APPLE IPAD AIR (2020)

TABLET OF THE YEAR

The latest ipad Air may be pricier than the version it’s replaced, but the pain in your wallet should be more than soothed once you haul the thing out of its box. Not only has it been given a welcome exterior overhaul, getting the same elegant flat edges as the ipad Pro and a raft of new colour finishes, but it’s also startlingly muscular when it comes to raw power. Our benchmarks showed it outstripping even the latest 12.9in ipad Pro in single-core performance, and coming close in GPU performance.

That’s seriously impressive for a non-pro slate, and – along with other improvements over its predecessor, including a bigger screen – only strengthens our belief that the ipad Air is the tablet with the greatest mass appeal. Nailing the sweet spot between affordability and performance, this beautifully refined 10.9in tab is comfortably the all-rounder of the year. from £579 / apple.com

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