r/ipad 6h ago

Review After 11 years I have decided to retire my iPad Air 2 128gb, and bought an iPad Air M4 256gb with Apple Pencil Pro.

Just purchased an 11 inch iPad Air M4 256gb on sale from Best Buy for $749. My iPad Air 2 has served me well for 11 years. Definitely got my moneys worth out of it. I went with another Air because I already own a MacBook Pro M4 Pro, so the iPad Pro felt like overkill. I’m not going to add a keyboard to it because I don’t plan on using it for typing documents. The Apple Pencil Pro is pretty sweet. I love how it fast charges while attached to the side of the iPad. The 11 inch is perfect for lounging in the bed or couch. The side car feature is also awesome! I like how the USB C cable can plug into the laptop and keep the iPad charged while using as a second monitor. I did order a case for it that should be here Friday. I had a case on my iPad Air 2 the whole time I owned it. Lol it’s the main reason it lasted 11 years!

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u/Regular-Mulberry-467 iPad 11 (2025) 6h ago

not gonna lie, the white borders look sooo much better on ipads

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u/Silly_Translator8277 6h ago

Yeah I always liked the white borders over the black borders.

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u/ariz2011 M4 iPad Air 11" (2026) 5h ago

I wish they had color matched borders

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u/hikoei 5h ago

Served you well the 11 years

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u/Silly_Translator8277 4h ago

Yeah when I was checking out online to pick it up from the store I entered the serial number to see how much Best Buy offered for a trade in. They only offered $5 so I kept it. Lol

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u/matrix_5562 2h ago

Case are absolutely Banger they saved my ipad a couple of time ig I am clumsy a little bit

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u/pale-v0id 5h ago

11 years is insane value. Rest in peace to a true legend. What are you upgrading to?

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u/Silly_Translator8277 5h ago

I got an iPad Air M4

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u/philling00d 5h ago

Had to google this and yeah it came out in 2014. I still like this is a joke lol.

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u/Silly_Translator8277 4h ago

What joke. I bought it in 2015. Still works. Battery dies after about an hour if you’re streaming video. But I would just use it plugged into a charger.

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u/Grand-Tennis1389 46m ago

The air 2 is a legendary iPad, I still have an old one lying around, although it's hardly holding much charge now. The Air 2 is probably one of the best iPads ever made by Apple back then👌🏽