I was looking on Apple's refurbished & clearance discount pages, and I saw the iPad Air (4th generation) was for sale there. Did these older Airs include a flash with the rear-facing camera? When was the flash introduced to the Air? Thanks in advance.
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iPad Air iPad Air 4th generation question - flash
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I had to look at mine but no it doesn't have a flash. This shows how frequent I use the camera. I think the last time I took a picture with it was when I needed to take a picture of my iPhone. From looking at photos on the Apple website it doesn't look like the current 5th gen iPad Air has a flash.
If you want to take photos with an iPad and they need to be really good, I would look at the iPad Pro. It looks like it has the same camera as the iPhone. Of course that means a camera bump.
The iPad Air still doesn't have a flash with the rear-facing camera. It's only the mini and the Pros that have this feature.
The fourth and fifth generation iPad have the exact same chassis design. The only exterior differences are the choices of color and the word "Air" next to the word "iPad" on the back of the fifth generation models. Past that, they are externally the same and cross-compatible with each other's cases. No flash on either. Mics, and sensors are all in the same place. Otherwise, A14 Bionic with 4GB of RAM on the fourth generation model; M1 with 8GB of RAM on the fifth generation model; Center-Stage on the front-facing camera. Not many hardware differences (if any) beyond that. Decent chance that the iPad Air won't suddenly add a flash until they're ready to introduce a new or even tweaked body style considering that they just introduced the current body style two years ago (and iPad body styles REALLY seem to last for a long time).
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