{"id":877,"date":"2024-05-14T16:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/?p=877"},"modified":"2025-05-09T13:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:12:33","slug":"look-this-is-the-definitive-answer-to-what-air-in-ipad-air-really-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/14\/look-this-is-the-definitive-answer-to-what-air-in-ipad-air-really-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Look, this is the definitive answer to what \u2018Air\u2019 in iPad Air really means"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/m2-ipad-air-vs-m1-ipad-air-colors.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Remember when Apple discontinued the original HomePod and still sold the HomePod mini? The question at the time was \u201cmini compared to what?\u201d Apple later revived the HomePod with a second-gen model, restoring balance to the universe.<\/p>\n<p>Now the iPad lineup is in a similar situation. Apple blasted the  with its Super Galactic Thinnifier 3000 Ray Gun, leaving the M2 iPad Air thicker than its pricier companion. In a world where Air means thin, the question is then \u201cthin compared to what?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The answer exists in the annals of etymology.<\/p>\n<p> <a data-layer-pagetype=\"post\" data-layer-postcategory=\"ipad,ipad-air,ipad-pro\" data-layer-viewtype=\"taxonomy-ninetofive_guides\" data-post-id=\"948984\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/05\/14\/what-does-ipad-air-even-mean\/#more-948984\" class=\"more-link\">more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when Apple discontinued the original HomePod and still sold the HomePod mini? The question at the time ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}