Display
Retina display
9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
2048×1536-pixel resolution at 264 pixels per inch (ppi)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
Power and Battery
Built-in 32.4-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
Input/Output
Lightning Connector
3.5-mm stereo headphone mini-jack
Built-in speakers
Dual microphones
Audio/Video Calling
FaceTime
iPad Air to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi2
Audio
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
User-configurable maximum volume limit
Sensors
Three-axis gyro
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
FaceTime HD Camera
1.2MP photos
720p HD video
FaceTime video calling over Wi-Fi or a mobile network2
Face detection
Backside illumination
Tap to control exposure for video or still images
Photo and video geotagging
iSight Camera
5MP photos
Autofocus
Face detection
Backside illumination
Five-element lens
Hybrid IR filter
ƒ/2.4 aperture
Tap to focus video or still images
Tap to control exposure for video or still images
Photo and video geotagging
HDR photos
Video Recording
1080p HD video recording
Video stabilisation
Face detection
Tap to focus while recording
Backside illumination
3x video zoom
Wireless
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO
Bluetooth 4.0 technology
TV and Video
AirPlay mirroring and video out to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation)
Video mirroring and video out support: up to 1080p through Lightning Digital AV Adapter and Lightning to VGA Adapter (adapters sold separately)
Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 60 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640×480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280×720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format
Mail Attachment Support
Viewable document types: .jpg, .tiff, .gif (images); .doc and .docx (Microsoft Word); .htm and .html (web pages); .key (Keynote); .numbers (Numbers); .pages (Pages); .pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat); .ppt and .pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint); .txt (text); .rtf (rich text format); .vcf (contact information); .xls and .xlsx (Microsoft Excel); .zip; .ics
Languages
Language support for English (US), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Keyboard support for English (US), English (Canada), English (UK), English (Australia), Chinese — Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese — Traditional (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Cangjie, Stroke), French, French (Canada), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic/Latin), Slovak, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Dictionary support (enables predictive text and autocorrect) for English (US), English (Canadian), English (UK), English (Australian), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German, Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Siri language support for English (US, UK, Canada, Australia), Spanish (US, Mexico, Spain), French (France, Canada, Switzerland), German (Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean, Mandarin (Mainland China, Taiwan), Cantonese (Hong Kong)
Location
Digital compass
Wi-Fi
Accessibility
VoiceOver screen reader
Guided Access
Switch Control
Support for playback of closed-captioned content
AssistiveTouch
Full-screen zoom magnification
Larger type
Bold text, Increase contrast
Reduce motion
On/Off labels
Invert colours
Left/right volume adjustment
Size and Weight
Height: 240 mm (9.4 inches)
Width: 169.5 mm (6.6 inches)
Depth: 7.5 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight: 469 g (1 pound)3
Originally released October 2013
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth 4.0 technology
9.7-inch Retina display
5-megapixel iSight camera
FaceTime HD camera
1080p HD video recording
A7 chip with 64-bit architecture
10-hour battery life
Smart covers (sold separately), instant on
Multi-Touch screen
469 grams and 7.5 millimetres