Top 10 tablets of 2022: choosing an alternative to a smartphone and laptop | Articles | Phones

When inex­pen­sive smart­phones with large screens began to appear on the mar­ket, the pop­u­lar­i­ty of tablets pre­dictably declined. And yet there are still a lot of peo­ple who lack the diag­o­nal of the phone’s dis­play, and using a lap­top is not always con­ve­nient. Espe­cial­ly for them, we have pre­pared a rat­ing of the best tablets that you can buy in 2022.

Source: notebookcheck.net

Rating criteria

The main advan­tage of a tablet over smart­phones is the screen size. At the same time, the gad­get is much more com­pact than a lap­top. To choose and buy a good tablet in 2022, you need to con­sid­er the fol­low­ing para­me­ters:

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size. Diag­o­nal is the main cri­te­ri­on by which many choose tablets. There are com­pact mod­els with a 7‑inch screen, but they are almost irrel­e­vant giv­en the size of the dis­plays of mod­ern smart­phones. And there are large tablets with a dis­play of more than 12 “, but they are not con­ve­nient for every­one to use.
• Proces­sor pow­er. The set­ting affects the per­for­mance of the device. The more pow­er­ful the proces­sor, the bet­ter the tablet will han­dle demand­ing appli­ca­tions and games.
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty. Spec­i­fies the bat­tery life of the gad­get. The larg­er the dis­play, the more pow­er­ful the bat­tery needs to be to keep it from drain­ing too quick­ly.
• The amount of RAM. The per­for­mance of the device in mul­ti­task­ing mode depends on its quan­ti­ty.
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry. Stor­age size affects how much data can be stored on a device. If the mem­o­ry is low, you should make sure there is a slot for a microSD card.
• Cam­era qual­i­ty. Peo­ple don’t buy tablets to take pho­tos or videos, but some­times a cam­era can come in handy. Hav­ing a good mod­ule is just a nice addi­tion.
• Val­ue for mon­ey. You have to pay for the tech­ni­cal char­ac­ter­is­tics, but the over­pay­ment is not always jus­ti­fied.

Samsung Galaxy A10.1 is a budget tablet with a large display

The device was assem­bled in a durable met­al case and equipped with the pro­pri­etary Sam­sung Exynos 7904 proces­sor. It is com­ple­ment­ed by the Mali-G71 MP2 graph­ics core and 2 GB of RAM. The tablet has a 10.1″ IPS dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 1920×1200.

Sam­sung Galaxy A10.1 is equipped with a bright dis­play with good col­or repro­duc­tion. Source: sinceindependence.com

Sam­sung Galaxy A10.1 was released back in 2019, but it is still rel­e­vant due to its good per­for­mance at a low price. To com­mu­ni­cate and con­nect to the Inter­net, the device was equipped with 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi mod­ules. The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry is 32 GB, and there is no slot for a mem­o­ry card.

Cam­eras do not shine with good shoot­ing qual­i­ty. The main one has a res­o­lu­tion of 8 megapix­els, and the front one has a res­o­lu­tion of 5 megapix­els. Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 6150 mAh. It is enough for an aver­age of 13 hours of oper­a­tion of the device.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 8
• Proces­sor pow­er — 7
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 7
• The amount of RAM — 6
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 6
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 6
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 8
• Aver­age score — 6.85

The price of Sam­sung Galaxy A10.1 is from 15,000 rubles.

Huawei MatePad T10 is an inexpensive tablet without Google services

The device runs on the Huawei Mobile Ser­vices ecosys­tem, so users do not have access to Google ser­vices. The tablet and with­out them copes with the main tasks — play­ing video or music and surf­ing the Inter­net. To search for miss­ing appli­ca­tions, the Petal Search ser­vice is pro­vid­ed.

An inex­pen­sive tablet can be bought for a child for car­toons. Source: huawei.com

Diag­o­nal IPS-screen — 9.7 “with a res­o­lu­tion of 1280x800 pix­els. The tablet is pow­ered by a HiSil­i­con Kirin 710A proces­sor and has 2GB of RAM. Built-in mem­o­ry 32 GB, but there is a slot for microSD cards up to 512 GB. The tablet does not slow down when watch­ing videos in Full­HD for­mat and allows you to run unde­mand­ing games. The touch­screen is respon­sive. Bat­tery capac­i­ty 5100 mAh. The bat­tery holds up to 9 hours.

