I bought an iPad Air 5th generation with the M1 chip January 2023. Then the unit's screen started flickering end of January 2024 and now it freezes up. I went to the Apple store, the best they could do was to exchange the unit for another one with a 580$ discount. Basically they said, No Apple Care, bad luck. When a 1000$ unit only lasts 16 months shame on them. I really like the Apple eco system, so much that I switched to a MacBook Pro from Windows and was thinking of buying an iPhone 16, but why? when their products are no better than any other computer companies. Basically with Apple Care their subliminally saying the quality of our products are not that great, insure yourself against this.