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Extend your warranty and get coverage for one accidental screen damage incident per year, subject to a service fee. The subscription will auto-renew annually unless cancelled by the customer.
iCare Plus for iPad Air M2 extends the coverage on your iPad to two years. It also adds one incident of accidental screen damage, subject to a service fee.
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for ongoing protection plus screen repair
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Pay in full for a 2-year warranty plus screen repair
Sometimes bad things happen to great products, which is why we’ve created iStore Insurance. A fully comprehensive insurance package exclusive to iStore, tailored to cover your iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and iStore Pre-owned products in the event of theft, damage or loss.
Now you can rest assured that no matter where you take your Apple products, or what you do with them, iStore Insurance has got them covered.
What's Covered?
Theft
Loss
Accidental Damage
Liquid Damage
What's not Covered?
Wear and Tear
Electronic Viruses
Batteries and Accessories
Warranty Claims
Important:
You have chosen to add insurance to your product. Once your product order is
successful you will be prompted to activate it via a link in your order confirmation email.
Payment for insurance will only be taken at that point and not at checkout.
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Product Information
iPad Air. Flight Speed.
The 13-inch iPad Air.¹ Built for Apple Intelligence.² Supercharged by the lightning-fast Apple M3 chip. It features a stunning Liquid Retina display, a 12MP Center Stage
front camera for even better video calls, and blazing-fast Wi-Fi 6E³ and 5G.4 And it works with Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard and Smart Folio, so you can multitask,
study, work, play and create from anywhere.
Features
13-inch Liquid Retina Display
The gorgeous Liquid Retina display features advanced technologies like P3 wide colour, True Tone and ultra-low reflectivity, which make everything look stunning.¹
Built for Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is the personal intelligence system that helps you write, express yourself and get things done effortlessly. With groundbreaking privacy protections
integrated into the core of iPad, it gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data not even Apple.²(Apple Intelligence available now)
Performance and Storage
M3 is a powerful chip built for Apple Intelligence and brings amazing performance for advanced creative and product tasks, graphics-intensive games and smooth
multitasking. And with all-day battery life, you can keep working and playing wherever you go.5 Choose up to 1TB of storage depending on the room you need for apps,
music, movies and more.6
iPadOS + Apps
iPadOS makes iPad more productive, intuitive and versatile. With iPadOS, run multiple apps at once, use Apple Pencil to write in any text field with Scribble, and edit and
share photos. Stage Manager makes multitasking easy with resizable, overlapping apps and external display support.
iPad Air comes with essential apps like Safari, Messages and Keynote, with over a million more apps designed specifically for iPad available on the App Store.
Apple Pencil and Magic Keyboard
Apple Pencil Pro transforms iPad Air into an immersive drawing canvas and the world’s best note-taking device. Apple Pencil (USB-C) is also compatible with iPad Air.
Magic Keyboard for iPad Air delivers an amazing typing experience with a built-in trackpad and 14-key function row, and it doubles as a protective cover on the go.
Accessories sold separately.
Advanced Cameras
iPad Air features a 12MP Center Stage front camera that’s perfect for video calls and selfies. The 12MP Wide back camera with True Tone flash is perfect for document
scanning and capturing photos and 4K videos.
Connectivity
Wi-Fi 6E gives you fast wireless connections for quick transfers of photos, documents and large video files.3 And with 5G cellular capabilities, you have the option to stay connected when
you’re away from Wi-Fi and add a flexible data plan whenever you need it.4 Connect to external displays and more with the USB-C connector.
Unlock and Pay with Touch ID
Touch ID is built into the top button, so you can use your fingerprint to unlock your iPad Air, sign in to apps and make payments securely with Apple Pay.
Note:
1. The display has rounded corners. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the 13-inch iPad Air is 12.9 inches. Actual viewable area is less.
2. Apple Intelligence requires iPadOS 18.1 or later.
3. Wi-Fi 6E available in countries and regions where supported.
4. Data plan required. 5G is available in selected markets and through selected network providers. Speeds vary based on site conditions and network. For details on 5G support, contact your provider and see apple.com/ipad/cellular.
5. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information.
6. Available space is less and varies due to many factors. Storage capacity is subject to change based on software version, settings and iPad model. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity less.
Technical Specifications
More Information
Price
R 28,999
Colour
Space Grey
Capacity
512GB
Year released
2025
SKU
MCJ94QA/A
Connectivity
Wi-Fi + Cellular
Memory
8GB RAM
Brand
Apple
Face ID/Touch ID
Touch ID
Unlock iPad
Secure personal data within apps
Make purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books
Connector
USB-C Connector
Chip
Apple M3 chip. 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 9-core GPU Hardware-accelerated ray tracing 16-core Neural Engine
Display
Liquid Retina display
LED backlit Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology
2732-by-2048-pixel resolution at 264 ppi
Wide color (P3)
True Tone
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Fully laminated
Antireflective coating
600 nits brightness
Supports Apple Pencil Pro
Supports Apple Pencil (USB‑C)
Apple Pencil hover
The 13‑inch iPad Air display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured diagonally as a rectangle, the 13‑inch iPad Air is 12.9 inches. Actual viewable area is less.
Camera and Video
Camera
12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture
Digital zoom up to 5x
Five-element lens
Panorama (up to 63MP)
Sapphire crystal lens cover
Autofocus with Focus Pixels
Smart HDR 4
Wide color capture for photos and Live Photos
Photo geotagging
Auto image stabilization
Burst mode
Image formats captured: HEIF and JPEG
Video Recording
4K video recording at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps
720p HD video recording at 30 fps
Slo‑mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
Time‑lapse video with stabilization
Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps
Cinematic video stabilization (4K, 1080p, and 720p)
Continuous autofocus video
Playback zoom
Video formats captured: HEVC and H.264
Front Camera
Landscape 12MP Center Stage camera
ƒ/2.0 aperture
Smart HDR 4
1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps