It's important to know that this Wi-Fi Only version does not include cellular connectivity or GPS/GNSS.
The iPad Air M2 11-Inch (Wi-Fi Only) features a fully-laminated, antireflective 10.86" LED-backlit 2360x1640 "Liquid Retina" display (264 ppi, 500 nits) framed by a thin black bezel and housed in a slim aluminum case with rounded corners and flat sides. It is available in (light) Blue, (light) Purple, "Starlight," or "Space Gray."
The iPad Air M2 11" is powered by a 3.49 GHz Apple M2 processor with 8 cores (4 performance, 4 efficiency), a 9-core GPU, a 16-core Neural Engine, 8 GB of RAM, and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Storage options are 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB.
Connectivity includes a USB-C port supporting USB 3 (up to 10 Gb/s), dual-band 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6E) with 2x2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5.3, and a top-button "Touch ID" sensor. It has a single 12-megapixel "Wide" rear camera (4K video) and a landscape 12-megapixel "Ultra Wide" front camera (1080p video) with "Center Stage." It also has dual landscape stereo speakers and dual microphones.
Battery life is rated at 10 hours of "surfing the web on Wi-Fi or watching video."
Like earlier iPad Air models, this model supports external keyboards and trackpads, and adds support for the new "Apple Pencil Pro."
Compared to its predecessor, this iPad Air M2 11-Inch model has a similar display and rear camera but features a faster processor, more storage options, a landscape front camera, faster Wi-Fi, and support for the more advanced Apple Pencil Pro.