Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi watching video or listening to music
Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
Input/Output
Wi-Fi
3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
Built-in speakers
Dual microphones
Wi-Fi + Cellular
3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
Built-in speakers
Dual microphones
Nano-SIM card tray
Connector
Lightning
Sensors
Three-axis gyro
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Built-in Apps
Camera
Photos
Messages
FaceTime
Mail
Music
Safari
Maps
Siri
Calendar
iTunes Store
App Store
Notes
Contacts
iBooks
Game Center
Reminders
Clock
Videos
Photo Booth
Podcasts
News
Find My iPhone
Find My Friends
iCloud Drive
Free Apps from Apple
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
iMovie
GarageBand
iTunes U
Apple Store
Trailers
Remote
Location
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Wi-Fi + Cellular
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS and GLONASS
Cellular
Video Calling
Wi-Fi
FaceTime
iPad Air to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi + Cellular
FaceTime
iPad Air to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular
Audio Calling
Wi-Fi
FaceTime
iPad Air to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi + Cellular
FaceTime
iPad Air to any FaceTime-enabled device over Wi-Fi or cellular
Audio Playback
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
TV and Video
AirPlay Mirroring photos audio and video out to Apple TV (2nd generation or later)
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 by 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 by 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 English (U.S.) 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 English (U.S.) English (Canadian) English (UK) English (Australian) Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting Pinyin Stroke) Chinese - Traditional (Handwriting Pinyin Zhuyin Cangjie Stroke) French French (Canadian) 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) English (U.S.) 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 languages English (U.S. UK Canada Australia) Spanish (U.S. Mexico Spain) French (France Canada Switzerland) German (Germany Switzerland) Italian (Italy Switzerland) Japanese Korean Mandarin (China mainland Taiwan) Cantonese (Hong Kong)
Intelligent Assistant8
Siri Use your voice to send messages set reminders and more.
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 colors
Left/right volume adjustment
Environmental Requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Operating altitude: tested up to 10 000 feet (3000 m)
System Requirements
Apple ID (required for some features)
Internet access9
Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later
PC: Windows 8; Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
