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Apple iPad Air (M3, 7th gen, 2025) review: A 2025 iPad Air refresh with M3 silicon and Apple Intelligence.

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2025·$599
Overall
84/100
Class rank
#40 of 42
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The M3 iPad Air.

iPad Air (M3) is a step refinement — M3 silicon, Apple Intelligence and two screen sizes at the mid-tier $599/$799 prices.

01Display

80/100

80/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2025 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeLiquid Retina IPS LCD
Size11.0 / 13.0 inches
Resolution2,360 × 1,640 / 2,732 × 2,048 px

02Camera

66/100

66/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2025 — 21 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main12 MP, f/1.8
Selfie12 MP landscape

03Performance

92/100

92/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.

ChipsetApple M3 (3 nm)
RAM8 GB
Storage128 GB – 1 TB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 86-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

Capacity7,606 / 9,757 mAh
WiredUSB-C

05Build

84/100

84/100 trails the 88-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.

06Value

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.

What works
  • M3 + Apple Intelligence.
  • Two screen sizes (11" + 13").
  • 128 GB base.
  • Apple Pencil Pro support.
What doesn't
  • Still 60 Hz LCD.
  • $599 / $799 starting.
  • Only 8 GB RAM.
  • Single rear cam.
Cross-shop it against
Pixel 10 Pro XL
$1,199 · score 92/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 42-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .