India, March 2 -- Alongside the new iPhone 17e-Apple's first major product launch of the year-the tech giant has refreshed the iPad Air lineup with the powerful M4 chip. The update covers two distinct models: the 11-inch iPad Air, starting at Rs.64,900, and the 13-inch iPad Air, priced from Rs.84,900. The introduction of the M4 processor brings the iPad Air into parity with the current 7th-generation iPad Pro and the latest MacBook Pro and Mac mini models.

The iPad Air with the M4 chip (which has an 8-core CPU and a 9-core GPU) adopts what Apple claims is 30% faster performance than the iPad Air with the M3 chip. Much like the iPhone 17e, the new iPad Air also gets the C1X cellular connection chip on cellular-supporting models, as well a...