Top 10 Tablets April 2020

Apple iPad Pro 11 2020

If you want your tablet to be top notch in every aspect, whether it is the aesthetic or the performance then this is the tablet to go for. It’s so fast that it puts most of the laptops on the market today to shame. Display is excellent with bright, crisp and clear texts and colours. Best camera you would find on a tablet. Amazing speakers sound.

Key Features

Pros

• Blazing fast
• Beautiful slim design, premium build quality
• Great screen size, very bright display with sharp texts and colors
• Battery lasts a day
• Best speakers sound on a tablet

Cons

• Expensive, but you get what you pay for
• No HDR Capability
• Single USB-C port

Apple iPad Pro 12.9 2020

A beautifully designed tablet that is perfect in every way possible. It is so fast and powerful that you can easily replace your laptop with it. The screen is a beauty and you would love watching high definition Amazon Prime and Netflix video on it. If you are an artist or a graphic designer then this is the perfect tablet for drawing, sketching ideas and doodling. The bigger screen makes watching and reading just so much nicer.

Pros

• Super fast, everything feels snappy
• Brilliant 12.9-inch display
• iPadOS’s new mouse and cursor control
• Magick keyboard
• Long battery life
• Superb sound quality

Cons

• Charging cable is short
• Not all apps are trackpad-optimized
• No headphone jack
• Expensive

Microsoft Surface Pro X 2020

Perfect for your on-the-go lifestyle, Surface Pro X is a full blown laptop and portable studio with Surface Pro X Signature Keyboard with Slim Pen. It features blazing-fast LTE connectivity, edge-to-edge 13 touchscreen and all-day battery life up to 13 hours. With fast charging capability it can go from empty to about 80% in just under an hour.

Pros

• Powerful qualcomm SQ1 processor
• Improved keyboard
• Thin bezels
• Fast charging

Cons

• Pen and keyboard not included
• No headphone jack
• No Thunderbolt 3

Microsoft Surface Pro 7 2020

If you are looking for a powerful tablet that will also function as a laptop if necessary then this hybrid tablet, laptop, portable studio is for you. Open the built-in kickstand and pair it with type cover keyboard for a full laptop experience. Take handwritten notes, draw shapes and pictures with Surface pen. With laptop-to-tablet versatility, plus better connectivity with both USB-C and USB-A ports, Surface Pro 7 is an ultra-light standout that adapts to you.

Pros

• Top-notch performance
• The look, the feel and size of this is excellent
• Can be used as a full-fledged laptop
• Ability to install windows softwares
• USB-C port
• Excellent keyboard

Cons

• Battery life is disappointing
• Speakers could be better
• Doesn’t come with keyboard and Surface pen
• Lack of Thunderbolt 3 support

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6

This powerful android tablet is for the go-getters, jet-setters and those who need a tablet for heavy usage. Make every game you play come to life with a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED display coupled with astonishingly good quad speakers; treble, mids, bass, and high volume. It is super slim, trim and light, fitting easily in a bag, and with up to 14 hours of battery life, it will provide you with enough juices to stay long in charge.

Pros

• Awesome high-res Super AMOLED display
• Speedy smooth performance
• Good speakers
• Comes with excellent S Pen
• Samsung DeX

Cons

• Samsung’s One UI
• No headphone jack
• Expensive
• Keyboard is not included

Apple iPad 10.2 2019

This entry-level iPad is good enough for most uses. If you are a casual tablet user, mostly need a tablet for browsing the web, watching video and reading books and documents then iPad 10.2 would be a great choice. It’s a little thicker than it’s siblings but the build quality is just as solid.

Pros

• Large 10.2-inch retina display
• Affordable
• Multitasking features
• Smart keyboard and pencil support
• iPadOS support

Cons

• Keyboard has to be bought separately and expensive
• Same processor as older models
• 32GB storage isn’t enough these days

Microsoft Surface Go

One of the lightest tablets at 10-inch, weighs only around 522g. It’s not just a tablet, just attach a surface go type cover with it and you have a full laptop anytime. Since it runs windows, you can run day-to-day software, like Microsoft Office in it, it also tackles everyday tasks like a breeze whether it is browsing, shopping, and email to social media, homework, and streaming shows.

Pros

• Excellent design, slim and light
• Good display and sound
• Acceptable price
• USB-C support

Cons

• Poor battery life
• No USB-A ports
• Weak processor

Apple iPad Mini 2019

Pros:

• Same specs as the larger iPad in a smaller size
• Rock-solid performance
• Headphone jack
• Size
• Excellent battery life

Cons

• Same old design
• 1st gen Apple Pencil
• Lack of Face ID
• Expensive

Amazon Fire HD 10

If you are looking for a decently specced budget tablet for consuming media, you wouldn’t find a better one than this. It has the right size, power and battery life for you to browse, shop, watch video and listen to music all day long. It feels light in the hand, has a pin sharp display, intuitive UI to navigate around easily and has everything you would ever need for entertainment.

Pros

• Decent screen for its price
• Solid battery life
• Good speakers
• USB-C charging
• Built-in headphone jack

Cons

• Disappointing camera quality
• Slow charging
• No google play store

Amazon Fire HD 8

One of the best budget tablets around that packs enough power to perform most of the basic tasks like browsing websites, shopping online, streaming video and music without a hiccup. Build quality is excellent, 720p display is decent, has plenty of storage for its price. Having Alexa built into the tablet is a nice touch.

Pros

• Cheap, very affordable
• Good build quality
• Comes with Alexa integrated

Cons

• Annoyings ads
• UI could be laggy sometimes
• 720p screen
• Lack of google play store