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iPad Air 5

In short 

Product: iPad Air 5 (5th generation) 

Color: Space Gray | Starlight | Pink | Purple | Blue

Model: Wifi | Wifi + Cellular

Capacity: 64 GB | 256 GB
 
Condition: NEW in blister
Warranty: 1 year Apple Guarantee
In detail
Finishing
  • Space grey
  • Starlight
  • Pink
  • Mauve
  • Blue
 
Ability
  • 64 GB
  • 256 GB
 
Dimensions and weight
  • Wi‑Fi models
    • Height: 247.6mm
    • Width: 178.5mm
    • Depth: 6.1mm
    • Weight: 461 grams
  •  
  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
    • Height: 247.6mm
    • Width: 178.5mm
    • Depth: 6.1mm
    • Weight: 462 grams
 
Buttons and connectors
  1. Front camera
  2. Top button/Touch ID sensor
  3. Volume buttons
  4. Rear camera
  5. Smart Connector
  6. USB-C connector
  7. SIM card support (Wi-Fi + Cellular)
  8. Magnetic connector for Apple Pencil
 
Contents of the box
  • iPad Air (5th generation)
  • USB‑C charging cable (1m)
  • 20W USB-C power adapter
Screen
  • Liquid Retina Display
  • 10.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
  • 2360 x 1640 pixel resolution at 264 pixels per inch (dpi)
  • Wide color gamut (P3)
  • True Tone Display
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Laminated screen
  • Anti-reflective coating
  • 1.8% reflectance
  • 500 nits brightness
  • Compatible with Apple Pencil (2nd generation)
The iPad Air screen has rounded corners that fit into a rectangle. If we measure this rectangle, the screen displays a diagonal of 10.86 inches. The actual display area is less.
Chip
  • Apple M1 chip
  • 8-core CPU
  • 8-core GPU
  • Neural Engine Apple
  • 8 GB of RAM
Camera
  • 12 MP wide-angle, ƒ/1.8 aperture
  • Digital zoom up to 5x
  • Five-Element Objective
  • Autofocus with Focus Pixels
  • Panoramic (up to 63 Mpx)
  • Smart HDR 3
  • Photos and Live Photos with wide color gamut
  • Georeferencing photos
  • Automatic image stabilization
  • Burst Mode
  • Available image formats: HEIF and JPEG
Video recording
  • 4K video recording at 24, 25, 30 or 60 fps
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25, 30 or 60 fps
  • 720p HD video recording at 30 fps
  • Slow motion support in 1080p at 120 or 240 fps
  • Time lapse with stabilization
  • Wide dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinema-quality video stabilization (4K, 1080p and 720p)
  • Continuous autofocus
  • Reading zoom
  • Available video formats: HEVC and H.264
FaceTime HD Camera
  • 12MP ultra-wide-angle front camera, 122° field of view
  • Aperture ƒ/2.4
  • Smart HDR 3
  • 1080p HD video recording at 25, 30 or 60 fps
  • Time lapse with stabilization
  • Wide dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
  • Cinema-quality video stabilization (1080p and 720p)
  • Photos and Live Photos with wide color gamut
  • Lens correction
  • Retina Flash
  • Automatic image stabilization
  • Burst Mode
Video calls3
  • FaceTime video
  • Centered frame
  • From iPad to any FaceTime compatible device via Wi‑Fi or cellular network
Audio calls3
  • FaceTime audio
  • From iPad to any FaceTime compatible device via Wi‑Fi or cellular network
Speakers
  • Stereo speakers
Microphones
  • Two microphones for calls and audio and video recording
Cellular and wireless connectivity
  • All models
    Wi‑Fi 6 802.11ax; simultaneous dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz); HT80 with MIMO
    Bluetooth 5.0 technology
  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
    Model A2589:
    5G NR (bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79)4
    FDD-LTE (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)
    TD-LTE (bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
    UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
    Data only5
    Wi‐Fi Calling4
    eSIM6
    Learn more about cellular connectivity
To learn more about 5G and LTE compatibility, contact your carrier and see apple.com/en/ipad/cellular/networks.
SIM card
  • Nano‑SIM (compatible with Apple SIM6 card)
  • eSIM6
Geolocation
  • All models
    • Digital compass
    • Wireless
    • iBeacon microlocation
  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
    • Integrated GPS/GNSS
    • Cellular connectivity
Sensors
  • Touch ID
  • Three-axis gyroscope
  • Accelerometer
  • Barometer
  • Ambient light sensor
Touch ID
  • Unlock the iPad
  • Secure your personal data within apps
  • Make purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books
Apple Pay
  • Thanks to Touch ID, pay with your iPad in apps and on the web
Learn more about Apple Pay
Siri7
  • Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and do more
  • Get proactive suggestions
