iPad Air 4th generation tablet falls to $499 ahead of iPad Air 5 release

Apple’s 4th generation iPad Air 4th is still one of the best tablets to purchase. Just days before the iPad Air 5’south release date, the previous-gen model gets a sweet discount.

Best Buy currently offers the iPad Air for $499 . That’s $100 off its regular retail toll and one of the lowest prices nosotros’ve seen for this Apple tablet. In fact, this is the best iPad deal we’ve seen outside of the holidays.

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The iPad Air four offers everything y’all could ever want in a tablet. Information technology’southward lightweight, fast, powerful, and has good bombardment life. It’s also a great value since it offers all the all-time features of the 11-inch iPad Pro for less.

The iPad in this bargain features a 10.ix-inch Retina display, an A14 Bionic chip, and 64GB of storage. It also supports Apple Pencil for note-taking and drawing as well as a Magic Keyboard for a laptop feel (both sold separately).

In our iPad Air (2020) review, we loved its sleek, thin-bezel blueprint and loud, clear speakers. Nosotros besides liked the tablet’s solid battery life, lasting ten hours and 29 minutes in our Laptop Magazine battery test. We gave the iPad Air a high rating of iv.v out of 5 stars and the Editor’s Choice honour for its splendid operation.

Design-wise, the iPad Air looks more like an iPad Pro than an entry-level iPad. Its redesigned chassis has slimmer display bezels than its predecessor. Non just does it have a smaller footprint, but information technology also makes for a more immersive viewing feel.

At ix.7 x 7 x 0.24 inches and one pound, the iPad Air is thinner and lighter than the Microsoft Surface Go 2 (9.vii x half dozen.9 x 0.3 inches, ane.2 pounds) and about the same size every bit the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 (10 x half-dozen.5 x 0.25 inches and 1.1 pounds). The xi-inch iPad Pro has nearly the same dimensions and weight equally the iPad Air, coming in at 8.7 10 7 x 0.23 inches and ane pound.

We suspect this bargain won’t concluding too long, and then act fast!