Apple upgraded the iPad Air with a faster M4 processor this spring, and the speedy new version is already available at a discount. A deal knocks 13% off the cost of a brand-new 11-inch M4 iPad Air, lowering the midrange model to a very affordable price: $519.99. It’s never been cheaper!
Maybe you need one to finish out the school year. The tablet is also great for anyone needing a light-duty productivity and entertainment computer. If you want a bigger Apple tablet, you can snag a deal on the new 13-inch iPad Air at 6% off.
M4 iPad Air deal: Score Apple’s newest tablet at a discount
Apple's popular midrange tablet features a Liquid Retina Display, 12MP front/back camera with Center Stage, Wi-Fi 7 with Apple N1 modem, Touch ID, all-day battery life and choices of four storage sizes and four colors.
- Beautiful display
- Relatively thin and lightweight
- Powerful M4 chip
- Lacks OLED screen and ProMotion
Apple unveiled the 2026 iPad Air in early March. The tablet’s design didn’t change from the 2025 model — this is a “chip and ship” refresh. The most significant modification is that a newer, faster M4 processor replaces the M3 in the version that launched in spring 2025. But Apple also built in more, faster RAM.
Wondering if you should jump on this iPad Air deal? Read Cult of Mac’s review of the tablet: Why my new M4 iPad Air is such a meaningful upgrade.
Save on 11-inch and 13-inch models
Don’t take the lack of a complete redesign as criticism. Both the current and previous iPad Air are brilliant options for those who’ve outgrown the basic iPad but aren’t willing to pay for all the additional features of an iPad Pro.
Just as with the budget iPad, Apple makes an 11-inch iPad Air. But the company also makes the 13-inch variant for those looking for more screen real estate — great for watching video, playing games or writing a paper. You can save on either model in this iPad Air deal.
The M4 processor in the 2026 iPad Air moves plenty fast enough for gaming, and 12GB of RAM is more than enough to open multiple Chrome tabs and various other applications at once. It offers plenty of power to run the new multi-windowing system in iPadOS 26 for those who want a Mac-like user interface on the tablet … and on an external monitor, too.
Apple built a Touch ID fingerprint sensor into the iPad Air’s top button so you don’t need to worry about frequently typing in passwords. And the computer supports Apple Pencil Pro as well as the suite of AI-powered features dubbed Apple Intelligence.
Save with this M4 iPad Air deal
The 11-inch M4 iPad Air with 128GB of storage lists for $599. But you don’t need to pay that — not when this Amazon deal knocks the cost down to $519.99, saving you $79. Not bad for a tablet that recently launched!
Apple's popular midrange tablet features a Liquid Retina Display, 12MP front/back camera with Center Stage, Wi-Fi 7 with Apple N1 modem, Touch ID, all-day battery life and choices of four storage sizes and four colors.
- Beautiful display
- Relatively thin and lightweight
- Powerful M4 chip
- Lacks OLED screen and ProMotion
The deals also extend to the variant with 256GB of storage (currently $609.99) and the one with 5G cellular-wireless connectivity ($709).
13-inch iPad Air M4
Looking for a larger tablet? Bigger is better, baby! This M4 iPad Air deal drops the price of the 13-inch model with 128GB of storage by $50. That’s 6% off the usual $799 price — sweet!
Apple's popular midrange tablet features a large Liquid Retina Display, 12MP front/back camera with Center Stage, Wi-Fi 7 with Apple N1 modem, Touch ID, all-day battery life and choices of four storage sizes and four colors.
And you can save even more on the variants with additional capacity. The one with 256GB of storage is going for $789.99 — that’s 12% off. Or save $97 on the 13-inch M4 iPad Air with 512GB — that’s a savings of 9%.
Ed Hardy has been writing full-time about tech for 25 years, and using it for much longer than that. His intro to Apple was a Macintosh SE/30 (which he still has), but now he uses a 13-inch iPad Pro as his primary computer.
That’s because he’s a “tablet first” type of guy. Rather than use a Macbook, he connects a keyboard case to the iPad. And instead of a desktop Mac, he connects his tablet to a 27-inch display and full-size keyboard. (So don’t try to tell him that everyone has to use a Mac to be productive.)
Before coming to Cult of Mac, Ed wrote for NotebookReview, TabletPCReview and Brighthand, as well as other sites.