  • Use your iPad hands-free
  • Listen to and identify songs
Learn more about Siri
Charging and expansion
  • USB‑C port with support for:
    • Recharge
    • DisplayPort
    • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10 Gbps)
Display
  • Native resolution support on the built-in display in millions of colors
    • Support for an external display up to 6K resolution at 60Hz
  • Digital video output
    • Native DisplayPort output via USB-C
    • VGA, HDMI, and DVI outputs supported using adapters (sold separately)
  • Video copy
    • AirPlay up to 4K for video mirroring, photos, and video output to Apple TV (2nd generation or later) or AirPlay 2-compatible connected TV
    • Video mirroring and video output via USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter (adaptors sold separately)
Power and battery8 
  • Built-in 28.6 Wh rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
  • Up to 10 hours of battery life to browse the internet over Wi-Fi or watch videos
  • Charges via AC adapter or computer USB-C port
  • Wi‑Fi + Cellular models
    • Up to 9 hours of battery life to browse the Internet over a cellular data network
Operating system
iPadOS
iPadOS includes powerful features and apps designed to leverage the unique capabilities of iPad.
Learn more about iPadOS
iPad User Guide
Accessibility
Built-in accessibility features for specific vision, mobility, hearing, and cognitive needs help you get the most out of your iPad.
Learn more about Accessibility
Features included:
  • VoiceOver
  • Voice control
  • Zoom
  • Magnifying glass
  • RTT support
  • Siri and Dictation
  • Write to Siri
  • Selection control
  • Closed captions
  • AssistiveTouch
  • Stated content
Integrated apps
  • App Store
  • Books
  • Calendar
  • Camera
  • Clock
  • Contacts
  • FaceTime
  • Files
  • Locate
  • Home
  • iTunes Store
  • Magnifying glass
  • Email
  • Plans
  • Measures
  • Messages
  • Music
  • Notes
  • Photo Booth
  • Pictures
  • Podcasts
  • Reminders
  • Safari
  • Settings
  • Shortcuts
  • Siri
  • Sotck exchange
  • Tips
  • Translate
  • TV
  • Dictaphone
Free Apple Apps
Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iMovie, GarageBand, Clips, and Apple Store apps come preinstalled on iPad.
  • Pages
  • numbers
  • Keynote
  • iMovie
  • GarageBand
  • Apple Store
  • Clips
  • Swift Playgrounds
  • Assistance
System requirements
  • Apple ID (required for some features)
  • Internet access9
  • Syncing with a Mac or PC requires:
    • macOS Catalina 10.15 (or later) and Finder
    • macOS El Capitan 10.11.6 to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 and iTunes 12.8 (or later)
    • Windows 10 and iTunes 12.12 (or later) (free download from itunes.com/en/download)
Languages
  • Supported languages
    German, English (Australia, Canada, United States, India, United Kingdom, Singapore), Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional, Hong Kong Traditional), Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, Mexico), Finnish, French (Canada, France), Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Czech , Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
  • Supported QuickType keyboards
    Ainu, Albanian, German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Amharic, English (Australia, Canada, United States, India, United Kingdom, Singapore), Arabic (Najdi, modern standard), Armenian, Assamese, Assyrian, Azeri, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bodo, Bulgarian, Kashmiri (Arabic alphabet, Devanagari alphabet), traditional Cantonese (cangjie, handwritten, stroke, sucheng), Catalan, Cherokee, simplified Chinese (handwritten, QWERTY pinyin, 10-key pinyin, shuangpin, stroke ), traditional Chinese (cangjie, handwritten, QWERTY pinyin, 10-key pinyin, shuangpin, stroke, sucheng, zhuyin), Sinhalese, Korean (2-Set, 10 keys), Croatian, Danish, Dogri, emoji, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, Mexico), Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, Flemish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Irish Gaelic, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari alphabet, Latin alphabet, transliteration), Hungarian, Igbo, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese (Kana, Romaji), Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Konkani (Devanagari alphabet), Kurdish (Arabic alphabet, Latin alphabet), Laotian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maithili, Malay (Arabic alphabet, Latin alphabet), Malayalam, Maldivian, Maltese, Maori, Marathi, Meitei (Bengali alphabet, Meitei Mayek script), Mongolian, Navajo, Dutch, Nepali, Norwegian (Bokmål, Nynorsk), Odia, Uyghur, Uzbek ( Arabic alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet), Pashto, Punjabi, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Fulani (Adlam), Filipino, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Rohingya, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali (Devanagari alphabet, Santali alphabet), Serbian (Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet), Sindhi (Arabic alphabet, Devanagari alphabet), Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tajik, Tamil (Anjal, Tamil 99), Czech, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese
