Apple 13inch iPad Air - Wi-Fi + Cellular 256GB - Purple (MV6Y3X/A)

Size and Weight

280.6 mm (11.04 inches) x 214.9 mm (8.46 inches) x 6.1 mm (0.24 inch)

618 grams (1.36 pounds)

In the Box

iPad Air

USB‑C Charge Cable (1 metre)    

20W USB‑C Power Adapter         

Display

13”

Liquid Retina display

LED‑backlit   Multi‑Touch display with IPS technology

2732-by-2048-pixel resolution at 264 ppi

Wide colour (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 screen is 12.9 inches. Actual viewable area is less.

Chip

Apple M2 chip  

8-core CPU with four performance cores and four efficiency cores             

10-core GPU      

16-core Neural Engine   

8GB RAM            

Media Engine    

Hardware-accelerated H.264 and HEVC  

Video decode engine     

Video encode engine     

Camera

12MP Wide camera, ƒ/1.8 aperture

Digital zoom up to 5x     

Five-element lens            

Autofocus with Focus Pixels        

Panorama (up to 63MP)

Smart HDR 4      

Wide colour capture for photos and Live Photos

Photo geotagging            

Auto image stabilisation

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

Slow‑motion video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps          

Time‑lapse video with stabilisation

Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps  

Cinematic video stabilisation (4K, 1080p and 720p)          

Continuous autofocus video       

Playback zoom 

Video formats captured: HEVC and H.264             

Front Camera

Landscape 12MP Ultra Wide front camera            

ƒ/2.4 aperture   

Smart HDR 4      

1080p HD video recording at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps        

Time‑lapse   video with stabilisation

Extended dynamic range for video up to 30 fps  

Cinematic video stabilisation (1080p and 720p) 

Lens correction 

Retina Flash with True Tone        

Auto image stabilisation

Burst mode        

Video Calling

FaceTime video

Centre Stage      

iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or mobile data  

Share experiences like movies, TV, music and other apps in a FaceTime call with SharePlay             

Screen sharing  

Portrait mode in FaceTime video

Spatial Audio     

Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum microphone modes  

Audio Calling

FaceTime audio

iPad to any FaceTime‑enabled device over Wi-Fi or mobile data  

Speakers

Landscape stereo speakers          

Microphones

Dual microphones for calls, video recording and audio recording

Mobile and Wireless

5G (sub-6 GHz) with 4x4 MIMO

Gigabit LTE with 4x4 MIMO

Model A2899 and A2903:

5G NR (Bands n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n14, n20, n25, n26, n28, n29, n30, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n70, n71, n75, n76, n77, n78, n79)

FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)

TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48)

UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC‑HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

Data only

Wi-Fi calling

eSIM

Location

GPS/GNSS

Mobile connectivity

Sensors

Touch ID              

Three‐axis gyro 

Accelerometer  

Barometer          

Ambient light sensor      

Touch ID

Unlock iPad        

Secure personal data within apps

Make purchases from the iTunes Store, the App Store and Apple Books

Apple Pay

Pay with your iPad using Touch ID within apps and on websites   

Siri

Use your voice to send messages, set reminders and more            

Get proactive suggestions           

Use hands-free 

Listen to and identify songs         

Charging and Expansion

USB-C port with support for:       

Charging             

DisplayPort        

USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)     

Power and Battery

Built‐in 36.59‐watt‐hour rechargeable lithium‑polymer battery    

Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using a mobile data network

Operating System

iPadOS 17           

System Requirements  

Apple ID (required for some features)

Internet access 

Syncing to a Mac or PC requires:

macOS Catalina 10.15 or later, using the Finder  

macOS High Sierra 10.13 through to macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later      

Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/au/itunes/download)