Apple iPad Air is 20 percent thinner 1 and weighs just one pound, so it feels unbelievably light in your hand. It comes with a 9.7 inch Retina display, the A7 chip with 64-bit architecture, ultrafast wireless, powerful apps, and up to 10 hours of battery life. 2 And over 475,000 apps in the App Store are just a tap away on the Apple iPad Air. 3.