactly you should consider buying the new ipad air
00:46hey guys i'm cyrus you're watching fiber by india today and in this video we are taking a
00:51comprehensive detailed look at the new ipad air we have the 13 inch with us today so if you're
00:58looking for a tablet under maybe 70 000 rupees you should watch this video all right first up design
01:06i know when the new ipad was launched the meme fest everybody was talking about what has apple done here
01:14because yes design wise a lot of people criticized apple for not changing a lot with the new m3 chipset
01:20because compared to the m2 version it's almost the same yes it's one gram lighter i understand but
01:29hang on the question here is if something isn't broken why try to fix it i think that's a philosophy
01:35that a lot of people do not understand because the design of the new m3 i think is good enough
01:40because the last time the m2 was also good so you shouldn't be looking to change things around right
01:46because the people like this design so yes while the m2 was a good device in the hand i think the
01:5113 is also meeting all the check boxes the only thing is if you are wanting a very lightweight very
02:00compact design i would prefer going for the 11 inch variant because the 13 inch can feel a little
02:05overwhelming in the hand despite the fact that it's not that heavy but carrying this around could be a
02:11problem for some people but otherwise the design is absolutely perfect aluminium body flat sides
02:17rounded corners it looks sleek feels pretty handy in the hand so again no deal breakers as such but
02:24if you're still hanging on to the same point of why they have kept it the same as 2024 then
02:30i'm sorry i've already lost you the one thing yes that did take me off a little was the glass that's been
02:37used on the display because it attracts a lot of smudges and fingerprints if you are using the ipad
02:44you are obviously using with your fingers and if for heaven's sake if you have oily fingers or if you
02:51attract you like you leave a lot of smudges on your screen you'll have to keep cleaning it again and again
02:55and imagine at the end of the day you have an ipad with you with a blanket of fingerprint and that just
03:01looks very uh not so nice so yes you'll have to keep a cloth with you keep cleaning it that is the
03:08inconvenience of this one because it is a fingerprint magnet rest i think the overall design for the
03:14ipad air is a good one again the design choices and the size choices i'll leave it up to you 11 is more
03:20compact and handy 13 gives you a bigger form factor if you like big things if you know what i mean talking
03:27about the display this one that i have today is a 13 inch liquid retina display 600 nits of brightness
03:35and if you're using the ipad indoors uh under control environments i don't think you'll have
03:39any sort of problem consuming content yes the difference could lie when you take it outside where
03:44the sun is harsh where the lighting is a bit harsh because there's a lot of glare and reflection
03:49that you have to deal with i dealt with it so i think you will have the same problem but if you're
03:55consuming content indoors if you're using it indoors i don't think and if you angle properly also a big
04:00factor you should be okay with this one yeah again one thing that a lot of people have been talking
04:06about is the refresh rate because the ipad air is still sticking to the old 60 hertz refresh rate
04:11screen and in 2025 that can tick off a lot of people because a lot of tablets today are offering 90
04:18hertz 220 hertz of refresh rate just makes the experience a lot more smoother and the visual experience
04:24is all that the ipad is about right so if you're watching movies or if you're just running basic
04:30applications the way the animations go the smoothness kind of is a delight to the eyes when you're
04:35watching it right so 60 hertz could be a deal break of some people but again it's it's not bad i'm
04:41just saying the lower refresh rate could be a deal breaker overall i think the ipad air display is good
04:49for content consumption for playing games for your basic daily tasks yes uh the brightness could be
04:56a problem and you take it outdoors but uh again that's basically with every tablet right so just
05:02use it in controlled environments and yes remember the 60 hertz i keep harping on it but just wanted to
05:09put it on there moving on to the performance yes this is a big update indeed because the m3 chip
05:14now in the air ecosystem means you are getting a pro almost a pro level performer because i was
05:21doing the ipad pro for almost nine months now and the kind of applications i was running on it i ran the
05:27same apps on the air and the difference is hardly there because in terms of specifications i'll give you
05:34some numbers 16.7 faster cpu performance 18.5 better gpu and 6 better antutu scores have been recorded
05:44on the air compared to the m2 processor by the way which clearly means that you are moving closer to
05:50that pro area and i had ran applications like Adobe rush which is a video editing software i ran 3d
05:57render object applications i was actually making 3d objects within the ipad air i was gaming on it
06:03watching content on it not once did this thing lag or stutter which means that the performance bump
06:10is clearly there and even you will recognize it when you are buying it so yes it can perform at
06:17an optimum level with the efficiency of the m3 and remember hardware accelerated ray tracing also
06:23improves your overall gaming performance we tried playing diablo immortal and games like as for legends
06:28on the ipad and in terms of the graphics and the way the shadows and the lighting was changing within
06:35the app just makes the whole experience more immersive so if you're looking for a gaming engine
06:39as well the ipad air is a capable one talking about video editing yes i rendered a two minute hd
06:46video on this machine and compared to the m1 pro chipset this was faster which means that even if
06:52you are making small video clips hd version you can edit all of that in here right but again playing and
07:00gaming on the 13 inch variant can be a bit overwhelming because this is a large screen and
07:05you cannot keep holding it for long hours yes if you're bundling it with a controller then maybe it
07:11makes more sense if you have a keyboard or a mouse that's compatible with the game then you can you
