Best Tablets for Camera Features (2024)

The screen is sharp enough for most users, and it gets reasonably bright.

Color accuracy is good, although it is not quite at a professional level or anything.

You realize that you can see the pixels on a $1,000 device.

The performance in Windows 11 can sometimes be a bit laggy and unresponsive.

Despite Microsoft's claims of a 60% performance boost, I can't say it felt noticeably quicker.

Even in S mode, things were just far too slow.

The battery life is actually pretty good on the Go 2, but this one seems to be a bit worse.

I only managed to get seven and a half hours in my full-screen video test.

This is a full-featured Windows 11 PC.

I don't think this runs as well as Windows 11 should.

It's that display, guys. We have run this thing through the gamut of tests in the lab, and I don't know how to put this other than to say it is on par, if not better, than any display that we have ever touched before.

Additionally, there is the nano-texture display option.

The new 2024 iPad Pro 13 comes with the ludicrously fast M4 chip.

It benchmarks extremely well. It's a second-generation, 3-nanometer process.

The knock on the iPad Pro for years now has been that it's ridiculously overpowered.

As a result, you end up with really good battery life.

The 10-hour battery remains the same as before.

It's basically the same, so they're not going to let this turn into a full-fledged computer because Apple has Macs to protect.

It's just all hamstrung by iPad OS. This has been the issue for the last five or six years.

The front of the iPad is very clean because it now has even bezels all around, without the Touch ID button at the bottom.

The display is very reflective. For some reason, Apple decided to make this iPad thicker than the iPad Air, which means they had to retool it so that the display is not laminated.

The contrast is much worse when you're watching videos. It is a dramatic difference, as you can see.

The A14 has no issues keeping up at 60 FPS, and the graphics look great.

As far as general performance and snappiness go, this thing feels nice and fast.

The only downside in performance that I noticed is some general stuttering because this does not have ProMotion.

The battery life is also really good. You should be getting at least 10 hours of use, if not more.

It will charge faster than the previous iPads because it can actually reach 25 watts of power.

Even though the battery life is better, it takes longer to charge.

Regardless of which iPad you choose, they basically run and play all the same apps and games.

Slightly frustratingly, the base storage option is just 64 gigabytes.

As I mentioned, it's 8.3 inches and is also larger than the Galaxy Z Fold3 when unfolded, but it is not an amazing quality display.

It's a nice-looking screen, but if you're looking for the best possible image quality, this won't be able to achieve that.

The screen, while lovely, is still a 60-hertz IPS. There's no OLED, AMOLED, mini LED, or high refresh ProMotion in sight.

The A15 Bionic chip is fast, as you'd expect it to be, with a six-core CPU and a five-core GPU on the iPad Mini. It benchmarks well.

This device is nearly twice as fast, but the 60 hertz screen means that swiping between home screens and general tasks doesn't necessarily feel much smoother.

Probably the worst thing about the iPad Mini, as tested, is its small battery.

Despite its petite size, the battery life is actually very good on the mini. After three hours of gaming, watching YouTube, and using social media apps, I still had 71% of my battery left.

Of course, many people are already very familiar with it, and it's all running on Apple's latest chip.

One thing that's somewhat annoying about this software is the excessive padding around the home screen icons.

It has a 12.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2x display with a 1752 by 2800 resolution, just like the regular S9, and supports up to a 120 hertz refresh rate.

The S9 series tablets also feature new vision booster technology that makes the screen appear more vibrant under bright sunlight.

The Snapdragon Gen 2 processor.

Performance-wise, you can see it's a significant improvement over the Tab S8 series, and it will easily be able to play games like PUBG Mobile and Asphalt 9 at high graphics and frame rate settings.

To me, though, when playing PUBG Mobile, I don't feel like it looks like much of an improvement over the Tab S8 series.

This one has a bigger battery, with 10,090 milliamp hours and 45-watt fast charging.

I ran my typical battery drain test, and, yes, it is very similar to the regular Galaxy Tab S9, lasting just under nine hours before it died completely. This is more of an extreme usage scenario at 100% screen brightness.

I have been using it intensively with different apps, and I feel like the battery life is noticeably better compared to my S7 Plus and even my M2 iPad Pro.

The software here is going to be pretty much identical to the regular S9, just a little bit larger.

You can multitask with up to three apps simultaneously and resize any of the windows.

Dex mode gives you a more desktop-like interface, with a mouse cursor, a taskbar at the bottom, and resizable windows for that desktop experience.

If you already own the S7 or S8 series tablets, then I don't think the S9 is an absolutely necessary upgrade unless you want to be future-proof for new Android updates.

