The Stuff Gadget Awards 2024: Best tablets of the year

Tabs, laps, and streams!

Tablets have come a long way this year, pushing boundaries with designs and tech that cater to every kind of user. From the powerhouse Apple iPad Pro 11 (M4) to the budget-friendly Lenovo Tab Plus, these devices are setting new standards in portability, performance, and entertainment. At Stuff, we’ve handpicked the very best for our Gadget Awards 2024, highlighting the most innovative and game-changing devices across every category. Our winners represent the peak of what technology can offer, showcasing gadgets that are not just functional, but truly transformative.

Let’s look at the top tablets that are leading the charge this year!

Premium tablet of the year 2024: Apple iPad Pro 11 (M4)

Yes, we know it costs almost as much as a MacBook, but the latest iPad Pro 11 M4 is just irrepressible, building powerful enhancements onto the excellent foundations laid down by previous generations. The last one was good, certainly, but this one makes a staggering number of improvements. And it’s thinner too! No, really: at just over 5mm, this is the thinnest product Apple has ever made. There’s so much more to love too: the glorious colours, vibrancy and detail of the screen; the sizzling potency of Apple’s M4 chip, which serves up more oomph than most people will ever need; and the new Apple Pencil Pro, as capable a creative partner as this tab deserves.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, OnePlus Pad 2

Budget Tablet of the year 2024: Lenovo Tab Plus

We love the Tab Plus’s built-in kickstand and can’t fathom why more manufacturers don’t add one – but that’s far from the only reason it swept up this award. Team up that stand with a detailed 11.5in LCD screen and eight JBL-tuned speakers, and you’ve got a very serviceable portable entertainment system that’ll take your Netflix binges on the road. The speakers on the Lenovo Tab Plus are a particular highlight, with volume that’ll put most cheap Bluetooth speakers to shame. Sprinkle in impressive battery life, strong yet stylish build quality and the inclusion of expandable storage, and you’ve got a tasty slate stew going – the only unwelcome flavours being the average (even for an affordable tablet) performance and the fact that Lenovo is only promising support for two more generations of Android.

HIGHLY COMMENDED 

Lenovo Tab M11