  • QuickType keyboards with autocorrect supported
    German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United States), English (India), English (Japan), English (United Kingdom), English (Singapore), Arabic (najdi), Arabic (modern standard), Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Chinese - simplified (pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - traditional (pinyin QWERTY), Chinese - traditional (zhuyin), Korean (2- set), Croatian, Danish, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Estonian, Finnish, French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), Irish Gaelic, Greek, Gujarati, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi (Devanagari), Hindi (transliteration), Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese (kana), Japanese (romaji), Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Marathi, Dutch, Dutch ( Belgium), Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Punjabi, Persian, Persian (Afghanistan), Filipino, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Tamil (Anjal), Tamil (Tamil 99), Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu and Vietnamese
  • QuickType keyboards with predictive typing supported
    German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), English (Australia, Canada, United States, India, United Kingdom, Singapore), Arabic (Najdi, modern standard), Cantonese (traditional), Chinese (simplified, traditional), Korean, Spanish (Latin America, Spain, Mexico), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Hindi (Devanagari alphabet, Latin alphabet), Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese
  • QuickType keyboards with multilingual input supported
    German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United States), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (Singapore), Chinese - simplified (pinyin), Chinese - traditional (pinyin), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), Hindi (Latin alphabet), Italian, Japanese (Romaji), Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil) and Portuguese (Portugal)
  • QuickType keyboards with contextual suggestions supported
    German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United States), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (Singapore), Arabic (najdi), Arabic (modern standard), Chinese (simplified), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French (Belgium), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland) , Hindi (Devanagari alphabet), Hindi (Latin alphabet), Italian, Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Swedish, Turkish and Vietnamese
  • QuickPath keyboard support
    German (Germany), German (Austria), German (Switzerland), English (Australia), English (Canada), English (United States), English (India), English (United Kingdom), English (Singapore), Chinese (simplified), Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), French (Canada), French (France), French (Switzerland), Italian, Dutch (Belgium), Dutch (Netherlands), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Swedish and Vietnamese
  • Siri languages
    German (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), English (South Africa, Australia, Canada, United States, India, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates), Cantonese ( Mainland China, Hong Kong), Mandarin Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan), Korean (Republic of Korea), Danish (Denmark), Spanish (Chile, Spain, United States, Mexico), Finnish (Finland), French (Belgium, Canada, France, Switzerland), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese (Japan), Malay (Malaysia), Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Norwegian (Norway), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian ( Russia), Swedish (Sweden), Thai (Thailand) and Turkish (Turkey)
  • Dictation Languages
