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The best tablets you can buy
markets.businessinsider.com ^ | Nov. 14, 2018, 02:41 PM | Kyle Schurman,Malarie Gokey

Posted on 11/14/2018 12:08:02 PM PST by Red Badger

Tablets are ideal for kids, travelers, and professionals - it just depends on which one you buy.

The best tablet for most people is Apple's 2018 9.7-inch iPad, but we've also included a number of other excellent tablets that are best for different uses.

When I was a kid, and our family went on a long car ride, my parents would keep us entertained by making us play games like I Spy, Don't Hit Your Brother, and Who Can Stay Quietest the Longest. These days, though, kids are just as likely to have a tablet screen in the backseat, watching movies or playing games while wearing headphones.

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If you already own a laptop and a smartphone - and you don't have the need to entertain kids in the backseat - you may wonder whether you also need a tablet. Depending on how you use your current pieces of tech and based on what else you'd like to do, a tablet can be a great addition.

We've picked the best tablets you can buy in several different categories, including ones that are best for kids, professionals, and travelers. We've tested all but one of these tablets personally, so you can trust our recommendations. If you need more guidance before you choose, read the last slide for everything you should know about buying a tablet. Here are the best tablets you can buy:

Best tablet overall: Apple 2018 9.7-inch iPad

Best Android tablets: Huawei MediaPad 8.4- and 10.8-inch tablets

Best tablet with a stylus: Samsung Galaxy Tab S4

Best affordable tablet: Amazon Fire HD 8

Best iPad Pro: Apple iPad Pro 2018 11- and 12.9-inch models

Best for kids: Amazon Fire 7 Kids Edition

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Education; Travel
KEYWORDS: amazon; amazonfire7; amazonfirehd8; apple; galaxytab; huawei; ipad; ipadpro; mediapad; samsung; tablets
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To: Red Badger

I am sorry but this article is a riot. I have wasted a lot of money on tablets over the years, I am responding to this on an 8” Fire HD while waiting for my wife at a lady’s event at church. The best tablet these days is one that you can take along and not obsess over how much it will cost when it gets stolen out of your car or dropped in a pool. This thing cost $49 on sale, so it fits the bill.

I think I will watch a video or look at a magazine in it now, so have a good one.


21 posted on 11/14/2018 1:15:10 PM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

That’s what I have..................


22 posted on 11/14/2018 1:17:17 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

It is just about as good as my 8” Galaxy Tab minus a couple features that never use and cost a quarter as much. I like some of the built in Amazon benefits so it’s the one I take along everywhere.


23 posted on 11/14/2018 1:29:34 PM PST by fireman15
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To: Red Badger
I will show my age by remembering a very early tablet, the classic Etch-a-Sketch! It would work fine until the driver would hit a bump, brake too quickly (etc.) and then the knob being turned would go awry! Ah, memories!

FYI: I never got anywhere in the same universe as the guy who did this illustration! For those not in the know, it is all a SINGLE CONTINUOUS LINE and, no, I have no idea of how the 'reflection pool' was done! WOW!

24 posted on 11/14/2018 1:32:45 PM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: SES1066

Hold it up to the light so you can see it better...............


25 posted on 11/14/2018 1:33:59 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: HangnJudge

Ha! You beat me by 40 minutes! Glad there is someone else who remembers the Etch-a-Sketch!


26 posted on 11/14/2018 1:35:02 PM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: SES1066
Referencing that Etch-a-Sketch illustration - it is a CHEAT!

See that cloud on the right with no connected line? Also the shading on the dome. That is not possible for the kid nor even the talented artist. I vaguely remember someone talking about doing the portion of a drawing and then putting the thing in a freezer. Wait a bit and you can move the internal 'stylus' without leaving a mark. Wait for it to thaw and start again. However you look at it, this illustration took a LOT OF TIME!

27 posted on 11/14/2018 1:44:39 PM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Red Badger
Hold it up to the light so you can see it better...............

You only need to do that once to realize why it is a BAD IDEA!

28 posted on 11/14/2018 1:46:21 PM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Bob434

Not sure how you take seriously any article about tablets that doesn’t include the Surface Go. I’m guessing this was written by an Apple fan boy.


