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With the same M2 processor as last the last generation iPad Pro, the 2024 iPad Air is more powerful than ever and is now available in a 13-inch size. Read More
The king of productivity tablets keeps its crown. The 2024 iPad is a powerful, versatile content creation and consumption machine. Read More
Apple’s iPad Mini (6th-gen) is a fantastic small tablet, but a high price and the limitations of a small screen make it a niche device. Read More
The One Plus Pad’s excellent build quality, audio, and display are dragged down its limited storage space. Read More
If you're interested in distraction-free note taking and productivity, there is no better tablet for the task than the reMarkable 2. Read More
Tablets are versatile tools that can touch all facets of your life. The best tablets can surpass expectations to be your ultimate workhorse. They enable amazing productivity and allow you to enjoy your favorite games, streaming videos, books, or websites. Not all tablets are created equally, though.
After testing a wide variety of today’s top-rated devices, we found that Apple’s 2024 iPad Air (available at Amazon) is the best tablet, for most people. Available in two different sizes—11 inches and 13 inches—for the first time, this tablet features the same powerful M2 chipset used in the last-generation iPad Pro. While it may not have the same stunning Ultra Retina XDR display as this year's iPad Pro does, your content will look great on the iPad Air. With its zippy internals, you'll have no problem plowing through any task or game. This, along with its excellent build quality and long support cycle will keep it serving you well, for years to come.
If you're an Android user, the OnePlus Pad is an outstanding choice. Its power, build quality, and premium feature set make it a tablet to be reckoned with. That it can be paired with a proprietary keyboard and trackpad case to up your productivity game is the icing on the cake.
If your mobile workflow involves processor-heavy tasks like working in Procreate, Logic, or, Final Cut Pro and want to slash through your to-do list as quickly as possible, we recommend the seventh-generation iPad Pro (2024). Available as an 11-inch or 13-inch tablet, The raw horsepower provided by its M4 chipset, brilliant display, and spacious internal storage options make it one of the best tablets we've ever reviewed.
Finally, for those who want a tablet that can provide the most focused productivity experience possible, we recommend the reMarkable 2.
Whether you're trying to get serious work done on the move or just stream Disney+, there's a great tablet in this guide, just waiting for you.
Now available in two different sizes, the iPad Air is the best tablet, for most people.
The 2024 iPad Pro is Apple's most powerful tablet so far.
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The Apple iPad Mini 6th-gen is much smaller in size compared to the standard iPad.
The OnePlus Pad's bright, responsive 11.61-inch display makes every app and video on the tablet look like a million bucks.
The reMarkable 2 is incredibly thin and light, yet feels solid enough to take some abuse.
Runs Google's Pixel UI
Comes with magnetic charging/speaker stand
Three OS updates and five years of security updates
Few first-party accessory options
Awkward speaker placement
No cellular option
Great performance
Extremely versatile
Excellent value
Display could use an upgrade
Weak speakers
Design feels old
OLED Display
Adequate gaming chops
Decent battery life
Underpowered for the Price
Disappointing camera
Awkward speaker placement
Expandable storage up to 1TB
Good display
Reasonably fast chipset
Lacks significant productivity apps
Frustrating user Interface
mediocre keyboard case and stylus
Vivid 1080p touch display
Beautiful solid magnesium body
Windows 11 pre-installed
Slow
Dismal battery life
Accessories sold separately
Inexpensive
Great for Amazon Prime subscribers
MicroSD card slot
No access to Google Play Store
Underwhelming speakers
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Tablets are an excellent bridge between your phone and your computer. Here are some things to consider when looking for a tablet.
While to some degree that's a matter of taste, most people will do best with iPadOS for its simplicity of use, stability, security, and the long-term free operating system and security updates that Apple provides.
Others prefer Windows 11 because of an almost endless variety of desktop and (considerably fewer) tablet applications that can be run on the platform.
Android is lauded by those who appreciate the ability to customize their tablet’s user experience and how easily files can be transferred between Android devices and a Windows 11 computer. But Android tablets often have shorter support cycles which can make them become obsolete, quickly.
How you plan to use a tablet should be a big factor in what tablet you should purchase. A tablet used mostly for entertainment needs different features than one that will be used for productivity or educational purposes. Our favorite tablets can handle all these requirements to varying degrees.
To test the best tablets, we spend time using them as you would. After loading each device with the apps we use to work or to unwind (when they’re available), we spend days with each device to figure out how it works as a full-time companion.
Is it pleasant to hold and use for long periods of time? How are its speakers? Do its build quality and design make it feel like a sound investment?
In addition to documenting our subjective experiences with each of the tablets, we also carefully put them through tests our team has developed, including:
We also subject each tablet to a set of benchmarking tests. Provided the tablet can download and run the apps, each device in this guide was tested using 3DMark, GFXBench, and, in the case of Android devices, AnTuTu.
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