Just a heads up, if you buy something through our links, we may get a small share of the sale. It’s one of the ways we keep the lights on here. Click here for more.In the latest leak, reputed leaker Evan Blass makes some interesting claims about some of Apple’s upcoming products, including their potential names and hardware. For starters, the leaker claims the upcoming iPad Air models will pack the M3 Apple Silicon instead of the latest M4 silicon, which Bloomberg claimed a few weeks ago. Bloomberg’s claim that Apple was jumping directly from M2 to M4 silicon made a lot of sense. We have already passed over half of the life cycle of M4 silicon, which was first introduced with last year’s iPad Pro models, and if Apple wants its iPad Air models to catch up, it needs to skip a generation. Image: KnowTechie However, leaker Evan Blass refutes that claim with some official references stating that, in addition to offering the same 11- and 13-inch models as their predecessor, the new iPad Air models will pack the M3 silicon. Apple’s strategy is likely to keep its top-end iPad Pro models as premium choices with the latest processors. Meanwhile, the iPad Air models will play second fiddle with an older-generation chip. So, if you were waiting for Apple’s most powerful chip-packed iPad Air models, you need to rethink. If you want the latest and greatest from Apple, you may want to focus on the iPad Pro models. Apple…New iPad Air leak reveals what to expect from this year’s models