These new OLED panels are arguably the most interesting feature of these new iPads.

Despite having very bright screens, they still have very good battery life.

If you really need color-accurate screens, the best color accuracy will come from the newest technology.

This is the new 2024 iPad Pro 13, featuring the ludicrously fast M4 chip.

This literally gives the M3 Pro in a MacBook Pro a run for its money while also being fanless.

Aside from these synthetic benchmarks, it's actually really hard for me to distinguish the M1 chip devices from these new M4 chips.

It has a 10-hour battery, the same as before.

Despite having very bright screens, they still offer very good battery life.

It's all just hamstrung by iPad OS.

The problem with reviewing this device right now is that we have Apple's WWDC event just around the corner, where they'll announce all the new software.

It's built around a 14.6-inch OLED display, which is larger than that of many laptops.

The Tab S9 Ultra's 120 hertz refresh rate makes movements on the screen, like swiping, extra smooth, and it's adaptive.

As far as brightness goes, we measured about 350 nits maximum when controlling it manually with the slider, and this can boost up to 640 nits in auto mode when needed.

The chipset of the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, featuring slightly higher clock speeds.

The Tab S9 Ultra performs exceptionally well in benchmark tests, topping the charts as far as tablets go.

In our prolonged stress tests, the Tab S9 Ultra did an excellent job, so the sustained performance is respectable too.

The Tab S9 Ultra has a large 11,200 milliamp-hour battery, and the battery life is decent.

We measured 7 hours and 45 minutes of screen-on time when web browsing and 10 and a half hours when playing back videos.

There is support for 45-watt wired charging, but as is typical for Samsung, you don't get an adapter in the box.

The interface here is Samsung's One UI 5.1, built on top of Android 13.

The Tab S9 Ultra's interface supports both the default tablet mode and the desktop-like DeX mode.

You get specific features enabled by the S Pen, such as drawing, taking notes, and air actions.

It has a high and fast refresh rate.

The display measures 11.6 inches diagonally.

It has a 144 hertz refresh rate.

It has a 2800x1800 resolution, which gives us a nearly 300 pixels per inch density.

The processor is a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Octa-core.

We have a Dimensity 9000 chip.

It's not great, to be honest. The graphic settings are lower in Recfest.

The OnePlus Pad is powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 9000 chipset.

The battery life on this device is absolutely incredible.

You will easily get 18 hours of video playback on this device.

It does support 67-watt SuperVOOC charging.

The OxygenOS processor is a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 octa-core.

The software running on the OnePlus Pad is Android 13 with OxygenOS 13.1 layered on top.

With the pad, OnePlus is offering three years of Android OS updates.

The display isn't as good as the more recent iPads, and it lacks a few features.

This iPad gains the True Tone display, allowing you to adjust the ambient color temperatures depending on the room you're in.

The screen is in excellent condition and has no scratches, mostly because I have a case.

This year, it is using an older chip design with the A13, but you have to realize that it is only two chip generations behind the latest A15 chip.

You are getting really fast processing on this iPad; it's very similar to what you would get on an iPhone 11.

Everything felt fluid and responsive, even when playing games like Call of Duty Mobile.

The battery of the iPad is actually quite good, and I can charge it every other day.

Yes, it has already happened that I was in the middle of a project, and just like that, the battery was at five percent.

I feel like you can basically do almost everything on this $329 iPad that you could do on a more expensive iPad Air and even a more expensive iPad Pro.

Sometimes, the screen doesn't react to touch, for example, when using the undo shortcuts.

These Super AMOLED displays look phenomenal, and I'm really glad that people entering at that lower price tier can experience this.

These are high-density displays, so you're not going to see any pixels on them.

These also have a 120 hertz refresh rate, so you get some pretty smooth animations.

Samsung has improved the peak brightness across the board, making everything look even better.

We are dealing with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processors in the two larger models.

Every Tab S9 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. In benchmarks, the performance jump over previous generations is actually quite significant.

In a demanding game like Genshin Impact, I found that it doesn't get as hot, and I've experienced far fewer dips in frame rates.

In terms of battery, I've been getting around seven to eight hours of screen-on time, which I'm honestly happy about.

This supports 45-watt fast charging, and it will take about an hour and a half to fully charge.

You don't get a charging brick in the box anymore, so be sure to pick one up if you need it.

One addition that I love about this tablet is actually in Samsung's UI.

This year, they've added something they call Vision Booster mode for outdoor viewing.

These Galaxy Tabs have DeX built right into them. DeX is basically a different mode that gives you a Windows PC-like experience.

Samsung offers a lot of flexibility, but it can also be very overwhelming if you're not used to it.