29 posted on 11/14/2018 1:55:49 PM PST by redangus (actually hit her?)
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To: Red Badger

Best affordable tablet: Amazon Fire HD 8.

My grand kids gave me one in Christmas of 2016.

I use it mainly for Kindle books, and it works great for gmail and comcast email.

It works very well for MYSMS texts even though, it is not supposed to work.

I can print from my HP printer via the cloud for emails and simple documents. It prints good color pics from my Amazon photos taken by a smart phone, another pad or a Chrome Book.

I/we can’t use Google Search and Google Play store for other android apps on the fire tabs. Due to bs from both Google and Amazon.

Amazon and Google are often like bullies in a pre school playground re blocking each other’s apps or making them a PIA to use them on another system.

A friend has 3 teenagers, who took over their home computer, I pad and phones when they came home from school for both homework and to keep up with the other kids. The woman works from home and uses their Mac Book for her business.

She bought one of these Fire Tablets, for each kid and one each for she and her husband. The kids seldom use their Mac computer now. She takes each tablet into the master bedroom to charge them and keep the kids off of them at night. They can use them for 30 minutes in the morning before they go to school and after breakfast. The tablets stay at home. So for less than $500, everyone has an electronic device that is theirs.

4 years ago our grand daughter enrolled in an excellent private high school. They did away with school books and went to the top I pads and a reasonable fee for each text book on her I pad. We bought her the top I pad and saved her back and a couple of thousand bucks in book costs.

She is now in her second year of Nursing school and still uses her old I Pad for many of the current text books, note taking and her own study guides. We buy her one or two Kindle books for her I Pad for non study books each month. She tells me what Kindle books she wants to read. I order them on my Chromebook and send them to her I Pad.

A cheap and smaller keyboard works with the Fire Table/pads, when connected. No luck with the blue tooth keyboard and the
Fire Tablets.


30 posted on 11/14/2018 2:10:48 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Why are the libs suddenly in love with our fired AG and want to protect him?)
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To: Grampa Dave

It’s not cheap but I love my Surface Pro with keyboard and stylus, just fantastic and does everything.


31 posted on 11/14/2018 2:25:37 PM PST by JAKraig (my religion is at least as good as yours)
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To: HangnJudge

The pointy haired boss couldn’t quite master the etch-a-sketch.


32 posted on 11/14/2018 3:08:34 PM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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33 posted on 11/14/2018 3:16:26 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: HangnJudge

That’s the one.

I’m using a droid and am too fat fingered to do links and stuff most of the time.


34 posted on 11/14/2018 3:25:56 PM PST by wally_bert (I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
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To: Red Badger; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; AbolishCSEU; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; ...
BusinessInsider gives advice on the best Tablets for various purposes. —bPING!


Apple iPads listed as best overall among list of
Tablets for various mixed use purposes Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

35 posted on 11/14/2018 3:46:08 PM PST by Swordmaker (My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you hoplaphobe bigo)
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To: SES1066

While sitting around waiting in my childhood dentist’s office, I made a very realistic portrait of my dentist on the Etch-a-Sketch in his waiting area. When he saw it, he took the Etch-a-Sketch out of circulation and mounted it (gently) on his office’s table.


36 posted on 11/14/2018 3:56:47 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: redangus

don’t know- i don’t use aNy of them- so can’t comment on any brand-


37 posted on 11/14/2018 7:03:20 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Bob434

I just bought a 12.9” iPad Pro with 256 gig today at Costco for $899. Replacing a Windows notebook. Got the pen and will pick up a keyboard sometime next month.

I also have an iPhone 6+ with 256 memory. Will eventually replace my PC with an iMac. They are more expensive, but they last at least twice as long as a PC.


38 posted on 11/14/2018 8:51:04 PM PST by WASCWatch
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To: JAKraig

Which Surface Pro model did you have.


39 posted on 11/14/2018 8:56:42 PM PST by WASCWatch
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To: Red Badger

I use a 9.7 2017 ipad 128gb.
I like it, but I am addicted to Robot Wars.


40 posted on 11/14/2018 9:06:44 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.,)
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