If you're, looking for a new tablet with active pen support you've got quite a lot of choices right now, which is great, I'm Andrew from minexcetter. com, and I reviewed pretty much every tablet with active pen that has been released in the last couple of years, and here are my recommendations for the end of 2020 before we start don't forget to subscribe to this channel, because I'm reviewing pretty much every tablet that gets released and if you want to have more information about the tablet that I mentioned in this video check out the links in the description. So you will have lots more detailed information about the tablets, including my reviews, comparisons and so on. I'm starting this list with the best cheap 8-inch tablet with active pen support that you can buy at the moment, and that is the Samsung Galaxy tab, an 8.0 with s pen, that's a model number SMP, 200 or p205. It's not available everywhere, but in a couple of countries you can get it, and this is one of my favorite tablets. The s pen is included, and we're getting a pretty nice 8-inch full HD screen.
Here. It's running android, of course, and on top is running Samsung's own one UI, including the Samsung notes app, which is great and the air commands which are quite useful as well. The performance is okay. It's a lower mid-range tablet with an Enos 7885, 3 gigabyte, ram and 32 gigabytes of internal storage. This is a great choice if you want something small for handwritten notes, while on the go- and of course you can draw with it too but apps like photoshop, also are not supported.
The best cheap windows tablet with active pen support is also the best 10-inch windows tablet with active pen support and that's a Microsoft Surface go 2. You can get it with the Microsoft Surface. Pen that is the same pen, that's being sold for the Surface Pro 7. Here, we're getting a 10.5 inch, full HD screen, and it's a laminated one. It's a pretty nice screen.
This tablet makes a lot of sense if you want to write on handwritten notes in Microsoft OneNote. Basically, this is a perfect OneNote tablet, mostly for handwritten notes. Sure you can draw a bit with a 2, but the performance is a bit too weak for very demanding graphics, apps like photoshop, you can get it with an inter Pentium gold 4425. Why or with an Intel Core m3 processor, which is quite a bit faster. You've got a choice between four and eight gigabytes of ram and the 64 gigabyte, flash storage or a 128 gigabyte SSD.
Now we're getting to mid-range 10-inch tablets that are pretty great for note-taking and so on, and here it's a tie between the Apple iPad, 8 and the Samsung Galaxy tab, s6 lite, depending on what you need. Let's start with the Apple iPad 8. , the iPad 8 works with the first Apple Pencil, which is a great pen here, we're getting a 10.2 inch, retina display, which has one major downside. The screen is not eliminated. That means there's a small air gap visible below the touchscreen, and the result is that sometimes it looks like you're, not touching the screen directly with the pen.
That's a downside! If you want to do super precise drawings, it's not a great tablet for that, but for handwritten notes. It's a pretty great tablet. It supports the apple notes, app of course, it's pre-installed, as well as a new scribble feature which lets you use handwriting. In almost every text field. The performance is very strong, and that means you can use professional apps like adobe photoshop or the new Adobe Illustrator and yeah that performs very well on the iPad.8. inside wants an Apple A12 bionic, with 3 gigabytes of ram and 32 to 128, gigabyte of internal storage and the a12 bionic is faster than almost every android tablet.
So the iPad 8 is a great choice. If you need lots of performance and want a pen for handwritten notes or a little drawings, but not super precise drones, because, as I said, the screen is not laminated. The Samsung Galaxy tab, s6 lite is the best choice. If you're, looking for an affordable, 10 inches, android tablet with active pen support- and here the screen is fully laminated, unlike with the iPad Pro, as is common with Samsung, the s pen is included at no extra charge, which also means that it is a bit cheaper than the iPad 8. Here we're getting a 10.4-inch full HD screen, which again is fully laminated. It's running, android 10, of course pre-installed is the Samsung notes, app and also the so-called air commands which give you a couple of gestures which, which you can quickly start a new node and so on.
Of course, android does not support standard photoshop, or so the performance is okay. It's a mid-range tablet, way below the iPad.8. we're getting an Enos 9611 processors, with 4 gigabytes of ram and 64 to 128 gigabyte internal storage. So this tablet is great if you want to mostly write down handwritten notes, ensure some drawings too, but mostly for fun, because you can't get super professional apps here next on the list is the Apple iPad Mini, and this is the best 8-inch tablet with active pen support. It works with the Apple Pencil 1 again and here we're getting a 7.9 inch retina display, which, unlike the iPad 8, is fully laminated. So that's great, of course, it's running iPadOS, including all these standard features for the Apple Pencil, including the scribble feature.
Of course, the notes app and you can use gestures to quickly start a new note or to take screenshots or so, and you can install all the apps from the Apple app store, of course, which again has a huge library of apps that to optimize for tablets and for the pencil. The performance is way better than from the Samsung 8-inch tablet that I mentioned, because here we're getting an Apple A12 processor, with 3 gigabytes of ram and 64 to 256 gigabytes of internal storage. So you can also use it as a pretty good 8-inch gaming tablet. Next up is the Apple iPad, air 4, which is the newest tablet on this list, and it's the first one that works with the Apple Pencil 2. So with the second generation, the iPad Air 4 has a 10.9 inch. Retina display, which is fully laminated apple.