The main cam­era of 5 megapix­els and the front cam­era of 2 megapix­els will not allow you to cre­ate good pho­tos, but their capa­bil­i­ties are enough for video call­ing.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 8
• Proces­sor pow­er — 7
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 6
• The amount of RAM — 6
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 6
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 4
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 7
• Aver­age score — 6.28

The price of Huawei MatePad T10 is from 12,000 rubles.

Lenovo Tab M10 Plus — a tablet in a durable metal case

The main fea­ture of this gad­get is a stur­dy case that will with­stand drops and slop­py han­dling. The tablet is equipped with an IPS-matrix with good view­ing angles, so it is con­ve­nient to watch movies on it. Dis­play diag­o­nal — 10.3 “with a res­o­lu­tion of 1920x1200 pix­els.

The device received a Medi­aTek Helio P22T proces­sor. It pro­vides good per­for­mance in com­bi­na­tion with 4GB of RAM. Built-in mem­o­ry in the tablet 128 GB, addi­tion­al­ly pro­vides a slot for microSD cards up to 256 GB. There is Wi-Fi and Blue­tooth.

Leno­vo Tab M10 Plus stands out with thin bezels around the dis­play. Source: root-nation.com

There is a face recog­ni­tion sys­tem, but no fin­ger­print scan­ner. Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 5000 mAh. this is enough for 7–8 hours of work. The main and front cam­eras are not bad (8 megapix­els and 5 megapix­els, respec­tive­ly), but in low light, the qual­i­ty of the pic­tures leaves much to be desired. There is no flash.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 8
• Proces­sor pow­er — 7
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 6
• The amount of RAM — 7
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 8
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 6
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 8
• Aver­age score — 7.14

The price of Leno­vo Tab M10 Plus is from 17,000 rubles.

iPad 2020 32Gb — a universal tablet from Apple

This device is more expen­sive than oth­er par­tic­i­pants in the rat­ing. In terms of per­for­mance, the gad­get out­per­forms mid­dle-class Android tablets thanks to the iPa­dOS oper­at­ing sys­tem. It ensures smooth oper­a­tion of the inter­face with­out delays. There is sup­port for the Apple Pen­cil sty­lus (sold sep­a­rate­ly), so the tablet can be used for hand­writ­ing or work­ing with graph­ics.

iPad 2020 32Gb has a clas­sic design for Apple tablets. Source: www.esrgear.com

The device was equipped with a high-qual­i­ty IPS-dis­play with a diag­o­nal of 10.2 ″ with a res­o­lu­tion of 2160x1620 pix­els. The heart of the tablet is the Apple A12 Bion­ic proces­sor. The amount of RAM is 3 GB, and the built-in mem­o­ry is 32 GB. There is no mem­o­ry card slot.

The res­o­lu­tion of the main cam­era is 8 megapix­els, and the front one is only 1.2 megapix­els. The tablet has a fin­ger­print scan­ner and stereo speak­ers. Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 8827 mAh. This is enough for 2–3 days, depend­ing on the inten­si­ty of use.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 9
• Proces­sor pow­er — 7
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 9
• The amount of RAM — 7
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 6
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 7
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 7
• Aver­age score — 7.42

The price of the Apple iPad 2020 32Gb Wi-Fi is from 27,000 rubles.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 is a compact tablet with protection against external influences

Galaxy Tab Active2 is an SUV in the world of tablets. It meets the strict require­ments of IP68 dust and mois­ture resis­tance. The device can with­stand immer­sion under water to a depth of one and a half meters for up to half an hour. The gad­get was equipped with a sty­lus that allows you to work with gloves.

Galaxy Tab Active2 is a com­pact tablet with a sty­lus that is suit­able for work­ing in the field. Source: techadvisor.com

This tablet is designed to solve work tasks. For exam­ple, it is suit­able for archi­tects or design­ers trav­el­ing to the site. An ordi­nary unpro­tect­ed tablet in such con­di­tions can be eas­i­ly dam­aged or bro­ken, and the Tab Active2 is more con­ve­nient and prac­ti­cal in such cas­es.

