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The tablet market has been... shaky for the past few years, which is why most manufacturers have moved away from it — or only offer affordable tablets that don't dare compete with Apple's iPads.
Not Samsung, though. The company continues to churn out premium Galaxy Tab S models — they may not come out on a strict annual schedule, but they are still kept fresh. 2022 gave us the Galaxy Tab S8 series — a trio of super-powered Android tablets that finally brought Lumafusion over to the Play Store. We all have Samsung to thank for that!
But, of course, if you aren't out for an overkill specced tablet, there's quite the variety to pick from, all built with Samsung's expertise in screens and speakers. To make it easier for you, here are the best Samsung tablets you can buy now:
Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra 256GB with S-Pen: SAVE $120 NOW
Samsung's premium Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is seeing major discounts at Best Buy. You can get all storage versions with discounts of up to $150 for the 512GB of storage version. The offer also includes an S-Pen.
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Galaxy Tab S8 Plus 128GB with S-Pen: SAVE $100 NOW
The Galaxy Tab S8 Plus is also seeing some discounts of up to $130 at Best Buy. Offer includes an S-Pen.
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Galaxy Tab S8 128GB with S-Pen: SAVE $100 NOW
The smallest Galaxy Tab S8 is also seeing discounts of up to $130 at Best Buy. Get it now.
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Galaxy Tab S7 Plus 128GB with S-Pen: SAVE $350 NOW
The still very impressive Galaxy Tab S7 Plus is seeing one of its lowest prices ever at Best Buy. You get an S-Pen too.
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Galaxy Tab S7 FE with S-Pen: SAVE $110 NOW
Samsung's Galaxy Tab S7 FE is also seeing one of its lowest prices ever at Best Buy. Get it now in both 64GB and 128GB of storage versions.
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Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022): SAVE $100 NOW
The budget-friendly Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2022) now brings you better-than-ever value, with 29% off its regular price at Best Buy.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
The Good
Premium, sturdy build
Great front cameras and mic
Huge, beautiful AMOLED display
S Pen stylus included
Samsung DeX
Has a vibration motor
MicroSD card slot for expandable storage, up to 1 TB
The Bad
With bezels that slim accidental touches are a problem
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is the biggest, meanest tablet in Android land right now. With S Pen support (it comes in the box!), a beautiful AMOLED screen, support for LumaFusion, Samsung's DeX, and quad speakers — it's here for both work and play!
Not a fan of paying north of $1k for a tablet? Do check out the Galaxy Tab S8 and Tab S8 Plus — no notch, same powerful hardware, more affordable prices! Grab any of them with the keyboard folio for a hybrid tablet-laptop experience. The keyboards are the same models as for the Galaxy Tab S7 series, so if you have the older one lying around — it will also work.
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is nice and all, but let's be real — it's kind of nuts. Way too big, much too expensive. Well, Samsung gets it — that's why we also have the more... "normal" Galaxy Tab S8 and Tab S8+.
These come with the same internals and also have their S Pens to use, but they are a bit scaled down. The Galaxy Tab S8+ is probably the best choice for balance between size and features. It has an AMOLED screen, unlike the Tab S8, which cuts some corners and comes with an LCD panel.
All that said, if you can live without the deep blacks and the vibrant colors of an OLED panel, the base Galaxy Tab S8 is a perfectly good tablet. Its screen may be LCD but it still has a 120 Hz refresh rate. Stereo speakers, thin sides, S Pen, all that is included. For $500, it's probably the best Android tablet on the market.
Samsung pulled no stops with the Tab S7+. It has a huge, 12.4-inch Super AMOLED screen on the front with a 120 Hz refresh rate. Samsung has been on top of its OLED game for the past few years and it goes without saying that the Tab S7+ screen looks fantastic — vibrant colors, deep blacks, incredible sharpness.
Real talk — the Galaxy Tab S7+ is a bit old right now. But if you can find one at a discount or bargain, it can still be a lot of tablet for your needs. It comes with an S Pen, DeX mode, supports Samsung's keyboard folio, and all that good stuff. It's just a couple years old by now, so it's powered by the Snapdragon 865+ and it's a tad choppy in performance.
The Galaxy Tab S7 FE was announced mid-2021 — we were expecting a Tab S8, but alas.
In any case, what is the Galaxy Tab S7 FE? It’s a mix between the Tab S7 and Tab S7+. Meaning, it has a large, 12.4-inch screen, as big as the Tab S7+, but it’s a 60 Hz LCD panel, like on the Tab S7. The processor inside is also different — a midrange Snapdragon 750G. The Tab S7 FE comes in with 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, or 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. All variants are available in Wi-Fi only or 5G models.
It's a very weird offering, for sure, and we are not sure what Samsung's plans for it were. It just felt like a 5G tablet that was meant to tide us over until the Galaxy Tab S8 comes out.
Samsung still sells it at a price slightly higher than the Galaxy Tab S8. Obviously, we would recommend you go for a base Tab S8 instead of this one, but if you really need 5G on your tablet and if you can find a Tab S7 FE on sale somewhere, there's value to be had in that purchase.
The Tab S6 is “old news” — it got released way back in August of 2019 and was Samsung’s heavy-hitter way back then. But hey, that doesn’t mean it has to die, right? Samsung still sells it in its official store, though it's pricing is a bit confusing.
The Galaxy Tab S6 starts at $629.99 on Samsung.com. And that is absolutely ridiculous — no way you should pay this money right now, considering the Tab S8 costs less and is much newer and better.
However, other retailers have their senses and are selling the Tab S6 for around $300. At that price, you get an S Pen, an awesome AMOLED screen (60 Hz), and DeX mode. It's not a bad tablet, just not worth much north of $300 nowadays!
To put it into perspective, the midrange Galaxy Tab A8 costs $330 right now. So, that raises the question — is an old flagship better than a new midranger? We think it is.
The Galaxy Tab A8 has just launched and is still making its way across various markets. It's the successor of the Galaxy Tab A7 — the A series is your standard media consumption device. It has a big LCD screen and quad speakers in stereo setup.
You can still slap a Bluetooth keyboard case on it, but there’s no DeX on this one, as it's clearly not meant as a productivity tablet like the Tab S family.
Samsung's Chromebooks are typically more premium than their affordable cousins from competing manufacturers. And yes, the Chromebook 2 can definitely wow you. Now, keep in mind that Chrome OS is a pretty light system that more or less offers Android-type functionality, apps, and performance. As long as you want a light laptop-tablet hybrid that you can carry around anywhere for some writing, taking notes, and enjoying multimedia — the Chromebook 2 can be right up your alley.
It comes with a stylus, and hey — we all know how good Samsung is with its S Pen game.
If you love the look of a Samsung tablet-laptop hybrid, but would rather have Windows as an operating system... well, lookie here! The Galaxy Book 2 360 or Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360 may just be your thing.
12th gen Intel processors, Dolby Atmos sound, multiple ports to connect to, and Windows 11 on board make these machines quite flexible — work, play, casual communication, you can cover everything. The Pro comes with Samsung's excellent S Pen included, so you can do even more on one device.
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