吉姆•达尔利普，Loop杂志：评测。“刚开始我还怀疑苹果（10月22日）展示的新款iPad仅仅是工程机，完全不能正常工作，只是外形和即将发布的产品一样。我必须承认我错了。它们是货真价实的量产机。”

    本•巴加宁，科技网站Techpinions：真正面向大众的个人电脑。“iPad Mini重量为310克，iPad Air重量为450克。不过当你一手拿起一个，几乎感觉不到两者的区别。iPad Air真是名副其实，用起来的感受和更轻薄iPad Mini并没两样。iPad Air是最美最好的iPad。” 

    Jim Dalrymple, The Loop:Review. "I must admit, at first I was wondering if the new iPads Apple had on display at the [Oct. 22] event were prototypes—empty fakes that didn't actually work, but showed what the form-factor would be like when they were released. I'm pleased to say that they were the real thing."

    Ben Bajarin, Techpinions:A Truly Mass Market Personal Computer. "The iPad Mini weighs .69 pounds and the iPad Air weighs 1 pound. But when you hold them at the same time the weight difference feels negligible. The iPad Air distributes its weight in a way that holding it and using it feels about as light as the iPad Mini. The iPad Air is easily the best designed iPad yet."

    达雷尔•埃瑟林顿，科技博客TechCrunch：苹果再一次重新定义了大屏幕平板电脑。“得益于64位处理器，新的iLift和iWork套件在iPad Air上性能有显著提升。应用程序各方面的速度都变快了，反应也更加敏捷。64位处理器并不意味着所有应用的速度都要比老的32位处理器快一倍。相比于32位平台，专为64位平台设计的软件能获得如闪电般的反应速度。”

    克莱顿•莫里斯，《福克斯新闻》（Fox News）：尺寸非常重要。“我最大的不满是iPad Air没有Touch ID，即苹果最新推出的指纹扫描器。一旦体验过这个功能，绝对没人再想一个键一个键地敲入密码了。我认为Touch ID是2013年最重大的技术突破。iPhone 5s的热卖从一个方面验证了这项技术的成功，我们很难想象这两部新推出的iPad竟然没有它。苹果iPhone的销量要比iPad好很多，所以它的平板电脑上看不到Touch ID似乎也合情合理。总之，我比较失望。”

    爱德华•C.贝格，《今日美国》（USA Today）：iPad Air是最棒的平板电脑。“最新推出的全尺寸iPad Air是迄今为止最棒的平板电脑。上几代iPad虽然同样出色，但如今也不得不甘拜下风。我测试了不少大屏幕平板，iPad Air明显要胜出一筹。苹果仍然在主宰平板电脑生态圈。iPad依旧是最好用的平板。不过，竞争对手在迅速缩小差距，它们推出了不少让人眼前一亮的新功能，我希望苹果能借鉴一二。我的结论：即便是苹果的死忠，也没有必要一定升级到iPad Air。”

    哈里•麦克莱肯，《时代周刊》（Time）：iPad Air评测：苹果的全尺寸平板不再是真正的全尺寸。“总算不需要在苹果零售店前支个帐篷去排队等候64位的iPad了。iPad Air性能提升的真正意义在于，iOS的开发者们今后可以写一些更复杂的应用，而无需再顾及目前的性能瓶颈。像往常一样，我丝毫不认为自己的老款iPad落伍了。不过在体验过iPad Air后，我发现自己错了。某些场景下，新款iPad表现非常给力，例如iOS 7复杂的动画效果，iPad Air完全无压力。”

    Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch: Apple Makes Big Tablets Beautiful All Over Again. "When using the new iLife and iWork suites, performance is considerably bolstered by the 64-bit retrofits they got with their recent redesigns – everything feels faster and more responsive. 64-bit processing doesn't mean that every app necessarily gets a 2x boost in performance over those made for the traditional 32-bit architecture used in previous iPads, but it does mean that software made for those processors will feel even more instantly responsive than it has in the past."

    Clayton Morris, Fox News: Size now matters. "My biggest disappointment with the Pad Air is the lack of Touch ID, Apple's fingerprint sensor. Once you use it you'll never want to peck out a passcode again. I see Touch ID as one of the most important technological breakthroughs of 2013. It's both a testament to how well it works on the iPhone 5s and how difficult the technology was to pull off for one product, let alone two different iPad sizes. Apple sells millions more iPhones than they do iPads, so it's no wonder Touch ID didn't make it onto the tablets. Still, I'm disappointed."

    Edward C. Baig, USA Today: Thin iPad Air is most tempting tablet yet. "This latest full-size Apple tablet is the most tempting iPad yet, better than its already best of breed predecessors, superior still to each and every rival big screen slate that I've tested. Apple dominates the tablet apps ecosystem. Its tablet remains the easiest to use. But rivals are closing the gap with clever features that I wish Apple would adopt. And even for Apple aficionados, the iPad Air isn't a must-do upgrade."

    Harry McCracken, Time: iPad Air Review: Apple's Full-Sized Tablet, No Longer So Full-Sized. "Nobody needs to pitch a tent in front of the local Apple Store to be the first on the block with a 64-bit iPad: The real point of Apple's speed improvements for iOS devices is about allowing developers to write ever-more ambitious apps in the future, not correcting an existing deficiency. As usual, it didn't occur to me that my old iPad might be the least bit poky until I tried the new iPad. I did, however, notice that the Air was snappier in some instances, including when it chugged its way through the animated effects in iOS 7′s interface."