Apple iPad Air (5th gen, 2022) review: The iPad Air gets M1 silicon — Pro power at $599.
M1 power at iPad Air pricing.
iPad Air 5 stuffed M1 silicon into the mid-tier Air at $599 — a near-Pro-class iPad for far less.
01Display
80/10080/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2022 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2022 — 15 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
90/10090/100 puts it above the 85-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
04Battery
78/10078/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2022.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
06Value
80/10080/100 puts it above the 76-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
- M1 silicon at the Air price.
- USB-C + 5G option.
- Center Stage selfie.
- Apple Pencil 2 + Magic Keyboard support.
- 60 Hz LCD (no ProMotion).
- 64 GB base feels tight.
- Just one rear camera.
- No Face ID.
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 210-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .