The 7 Best Samsung Tablets In 2025: Based On Real Reviews

Which are the best tablets from Samsung? We have tested nearly every tablet from Samsung since 2008, and in this comparison, you will learn which tablet is best for whom.

In this tablet comparison, you will see that some Samsung tablets stand out and offer many high-quality features. These include Super AMOLED displays with good image quality, they have a very long battery life, and strong performance. However, in our tests, we always find that for most of us, cheaper tablets are sufficient. In fact, the mid-range offers a fantastic value. The popular S Pen is included here, too. 

Below you will find the best Samsung tablets that you can currently buy. At the beginning, you will find a quick overview and further down, more detailed information about performance, battery life, and more. Linked are our detailed reviews and we have included videos of the review as well to give you a better idea of the devices.

The Best Samsung Tablets: An Overview

• Our top picks: Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ and S10 Ultra (on Amazon*). The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 S10+ and S10 Ultra are the best Android tablets available on the market. Both tablets offer brilliant AMOLED displays, strong hardware with excellent performance, and numerous premium features like IP68 protection against dust and water as well as the Samsung S Pen.

• Still a good choice: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 (on Amazon*). The entire Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 series is still recommendable. Since there is no 11-inch version of the S10 generation, the Galaxy Tab S9 with its chic AMOLED display and premium features is a great choice for a nowadays reasonable price.
• Great value for money: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE (on Amazon*). The Galaxy Tab S9 FE is a cheaper version of the S9, and I think the S9 FE is completely sufficient for many. Especially since, in my opinion, Samsung has saved money in the right places, which is why I find the value for money great.
• Best 12″ mid-range: Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ (on Amazon*). The hardware of the 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ is the same as the FE’s, only the 90Hz LCD screen is a bit larger. It is just as well made, and here too, the S Pen is included.
• Affordable with S Pen: Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 (on Amazon*). The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 is the cheapest tablet with a stylus that we can currently recommend. It performs worse in all aspects than the S9 and S9 FE, but if you want an affordable tablet with a stylus, it is a good choice.
• Best beginner tablet: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (on Amazon*). Without an S Pen but with an 11-inch 90Hz display, Samsung offers us a good beginner tablet with the Galaxy Tab A9+. The performance is almost as good as the S6 Lite, and for this price range, we get a lot. It is good if you are looking for a tablet for Netflix and surfing the internet, and games do not need to have the highest graphic settings.

Samsung Tablet Comparison: All Details

Let’s take a detailed look at the tablets. We’ll start with the most expensive and best devices and then move on to the cheaper ones. In doing so, I will compare the models with each other and explain in which points you will have to make concessions to the next best.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10+ and S10 Ultra: Our top picks

Unfortunately, Samsung did not release an 11-inch Galaxy Tab S10 this year. But there is a 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S10+ and a 14.6-inch Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. Both performed so well in our reviews that they are not only the best Samsung tablets on the market, but the best Android tablets overall.

Compared to the Galaxy Tab S9 series, there are only small changes. The 12.4- and 14.6-inch displays are still very pretty and high-resolution AMOLEDs that are beautifully bright and support 120Hz. What is new, however, is that a special coating has been applied to reduce reflections. And indeed, the S10 series reflects significantly less.

The MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset is also new and is more powerful than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 of its predecessors. In real life, however, it’s hard to tell the difference, because Fortnite runs just as smoothly on the S10 series at the highest graphics settings as it did on the S9. The two tablets offer 12GB to 16GB of RAM, as well as 256GB to 1TB of internal storage. You can get them with 5G too.

Otherwise, they are almost identical to the S9 series. The high-quality aluminum housings are again protected against water and dust, the speakers are excellent, the fingerprint reader sits under the displays and there are two good keyboard covers for each. Of course, the S Pen is also included and works the same way as on the S9.

If you don’t mind prices of 1000 Dollars and higher and want the best Android tablets on the market, they’re a fantastic choice. Incidentally, it’s also great that they’re covered by a 7-year update service. And whether you get the S10+ or the S10 Ultra should be based on the display size alone. Do you want 12.4 inches or 14.6 inches? The latter is almost as big as a 15-inch laptop.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9: Still a good choice

Second place on this list is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9, which is the best 11-inch tablet from Samsung. Since there is no 11-inch version of the newest S10 Generation, the S9 is still in production and you can get it in the official Samsung online store for a reasonable price.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 of the standard S9 is significantly better, so you can play games like Fortnite with the highest settings wonderfully smoothly. Of course, photo and video editing run also better. You can get it with 8 or 12GB RAM and 128 or 256GB storage, as well as optionally with 5G.

Not only is the performance better than that of the S9 FE, but so is the display. The Galaxy Tab S9 has an AMOLED screen, where black really looks like black and not like dark gray like on an LCD. The resolution is 2560 x 1600 pixels, it’s pretty and bright, and it even supports 120Hz.

Thanks to the included S Pen, this tablet is also great for handwritten notes. This time, the S Pen even has a built-in battery, which means you can use it as a remote control in the camera app or in apps like PowerPoint. Apart from that, the stylus works the same way as on the affordable S6 Lite.

And in other aspects, there are hardly any differences compared to the S9 FE. We get a high-quality and very thin metal body that is protected against water and dust. The speakers are great and this time the fingerprint reader is located under the AMOLED screen. Good keyboard covers are also available.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and S9 FE+: Great Value for Money

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ are more affordable versions of the S9 and S9+. In many aspects, they are slightly weaker, but in many others, they are very similar. Overall, I think that Samsung has cut corners in the right places. I consider their value for money to be very good, and for many, it will not be worth spending more money on the flagship models.

In my comparison, it showed that the biggest difference lies in performance. The Galaxy Tab S9 FE and FE+ each come with a Samsung Exynos 1380 processor, which is significantly weaker than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 of the S9 series. You can still play demanding games like Fortnite, but not at the highest graphic settings. However, this will likely only matter to gamers – many others will hardly notice any difference.

The S9 FE is offered with 6GB or 8GB RAM and 128GB or 256GB of storage. For the S9 FE+, you can choose between 8GB or 12GB RAM, as well as between 128GB or 256GB of storage. Samsung also offers both 5G and a SIM card slot.

There are no differences in the high-quality manufacturing compared to the S9 series. Indeed, at first glance, the tablets look exactly the same and are also protected against water and dust according to the IP 68 standard. However, the difference is that the USB C 2.0 port does not support external monitors. Moreover, the fingerprint reader is not built into the display but is located on the power button.

Since the basic design is identical, the same accessories that work with the S9 also work with the S9 FE, and the accessories for the S9+ also work with the S9 FE+. This includes the keyboard covers!

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There are differences again with the displays. Although they are also 11 and 12.4 inches in size, Samsung has opted out of OLED displays for the FE tablets, instead using standard LCDs. In direct comparison, the black values do not look as good, more like a dark gray. However, the resolution is also good. Instead of 120Hz, they support 90Hz, and I find this to be a good compromise.

The image quality is thus slightly weaker, but here too, the S Pen is included. If you want a tablet for drawing or for handwritten notes, the FE tablets are just as good as the more expensive S9 series. By the way, the S Pen is also protected against water and dust for all models.

The operating system is exactly the same – it comes with Android 13 out of the box, but updates to Android 14 and OneUI 6 are already available. Samsung DeX is also supported – this is the manufacturer’s desktop mode.

The battery life for the S9 FE is 7.5 hours, and the S9 FE+ lasted 8 hours in my test.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024: Affordable Tablet with S Pen

The Galaxy Tab A9+ also doesn’t support the S Pen and is a very poor choice if you are looking for a tablet with pen support. A good choice with a stylus, on the other hand, is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024, which is next on this list.

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The S6 Lite 2024 is an excellent choice if you are looking for a good tablet with pen but want to spend as little money as possible. It’s the cheapest tablet with pen that I can comfortably recommend.

In my review, I say that at the original price of $400, it’s a bad tablet to get. But now the price has dropped to around $260 and for that price, especially the S Pen is great. It’s included and works almost as well as on the $1,300 Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra.

That’s right, the S Pen is also very precise on the S6 Lite, making it ideal for handwriting and drawing. The 10.4-inch Full HD display is good and the build is significantly higher quality than on the A9+. However, it only supports 60Hz.

The processor and graphics performance is also a good deal better than on the A9+, and you can play PUBG Mobile and other slightly more demanding games with it. But Fortnite is not really possible yet.

The S6 Lite 2024 has an Exynos 1280 processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage as standard. Incidentally, there are also 2022 and 2020 versions with the same design. I can no longer recommend those, partly because they have a weaker processor.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+: A Good Entry-Level Tablet

In my tablet test and comparison, it turned out that the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is significantly weaker than the S9 FE. As usual for Galaxy Tab A tablets, it is an entry-level device, and therefore it’s okay that it’s quite weak. For that reason, the S9+ is also significantly cheaper than the previous tablets in this list. And those with no high demands will be satisfied with it.

It’s very important to know that the Galaxy Tab A9+ does not support the S Pen. Yes, I own all the tablets on this best list and have naturally tried the pens from the others on the A9+. But no, it does not support an active stylus.

On the other hand, it’s great that the tablet runs exactly the same software as the more expensive ones. Currently, it is Android 13, but an update to Android 14 is already on the way. It even supports exactly the same Samsung DeX desktop mode as the S9. Of course, it’s clear that you can’t open as many apps simultaneously without stuttering.

Due to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor, the performance is significantly weaker than the S9 FE and about on par with the S6 Lite 2022. Just like with that tablet, you also cannot play Fortnite on the A9+. It runs, but not well enough to be enjoyable. However, for simple applications and games like PUBG Mobile, it is good enough.

Samsung offers the tablet with 4GB or 8GB RAM, as well as with 64GB or 128GB internal storage. Like all tablets on this list, the A9+ also has a MicroSD card slot. And there’s a version with 5G and SIM card slot. The 11-inch display has a similar pixel density to the S6 Lite 2024, but the A9+ supports 90Hz. If you don’t need an S Pen, the A9+ is therefore a better choice because it will probably receive software updates for longer. On the sides, it has four speakers that are good but not outstanding.

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A major weakness, in my eyes, is the build quality. The A9+ feels significantly cheaper compared to the other tablets on this list, especially when directly compared. But well, it is indeed significantly cheaper. It has only a USB C 2.0 port and lacks a fingerprint reader. There’s a port at the bottom that looks like it’s for a keyboard cover. However, Samsung has not yet announced such a cover. In our battery test, it lasted for 6.5 hours.