The tablet is equipped with an 8‑inch dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 1280x800. The device is based on the Exynos 7870 proces­sor and has 3 GB of RAM. The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry is only 16 GB, but there is a slot for a microSD card.

The res­o­lu­tion of the main cam­era is 8 megapix­els, and the front one is 5 megapix­els. The bat­tery capac­i­ty is small — only 4450 mAh, but this is enough for an 8‑inch dis­play. The charge lasts for 8–9 hours.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 7
• Proces­sor pow­er — 8
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 6
• The amount of RAM — 7
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 5
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 7
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 6
• Aver­age score — 6.57

The price of Sam­sung Galaxy Tab Active2 is from 37,000 rubles.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 11″ is a productive tablet with a powerful battery

The device is pow­ered by a pow­er­ful Qual­comm Snap­drag­on 865 Plus proces­sor and has a 8000 mAh bat­tery. It is enough for 10–12 hours of work. The amount of RAM is 6 GB. The built-in mem­o­ry in the tablet is 128 GB, but it can be expand­ed with a microSD card up to 1024 GB.

The tablet is sold with­out a sty­lus, so you have to buy it sep­a­rate­ly. Source: techadvisor.com

The device was equipped with an 11” LTPS dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 2560x1600 pix­els. The tablet has excel­lent cam­eras: the main one is 13 megapix­els, the front one is 8 megapix­els. Built-in aut­o­fo­cus is pro­vid­ed.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 9
• Proces­sor pow­er — 9
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 9
• The amount of RAM — 8
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 8
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 8
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 6
• Aver­age score — 8.14

The cost of the Sam­sung Galaxy Tab S7 is from 26,000 rubles.

Honor Pad V6 is a tablet with good cameras and a powerful processor

The tablet is dis­tin­guished by good cam­eras: the main one is 13 megapix­els and the front one is 8 megapix­els. There is a flash and an aut­o­fo­cus sys­tem. The device was cre­at­ed on the basis of the 8‑core Kirin 985 proces­sor and equipped with a capa­cious 7250 mAh bat­tery. It is enough for 12–13 hours. Fast charg­ing func­tion is pro­vid­ed — in 2 hours from 0 to 100%.

For the Hon­or Pad V6 tablet, you can buy a key­board and turn it into a com­pact lap­top. Source: mobile-review.com

The tablet was equipped with a 10.4” IPS dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 2000x1200 pix­els. Hon­or Pad V6 could be used as a bud­get gam­ing tablet, if not for the small amount of RAM — only 2 GB. Inter­nal stor­age is 128GB and there is a microSD card slot up to 512GB.

• Dis­play qual­i­ty and size — 8
• Proces­sor pow­er — 8
• Bat­tery capac­i­ty — 9
• The amount of RAM — 6
• The amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry — 8
• Cam­era qual­i­ty — 9
• Val­ue for mon­ey — 7
• Aver­age score — 7.85

The price of Hon­or Pad V6 is from 45,000 rubles.

Summing up

Based on the rat­ings, we have formed the fol­low­ing rat­ing:

The most pow­er­ful, but also the most expen­sive tablets are Galaxy Tab S7 (from 50,000 rubles) and Hon­or Pad V6 (from 45,000 rubles). These devices are suit­able for solv­ing most tasks, and you can also play games on them, but not the most demand­ing ones.

The iPad 2020 32Gb is Apple’s work­horse. Uni­ver­sal tablet for work and study. If you buy a brand­ed sty­lus sep­a­rate­ly, you can work with graph­ics or solve oth­er spe­cif­ic tasks on the tablet.

Huawei MatePad T10, Leno­vo Tab M10 Plus and Galaxy A10.1 are bud­get tablets with mediocre cam­eras and not the most pow­er­ful proces­sors. Their per­for­mance abounds for study­ing, surf­ing the Inter­net, watch­ing videos or chat­ting on social net­works.

The most unusu­al tablet in our rank­ing is the Galaxy Tab Active2. This is a spe­cial pur­pose device, which is dis­tin­guished by a high lev­el of pro­tec­tion against dust and mois­ture IP68.