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Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 600

A15 Bionic chip

Octa-core, 4 at 2GHz and 4 at 1.8GHz

Yes

16GB

128GB | 256GB

Up to 256GB

microSD™

2GB

Yes

Yes

Enabled by TrueDepth camera for facial recognition

16

Subject to change based on future operating system updates

5G (sub 6 GHz and mmWave) with 4x4 MIMO

5G NR mmWave (Bands n258, n260, n261)

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n71, n78, n79)

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO and LAA

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71

Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48

850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz

FaceTime video

Center Stage

iPad to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular

Share experiences like movies, TV, music, and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay

Screen sharing

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial Audio

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes

FaceTime audio

Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) with 2x2 MIMO

2.4GHz & 5GHz

5.3

eSIM

iPad Air uses eSIM technology and is not compatible with physical SIM cards.

Pay with your iPhone using Face ID in stores, within apps, and on the web

Complete purchases made with Apple Pay on your Mac

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 30, 39, 40, 41, 66 and 71

850/1700/1900/2100MHz

850/900/1800/1900MHz

Quad-band

Yes

802.11a/b/g/n/ac

2.4GHz & 5.0GHz

v5.0 + EDR, A2Dp, Hs, LE, aptX®

Up to 10 devices

Noise suppression by Goodix VoiceExperience

Yes

Nano

Accelerometer, Barometer

Touch ID

Three-axis gyro

Accelerometer

Barometer

Ambient light sensor

Insert pictures, video clips and sound clips easily (messaging charges apply)

Yes

Sonim Music Player

Apple Music®

MP3, AAC, HE-AAC v1, v2, FLAC, APE, ALAC, AIFF

AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos

via Bluetooth

Yes

Apple Music®

M4,T4

Yes

Yes

Built-in accessibility features supporting vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive disabilities help you get the most out of your iPad.

Features include:

VoiceOver

Zoom

Magnifier

Spoken Content

Voice Control

Switch Control

AssistiveTouch

Siri and Dictation

Type to Siri

Real-Time Text

Audio Descriptions

Subtitles and Closed Captioning

Live Captions

The AT&T Eco-Rating 2.0 system gives you environmental and social details about this device. The system uses a total of 20 performance criteria across 5 different attributes, for a total rating of 1 to 5 stars: 19-20 (5-star), 16-18 (4-star), 13-15 (3-star), 10-12 (2-star), 8-9 (1-star)

4/4

0/3

1/1

2/2

10/10

Wireless charging up to 15W

Magnet array

Alignment magnet

Accessory Identification NFC

Magnetometer