Calls this a liquid retina display, so the resolution is very high and again, unlike the iPad 8, this is laminated, which is one of the biggest selling points. Of course, it's running iPadOS just like the iPad Mini, including the scribble feature. It supports the apple notes, app of course, and here you can use Photoshop again: adobe, photoshop and Adobe Illustrator and the performance is very strong, so you will be able to use super professional apps and work with huge files. It features the Apple A14 processor, which is faster than every android tablet. We also get four gigabytes of ram and 64 or 256 gigabytes of internal storage.
Zapata f4 is a pretty nice upper mid-range tablet. The best windows tablet with active pen support is the Microsoft Surface pro 7. Of course, it works with the surface pen, which again is the same one. That also works with the surface, go 2 and here we're getting a 12.3-inch screen with a resolution of 2736 by 1824. Of course, the Surface Pro 7 runs windows, and that is the normal standard windows.
So you can use OneNote for handwritten notes. For example, there's handwriting recognition built into the operating system, which is great, and the performance is good enough for full desktop class, adobe, photoshop illustrator and all those desktop class apps that you can use on Windows. Basically, this behaves just like any Windows PC when buying it. You can choose between an Intel Core, i3, i5 or a7 processor, and between 4, 8 or 16 gigabytes of ram, and you can get a 128 gigabyte up to a one terabyte SSD. Obviously, if you want to use super heavy desktop apps with the pen, then it makes sense to get the core i7 version with 16 gigabytes of ram, because then you need a lot of power.
All the tablets that I mentioned until now have this standard 60hz display, which is fine, but the Samsung Galaxy tab, s7 and s7 plus, which are next on the list, have a 120hz screen, which means that drawings with the pen looks super smooth. The Samsung Galaxy tab, s7 and s7 plus are the best android tablets you can buy right now and with both the s pen is included. The Galaxy Tab. S7 has an 11-inch LCD screen, that's very high resolution and on a similar level as a screen of the iPad Air, for instance, and the Galaxy Tab. S7 plus has a bigger, 12.4 inch super AMOLED screen, which I think is the best screen and tablet you can buy right now. Both screens support the 120 hertz and both look super smooth.
Even if you draw very fast with the pen, there's almost no lag visible. Both tablets are running android, 10, of course, including the Samsung notes app, which I mentioned before, including the air commands and something nice. You can use the pen as a remote in Microsoft, PowerPoint that can be super useful. You can also use it as a remote for the camera and so on, but that's more of a gimmick. The useful one is PowerPoint.
The Galaxy Tab, s7 and s7 plus are the fastest android tablets. You can buy right now. They feature a Qualcomm snapdragon, 865 plus processors, with six to eight gigabytes of ram and the 128 gigabyte to 512 gigabytes storage. So if you like android, if you like the Samsung, notes app and want a 120hz screen, this is the best choice right now. The best tablets overall with active10 support is the current Apple iPad Pro generation, that's not because of the 120hz screen which the Samsung Galaxy tab.
S7 has just like the apple pro here, but mostly due to performance, because the iPad Pro is superfast. The Apple iPad Pro works with the second generation Apple Pencil, which is a great active pen, and you can get the tablet with an 11 inch and a 12.9 inch liquid retina display, which are both very bright brighter than the iPad Air 4. For instance, and just like, with the Samsung Galaxy tab, s7 series we're getting a 120hz screen here. That means the pen reacts superfast, almost instance. It's really great.
Now the iPad Pro is running standard iPad, OS of course, including the scribble feature, the notes, apps and so on. Here you can of course, use again adobe photoshop, Adobe Illustrator. It's a very powerful tablet inside runs an apple a12z processor, with six gigabytes of ram and a 128 gigabyte to one terabyte internal storage. The reason why I think the iPad Pro is better than the Samsung Galaxy tab. X7 is not the pen itself and not the screen, because both are 120 hertz, but it's mostly because the performance is better, and you can use apps like adobe photoshop, which don't work on android.
They don't exist on android like this, because on the iPad, you can even use alternatives to photoshop, like affinity photo for instance, so the app selection and the performance is just better than on the Galaxy Tab. S7. Now there are a couple of other tablets with active pen support that have been released in the last year or so among them are the Huawei Mate pad 10.4, for instance, or the Lenovo duet Chromebook. Of course, I reviewed them. I'm reviewing almost every tablet that gets released, but I just don't think that the pen is that great for these tablets.
I just can't recommend them on a list where the stylus is the most important feature, because I just don't think that the pen is good enough for that. Alright, these have been the best tablets with active pen support that you can buy right now. If you want to have detailed information check out the description below. I reviewed all of them and also write me in the comments. If you have any questions, I'm NJ for mynexttabler.
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