Background and Identification

Apple refreshed the popular iPad Air tablet in October of 2020. The new 10.9” Air sports a Liquid Retina display and gains the boxier third-generation iPad Pro design, but without a camera flash or a 120Hz ProMotion display. Unique to the Air, TouchID has been incorporated into the Sleep/Wake button on the device’s top edge. 2020’s iPad Air comes in both familiar and new colors: Silver, Space Gray, Rose Gold, Green, and Sky Blue.

Apple’s iPad Air 4 is available in both Wi-Fi and Cellular models, and can be identified by iPad13,1 and iPad13,2 respectively, and A2316, A2324, A2325, or A2072, depending on region.

The most often replaced iPad Air 4 parts include the battery, screen, volume buttons, and SIM card tray.

Technical Specifications

Platform

  • CPU: A14 Bionic SoC
  • Storage: 64/256 GB Storage options

Display

  • 10.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch Retina IPS display
  • 2360-by-1640 resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
  • Wide color display (P3)
  • True Tone display
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Fully laminated display
  • Antireflective coating
  • Apple Pencil support (2nd generation)

Dimensions

  • Size: 9.74 (H) x 7.0 (W) x 0.24 (D) inches
  • Weight
    • 1.0 pound (458 grams) Wi-Fi model
    • 1.01 pound (460 grams) cellular model

Battery: 28.6‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‐polymer battery

TouchID:

  • TouchID built into the Sleep/Wake button

Ports and Connectivity

  • USB-C connector
  • Smart Connector

Cameras

  • Main Camera
    • 12-megapixel Wide camera
    • ƒ/1.8 aperture
    • 5-element lens
  • Front Facing Camera
    • 7-megapixel photos
    • 1080p HD video recording at 60 fps
    • Smart HDR
    • Retina Flash
    • ƒ/2.2 aperture
    • Backside illumination sensor

Speakers: Stereo speakers

Wireless and Cellular

  • All models
    • Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax; simultaneous dual band (2.4GHz and 5GHz); HT80 with MIMO
    • Bluetooth 5.0 technology
  • Wi-Fi + Cellular models
    • UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
    • Gigabit-class LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71)
    • Wi-Fi calling
    • Nano-SIM, eSIM

Additional Information

iPad Air 2020

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