Apple's new M4 iPad Air is here - and it's twice as fast as your old M1 model

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• The iPad Air is getting faster with the M4 chip.
• A new iPhone 17e, with double the storage, will cost $599.
• We'll learn more news from Apple leading up to its March 4 event.

After Tim Cook confirmed we'd see new products on March 2, Apple just launched the iPad Air with M4 and the iPhone 17e. The latest iPad Air features upgraded processing power, larger memory bandwidth, an improved Center Stage camera, and faster connectivity with N1 and C1X, the chips in the iPad Pro M5.

Apple's N1 wireless networking chip gives the iPad Air support for Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. The C1X chip is included in cellular models and is 30% more efficient than the previous generation's.

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