Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love this iPad air! Everything about it is flawless! Battery is amazing, sound is crisp, the finish and feel of this thing is surreal. Couldn't imagine an already great product get that much better!

This new iPad Air, on the surface, isn't anything groundbreaking. It's a bit faster, a bit thinner, a bit lighter, and a bit shinier than all the tablets I've used before. But, taken altogether--and taken along with the second-gen Apple Pencil--it feels like an entirely new experience. I haven't been this struck by a new device in a while. Over the years, I've owned three or four iPads, a few Android tablets, and a few convertible touchscreen laptops running various OSes. I've always been partial to Samsung because of the S Pen, and I've owned a couple of Galaxy Tabs and the Chromebook Pro: I love taking handwritten notes during meetings, and I like writing my first drafts by hand. But this device, with the Pencil, is leaps and bounds better than any other tablet I've used. Writing and drawing on it feels completely intuitive and fluid. The responsiveness of the interface with the pencil is amazing--it reproduces my handwriting (chicken scratch that it is) perfectly. And more than that, the built-in handwriting recognition in the OS is frankly astounding. Either using the Scribble feature to handwrite form entries or using the Notes app's feature that lets you search your handwritten notes, everything works FAR better than I expected them to. Let me reiterate: my handwriting is atrocious. And yet, this iPad is able to decipher my hieroglyphics with a frequency that actually makes the feature really useful--I was expecting it to be little more than a gimmick, as in the past handwriting recognition apps have been completely useless for me. There've been a few times where I actually giggled out loud when the iPad recognized something I'd written that I could barely read myself. Outside of how perfectly the iPad, iPadOS14, and Pencil have all integrated into my workflow, the design of the device itself is very nice, and the build quality is excellent. The tablet feels oddly light while still feeling very sturdy. And it's thin--even Apple's marketing images really don't do it justice. And obviously the new processor is nice, though I won't pretend to have done enough to even come close to pushing its limits. But the entire experience has been very smooth, even playing around with video editing and trying to find the most graphically-intensive games on the App Store I could. Haven't seen any lag or stuttering at all. All that said, it's not perfect. I do wish Apple was finally putting OLEDs into more of their devices outside of the iPhone. The screen on this really is gorgeous, don't get me wrong. And the blacks aren't awful or anything. But given how great everything else is on this device, having a backlit screen--as advanced and pretty as it is--just feels weird. And I'm kind of ambivalent about the power button TouchID. Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled the Home button is gone, but I think I'd kinda prefer FaceID. The TouchID on this iPad works great, and it does work very quickly, but I'm spoiled by being used to just tapping the screen on my iPhone and having it unlock itself automatically. Anyway, those minor gripes aside, this is a great little device, it fit itself into my workflow immediately. I think the highest praise I can give it is that it's amazing how quickly it effectively disappeared: within a couple days of using it, I stopped noticing it, because everything about writing and taking notes with the iPad and the Pencil felt second nature, it felt like it had always been there. Couldn't be happier with this purchase.

Awesome for taking notes during school! Screen is bright, battery is good, and it is light enough to carry around without noticing.

Excellent iPad option for school. Very fast and works great with the Apple Pencil. The light blue color is also very appealing.

Love it. My teen used this daily. Reliable, good charge, easy to carry around.

Perfect option for homework, job work, reading, or games. Perfect size, can easily read font on screen. Clear beautiful picture. Syncs to apple icloud. Works great for what I need it for. Light weight and portable.

I cam from an iPad Air 2 so this was a major upgrade. The screen looks great, it's super fast, and really light. The Touch ID sensor can be finicky depending on how your finger is orientated, but other than that it's a great iPad

Going on four years of having it, it’s still good as new. Battery life has wore down but that’s expected after a couple years.

The best thing to buy as a student. There are so many apps you can use for note-taking. Easy to use. Fast. Works seamlessly with my other Apple products. Surprisingly works well with Genshin Impact.

I bought this for my son for his birthday and honestly this is the best purchase ever! He is an artist so he spends majority of his days drawing. Lately, he’s been really into digital art so I decided to get him his first iPad and I’m so glad I chose this one. It’s perfect sized, lightweight, has a great battery life, really good storage space, a loud volume and is literally perfect for drawing on. He is able to do everything on it, including watching shows, painting, drawing, listening to music, reading, playing games and even doing schoolwork. It’s the perfect gift for the digital age. Great quality for a great value.

Very fast, very happy with purchase, amazing screen

I replaced my iPad Air 2 with the 4. It still worked fine, but as is usual with Apple products, the battery life degrades and they start to get glitchy. Not as fast as an iPhone, but eventually it will need to be upgraded. Okay, with all that out of the way, it is a great product. The processor is very fast, the battery life is a big improvement, The screen is visually sharp and overall it is a great product. I bought the 64 rather than the larger capacity model. Much cheaper and I store a lot in the cloud. I pay 99 cents a month for an extra 50 gigs of storage. Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase. Best Buy has done very well organizing and adapting to COVID protocols, for which I am grateful, being an old guy with some of the health issues that come with being old.

Very light weight , good camera quality front & back ! Has cool features such as touch I.D on the lock button . Seems real fragile i don’t know if i would recommend for children.

I admit I had little clue what all I was looking for when I finally decided to get an ipad, and I was trying not to break the bank either, but it has been about 2 years now since I have had it and I love it! I use it to stream shows at work during downtime, my coworkers and I also use it to bring up workout videos to stay active when we have time due to a sedentary job. But I primarily use it to work on art! Everything else is a plus, but I love that I have an easy way to work on my own personal art or commissions while im moving here and there and back again. Overall, I think it's has been a pretty great investment!

Really enjoying this latest iPad Air. It's fast and responsive. The last iPad I had was a mini 2, so this is a big upgrade. The larger size makes it worthwhile to actually be a bit more productive with it, as opposed to just being a media consumption device. I like that I can pair my bluetooth keyboard and mouse with it, when I am doing more heavy-lifting tasks. The fact that it was widely praised as a cheaper alternative to the current iPad Pro models was a big deciding factor for me, and I can say I am happy with its performance. The only major con I have is that Apple needs to stop making 64gb devices in this day and age. Really wish for this same price, I was getting at least 128 gb.

I love this iPad Battery is great and the size is perfect not to big no small perfect size

Love this iPad, easy to set with previous Apple ID setting. Purchased this for elderly parents and they like the screen size, ease of use and portability.

it’s nice and not inconvenient to carry around i use it a lot for my classes

Love my new iPad! It’s bigger, lighter and thinner than my old one. So much quicker in accessing apps and pictures are fantastic. Very happy I bought it.

I love the color and it’s very easy to use. It has everything I need when I need something bigger than my phone, but don’t want to haul around a laptop.