07:15know play triple eight titles and high-end games but if you do not have the controller uh yes gaming can
07:22be a bit cumbersome on a larger screen the 11 inch variant could be better uh if you really want to
07:28game on a bigger screen but apart from that i think the performance engine the performance pack on the
07:33n3 is excellent and i really didn't miss my pro tablet when i was using this one so you're very
07:42close to the pro level experience with this and remember eight gigs of ram is what you're getting
07:46on the ipad air which means uh your overall performance efficiency is taken care of you get
07:51different storage variants also which you can choose uh as per your preference so overall a
07:55comprehensive package right here the camera on the rear is a 12 megapixel shooter on the front you're
08:01getting a 12 megapixel selfie camera as well the good thing is it's on the landscape mode which means
08:07attending zoom meetings isn't awkward and you don't have to orient your tablet in an awkward position
08:13because that's just inconvenient yes the center stage tech which means you will be at the center
08:19whenever you are on a zoom call i tried this tech it really helps if you're moving a lot and it just
08:25handy when people want to just move from one place to another when they're attending these meetings so
08:31good tech to have the rear camera isn't the best i would say for a tablet or even if you're clicking
08:37insta-worthy content because uh yes the megapixel count is there yes you get 4k recording but apart
08:44from that if you want to click a good picture use your smartphone this i use for mostly qr codes and
08:51basic emergencies but not recommended for anything that you want to put on instagram the support for
08:57apple pencil is a handy addition for people who do a lot of creative work with the ipad remember
09:03i do not have the creative skills but people who do can use the apple pencil pro you can clip it on with
09:10the magnetic edition that you have here and the extra features that the pro brings you can use on
09:17the canvas of the m3 and remember these applications might not be lightweight because you're doing a lot
09:24of uh creative work here using a lot of graphics and the pencil pro just enhances your utility your
09:29creativity so you have the performance engine you have the apple pencil just bundle it if you want
09:36a good creative system with you and remember i would like to add for people who do a lot of typing work
09:41do a lot of uh basic work scrolling the internet checking your emails you can bundle it with the magic
09:48keyboard and yes the m3 now supports magic keyboard that extra function key at the top just enhances
09:54utility but remember a trackpad a keyboard that is your physically typing on it just will help you
10:01better because yes i did not use it on the 13 inch but i had used it on the ipad pro earlier and
10:07it saved me a lot of pain because i didn't have to keep switching between my laptop and my ipad with
10:13this new functionality so yes invest around 27 to 30 000 you're getting a keyboard you're getting extra
10:19protection with the cover you're getting a trackpad i think your setup is complete it's almost as close
10:25you can get to a laptop experience with a tablet apple intelligence is indeed a big factor for people to
10:33switch to the apple ecosystem and the air is also getting apple intelligence yes we didn't get to
10:40experience the ai on the m3 because it's not here if you're buying it immediately you won't get to
10:48experience any apple intelligence features however if you wait a couple of weeks you'll get all of the ai
10:54on the air battery life again apple says that you get 10 hours of video playing on the air which i almost
11:04got close to because during my testing i tried geo hotstar netflix amazon prime i started my video
11:11streaming at 100 battery and almost six hours in the battery drain obviously but i could get six hours
11:19which is great and remember i was using wi-fi i had all the applications running on the background i had
11:27brightness peaked up to 100 percent and despite all of that i could still get six hours of playtime which
11:33again for an ipad is impressive the only thing that could be a downer for a lot of people is the 20
11:40watt charging and the charger that you get in the box because it takes a long time almost 90 plus
11:46minutes to charge the ipad from 0 to 100 and for people who need quick charge you'd be disappointed
11:52but again uh to make sure that you understand this the ipad doesn't require you to keep charging it again
11:59and again on a daily basis with the kind of standby time you're getting you will easily be able to use
12:03it for two to three days it's not your smartphone right so even if you are getting 90 minutes of
12:09charging i think that's uh good enough i mean you don't charge it all the time right but yes i would
12:16say that it would have been good if faster charging would have been included and in 2025 20 watt just feels
12:22too slow sorry now let's talk about pricing and the overall verdict the starting price for the 11
12:30inch ipad air in india is around 60 000 rupees and if you want to go for the 13 inch variant it goes uh
12:36up to 80 000 rupees and i think this is good pricing because apple hasn't changed the pricing for the
12:43ipad in india despite the inflation despite the price rise and a lot of conversation around tariffs the
12:48pricing is same which means if you're looking to enter the ipad or the tablet ecosystem this is
12:54good pricing and with the addition of the m3 chip you are moving closer to the pro level performance and
13:01if you don't want to spend a lot on pro tablets i think the m3 is perfect for you yes you'll have to
13:07spend extra for the keyboard and the apple pencil pro but you're just looking for the tablet experience
13:12i think this is good pricing to have with performance everything you'll get apple intelligence
13:17great battery life and overall i think it's a good tablet to go for which is why in our fiber rating
13:25we will give the ipad air m3 13 a solid 8 out of 10 which is great that's it for this review of the
13:34ipad air let us know in the comment section what you think about this latest gizmo from apple and if
13:39you have any opinions and topics that you want to discuss on this device or any other apple device
13:44please reach out to us on our comment section i'll be back with more tech around apple and uh
13:50other things as well this is cyrus signing off take care guys i'll see you very soon