With its new iPad Air 4, Apple offers a more than complete tablet. This model easily competes with what is found in Android competition, but also with another model of its own family, namely the 11-inch iPad Pro.
Judging by what this iPad Air 4 offers, what’s the point of getting an 11-inch iPad Pro? Unless you really rely on the second photo module, the LiDAR sensor and Face ID, the new iPad Air seems like a perfect match. It is lighter, just as powerful, and above all just as pleasant to use. We simply regret the absence of a 120 Hz refresh rate, but that’s nitpicking, because the 60 Hz of this panel is perfectly mastered. The iPad Air 2020 comes to correct all that we pointed out negative on that of last year. So much so that it is now reasonable to consider the iPad Air 4 as a replacement for your computer or an 11-inch iPad Pro.
Strong points
- Pleasant design and finishes.
- Very well calibrated screen.
- Better performance.
- Very correct day shots.
- Good autonomy.
- New Touch ID placement and Apple Pencil 2 compatibility.
Weak points
- Night photos to forget.
- Disappearance of the 3.5 mm mini-jack socket.
NB: The reported price drop is calculated by comparing the lowest price of the day with the average of the lowest prices charged by all merchants for the product last month, with security rules to exclude prices from shops whose the VAT policy is not clear (known as “grey” shops, typically in the case of imports from China).
Alternatively
The “e” in “essential” has never been worn so well. Samsung offers here a tablet that has all the weapons to establish itself as the best on the market. Helped by its Super AMOLED screen, the photo as well as a template as thin as it is light, it serves as the perfect alternative to the iPad and other Android tablets. It even manages to supplant the excellent Galaxy Tab S4 for a much lower price.