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iPad Air (M2)

Discontinued 4 Mar 2025

Released

15 May 2024

Announced

7 May 2024

Pre-orders opened

7 May 2024

Launch price from

$599

Discontinued

4 Mar 2025

Lifespan

10 months

Category
iPad Air
Status
Discontinued
Apple support status
Discontinued, not yet Vintage
Release type
Refresh of an existing model
Previous model
iPad Air (5th generation)
Replaced by
iPad Air (M3)
Official Apple page
No longer available on Apple’s website
Tech specs
Apple specs ↗
Press release
Apple Newsroom ↗
More information
iPad Air (M2) on Wikipedia ↗

Notes

The iPad Air (M2) was sold in two sizes for the first time in the line’s history, an 11-inch and a 13-inch with 30% more screen area. The larger one cost $200 more, and both used the same M2 chip, which Apple said was nearly 50% faster than the M1 in the previous Air.

Apple described the 11-inch model as redesigned, though it measured 247.6mm by 178.5mm by 6.1mm, the same figures as the model before it. What changed was the front camera, which moved from the short edge to the long one, so it sits in the middle of the frame when the tablet is turned sideways for a video call.

Support for the second-generation Apple Pencil was dropped, so the iPad Air (M2) took either the new Apple Pencil Pro at $129 or the Apple Pencil with USB-C at $79, and anyone upgrading from the previous model needed a new one.

Storage doubled at the bottom of the range, from 64GB to 128GB, with 512GB and 1TB offered on an iPad Air for the first time. Four colours were sold: blue, purple, starlight and space grey.

It was announced on 7 May 2024 at the ‘Let Loose’ event. Orders opened the same day, while it was released to shops on 15 May, priced from $599.

The model it replaced was the iPad Air (5th generation).

iPad Air release history

  1. 2026

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    iPad Air (M4) ReleasedCurrent

  3. 2 Mar 2026

    iPad Air (M3) Discontinued

  4. ↑ about 1 year later
  5. 2025

  6. 12 Mar 2025

    iPad Air (M3) Released

  7. 4 Mar 2025

    iPad Air (M2) Discontinued

  8. ↑ 10 months later
  9. 2024

  10. 15 May 2024

    iPad Air (M2) Released

  11. 7 May 2024

    iPad Air (5th generation) Discontinued

  12. ↑ 2 years, 2 months later
  13. 2022

  14. 18 Mar 2022

    iPad Air (5th generation) Released

  15. 8 Mar 2022

    iPad Air (4th generation) Discontinued

  16. ↑ 1 year, 4 months later
  17. 2020

  18. 23 Oct 2020

    iPad Air (4th generation) Released

  19. 15 Sept 2020

    iPad Air (3rd generation) Discontinued

  20. ↑ 1 year, 6 months later
  21. 2019

  22. 18 Mar 2019

    iPad Air (3rd generation) Released

  23. ↑ about 2 years later
  24. 2017

  25. 21 Mar 2017

    iPad Air (2nd generation) Discontinued

  26. ↑ about 1 year later
  27. 2016

  28. 21 Mar 2016

    iPad Air (1st generation) Discontinued

  29. ↑ 1 year, 5 months later
  30. 2014

  31. 22 Oct 2014

    iPad Air (2nd generation) Released

  32. ↑ about 1 year later
  33. 2013

  34. 1 Nov 2013

    iPad Air (1st generation) Launch

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