    German (Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland), English (South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Canada, United Arab Emirates, United States, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, United Kingdom, Singapore), Arabic (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar), Cantonese (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau), Catalan, Mandarin Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan), Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish (Argentina, Chile , Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Spain, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Uruguay), Finnish, French (Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland), Greek , Hebrew, Hindi (India), Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Malay, Dutch (Belgium, Netherlands), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil, Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (China) mainland), Slovak, Swedish, Czech, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
  • Supported definition dictionaries
    Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, US, UK
  • Supported bilingual dictionaries
    German – English, Arabic – English, Chinese (simplified) – English, Chinese (traditional) – English, Korean – English, Spanish – English, French – German, French – English, Gujarati – English, Hindi – English, Indonesian – English, Italian – English, Japanese – English, Japanese – Chinese (simplified), Dutch – English, Polish – English, Portuguese – English, Russian – English, Tamil – English, Telugu – English, Thai – English, Urdu – English, Vietnamese – English
  • Thesaurus
    English (US, UK), Chinese (simplified)
  • Spell check
    Arabic, Najdi Arabic, German, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish
  • Countries and geographies supporting Apple Pay
    Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Mainland China10, Cyprus, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Estonia, United Arab Emirates , United States, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Isle of Man, Faroe Islands, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg , Macau, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, New Zealand, Palestine, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, San Marino, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine and Vatican
Video playback
  • Supported formats: HEVC and H.264
  • Support for Dolby Vision and HDR10 technologies
Audio playback
  • Supported formats: AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos
  • Spatial audio playback
  • Maximum listening volume configurable by the user
Mail attachment support
  • Types of documents that can be displayed
    .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key(Keynote); .numbers(Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text); .vcf (coordinates); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics ; .usdz
Ambient conditions
  • Operating temperature: 0 to 35°C
  • Storage temperature: -20 to 45°C
  • Relative humidity: 5 to 95% non-condensing
  • Maximum altitude of use: tested up to 3,000 m
The iPad Air and the environment
To reduce its impact on the environment, iPad Air is designed with the following features11:
View the iPad Air Environmental Impact Report
Greener materials
  • 100% recycled aluminum housing
  • 100% recycled rare earths in the case and speaker magnets, representing 96% of the rare earths in the device
  • 100% recycled tin in main logic motherboard solder
  • 35% minimum recycled plastic in many components
Energy efficient
  • ENERGY STAR®12 certification
Smarter Chemistry13
  • Arsenic-free glass
  • Free from mercury, RFB, PVC and beryllium
Ecological manufacturing
  • Apple's Zero Waste program helps suppliers keep waste out of landfills
  • All supplier final assembly sites are transitioning to using 100% renewable energy for Apple production
More respectful packaging
  • 100% of virgin wood fibers come from responsibly managed forests
  • Packaging made of at least 90% fiber
Apple and the environment
We are committed to manufacturing our products without drawing on Earth's resources and to becoming carbon neutral across our entire business, including our products, by 2030.
Learn more about Apple's commitment to the environment
iPad Air 10.9-inch Wi-Fi (A2588): Trunk SAR: 0.91 W/kg; Member SAR: 0.91 W/kg
iPad Air 10.9-inch Wi-Fi + Cellular (A2589): Trunk SAR: 0.99 W/kg; Member SAR: 0.99 W/kg
The SAR (specific absorption rate) of touchscreen tablets quantifies the maximum level of exposure to electromagnetic waves, for a limb or the trunk. French regulations require that the SAR does not exceed 2 W/kg for the trunk and 4 W/kg for the limbs. To learn more about DAS, visit the page apple.com/en/legal/rfexposure.
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