Apple's 2025 iPad 11 is Apple's new budget tablet. The biggest problem for it is that the 2022 iPad Air is almost always a better product for about the same money. Here's how the two compare.

Less than a year after updating it with the M2 chip and introducing a larger-screen option, Apple gave the iPad Air another hardware refresh with a power bump. To boost its already formidable productivity chops, Apple also treated the iPad Air to a new, more affordably priced Magic Keyboard with a dedicated function row.

As of March 20, the 11-inch Apple iPad Air (M3, WiFi, 128GB) is on sale at Best Buy for $549. That's 8% off its list price of $599. Revealed at the start of March, the brand new iPad Air with the M3 chip is already enjoying a nice discount at Best Buy.