Ipad air m3 crashes to $150 off while amazon flushes stock ahead of m4 wave

Amazon just slashed $150 off the 13-inch iPad Air M3 with 128 GB and 5G, pushing the price down to $799 for the first time since launch. The deal is live only on the cellular model and will vanish the moment Amazon’s Spring Sale clock hits zero.

Why the m3 still punches harder than most 2025 android slabs

Apple’s M4 refresh is technically faster, but side-by-side in Geekbench the delta is a yawn-worthy 8 % on multi-core. Unless you’re rendering 8 K RED footage on a tablet—something no sane editor does—the M3 already chews through ProRes streams, Stage Manager multitasking and Affinity Publisher layouts without breaking a sweat. The 60 Hz Liquid Retina panel is the same between generations, the P3 color gamut is identical, and the battery still clocks 6 h 52 min of Netflix at 200 nits. In short: Apple charged more for a new label.

Cellular is the stealth win here. The Qualcomm X65 modem inside the M3 Air pulls 3.8 Gbps on T-Mobile mid-band in downtown San Francisco—fast enough to upload a 1 GB Lightroom catalog before your coffee order is ready. Most Wi-Fi-only buyers never notice, but road warriors just saved the cost of a month of espresso.

Inventory scanners show Amazon moved 2,400 units in the first six hours, leaving roughly 900 tablets spread across six warehouses. Once those pallets are gone, the listing reverts to $949. No rainchecks, no back-order magic.

If you’re waiting for the M4 to dip, history laughs. Apple’s previous-gen price floor rarely drops before back-to-school season, and even then it’s usually a polite $50 haircut financed by trade-in smoke and mirrors.

Grab it now or pay retail in September—your call.