These are not "normal" tablets, but Boox's line of ePaper-based readers are the only Android tablets that distinguish themselves sufficiently in my already-large family of devices. I've used "normal" tablets with full-color LCD/OLED displays, on both the Android and iPadOS side, but I rarely find a good use for them. I've found them to sit in an awkward space with neither the convenience of my phone, nor the utility of my laptop.

The ePaper-based tablets are ideal for reading, but I do not relegate them merely to the "e-reader" category because they allow you to install Google Play and run basically any Android app. This makes them more flexible and powerful than most e-readers.

It comes with a built-in browser optimized for monochrome, and you can also install third-party alternatives like EinkBro.

That said, it's only for advanced users, and it's not a perfectly smooth experience. Just getting Google Play running on it requires jumping through some hoops, and you will find that most Android apps simply don't work well on a monochrome display (though Boox does offer color models, I have not used them myself).

I was hoping, for example, to use my Boox tablet to play Go, but despite the fact that Go is very much a "black and white" game, most of the apps use shading and colors that look like absolute ass on a black and white display. Some of them do not properly support the 4:3 aspect ratio either. So I don't want to set unreasonable expectations here. These are niche devices.

Despite these drawbacks, I really appreciate having an ePaper device. It complements my device family (phone, laptop, etc.) in a way other tablets do not.

My Galaxy Tab S7+ is very good.

Lenovo's ones win for bang-for-your-buck. Not great for gaming or the like but for simple reading comics and watching videos you can't beat the price for a big device like that.

I’m in an interesting camp because I mainly reside in apple land, except for my desktop and tablet. I have the galaxy tab s7 plus and that thing is all I could ask for out of a tablet. As a media consumption device it does one thing well and that’s emulation. I love using an 8bitdo controller with it too.

Honestly might be a bit of a "shill" moment, Grabbing windows 2 in 1 and flashing bliss to it. Currently have a chuwi hi10x which can boot into Bliss and it's nice.

Nexus 7 (FHD, the better model) was the best tablet I've had. I used it even as a phone replacement for a couple of years.

Now I'm using a Galaxy Tab Active 3 as a chartplotter on the boat. Also quite nice, but would be too slow for a "main device". Not to mention camera quality.

My Galaxy Tab S8+ is definitely the best tablet I've ever owned. I just wish there were custom roms for it.

So because I play a lot of games and read a lot of eBooks then I would say getting my first tablet was pretty great, even though it was a midrange one that was just thrown in to the deal when I was upgrading my phone and I probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise

It was a Samsung A8 from 2019, had about an 8" screen and I used it mainly as a kindle and games device. The games I play are mainly strategy or board games, but there were certainly some games that you wouldn't necessarily think would cause a problem (Wingspan?) that would lag or crash. Since I review games it helped to have a second device to check things on, and a bigger screen is better.

Last year I upgraded it to a Samsung S8 which is a flagship. It's a 10 or 11 inch screen which felt more unwieldy though I'm used to it now. It can run more things. It's a really nice device. The screen isn't actually OLED but feels like it, the quality is amazing. It actually came with a stylus which was a neat touch. The screen is good enough that yes I have found myself watching more TV on it.

However, when people say 'productivity', I don't know really know what they mean by that tbh. I've got a work laptop for work. I've got my own laptop for other stuff. Do people mean drawing and things on tablets but that?

The Galaxy Tab S series

I have a couple of Android Tablets in rotation. Right now my favorite would probably be the Mediapad M5 8.0". I just really love that small tablet formfactor - great to just toss into a backpack and forget.

The being said, the Galaxy Tab S line is also great, especially because of their great OLED Screens. I still would like however to see them offering a smaller verison (like they did with the Tab S and S2) but I understand that there probably isn't a big market for it.

Only tablets I generally avoid are stock Android ones, because Stock Android on tablets, quite frankly sucks as it lacks many features that make use of a larger screen. Maybe that has gotten better with recent versions, but older versions are really just large phone UIs unfortunatley.

Recently got the pixel tablet and put GrapheneOS on it. I've been quite satisfied with it so far.

I've tried Android Tablets for 15 years now, And the best Tablet I've ever used is my iPad, it has more power than I'll ever know what to do with with software support that I could only dream of.

However there are things I still can only do on Android, and for that I am using my trusty and slowly dying Samsung Galaxy Tab s5e.

What I love about it as a regular user is

• light weight for it's size

• Good Speakers

• FireFox + Ublock origin

some Advance user features I love are

• USB-C Video out for those apps I want on the big screen

• AMOLED for those inky blacks. Watching streaming content on it is a dream

• Side loading support, like apps that let me force the display to a 16:9 aspect ratio for my TV

My only complaint is that the Power is not enough for modern day content consumption. And that it doesn't have a headphone jack.

The only reason I prefer my iPad is that the software support for the official apps I use like Disney Plus and Kobo are better supported and run better on it. However until Apple allows side loading or lets FireFox to actually use anything other than webkit, I will probably have a tablet like this near by when I want a screen without a keyboard.

I feel if I had to buy a new one and I didn't care about the some of my advance user features the FE edition of the Samsung Tablets seem like a good deal.

Lenovo Tab P11 Plus. Pixel Tablet.

It's depressing how bad Android tablets are right now. Both iPad and Android tablets suck to repair and take a lot of user control out of your hands, but iPads are ridiculously more powerful, have better "official" software support in the world, and age a lot more gracefully.

I'm increasingly tempted to drop my Android tablet altogether - the only thing stopping me at this point is the support for "non-official" apps distributed outside of the play store that I enjoy so much.

Good timing, my Mum wants a new tablet for Christmas.

I was thinking of going with the Xiaomi Pad 6, but mostly because I've always had pretty good luck with the brand.

Its a stupid expensive option but wireless charging is such a great convenience I have to have it.