The Best 10-inch Tablets for Education 2018: the only device you will need for school
These 10-inch tablets may just be the only device you will need for school, college and university. With the right keyboard and/or stylus, it is your perfect companion for research, as a creative tool for music and graphic design, the device your complete your papers and assignments and more.
The Top 5 Best 10-inch Tablets for Education 2017-18
With 2017 quickly coming to a close, it is about time we review the best tablets that will take us into the new year. As usual, we have the flagship tablets from Apple and Samsung topping our list. The only other entry from our tight list of 5 tablets comes from Google with their flagship Google Pixel C.
Here is a quick look at the best 10-inch tablets for school, college or university. The line-up consists of tablets with iOS, Android and Windows (for the latest prices on online retailer, click on the links below).
- Apple iPad Pro 10.5-inch
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7-inch
- Google Pixel C 10.2-inch
- Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2017)
- Samsung Galaxy Book 10.6-inch
Apple iPad Pro 10.5-inch
Without a doubt, the 10.5-inch Apple iPad Pro is the best tablet there is. If anything, Apple Pencil and the big iPad 12.9 have paved the way for a slightly bigger 10-inch tablet to success. Not only is it more portable that the big 12.9-inch tablet, it is also easier to handle and cheaper to own yet has all the features you will get from the bigger sibling. It is immensely powerful and will most certainly outperform most tablets in the market including some high end laptops. It is a mean, green and creative machine and throw in the optional keyboard cover as well and you have an all-round stylus and touch driven 2-in-1 laptop.
A serious laptop replacement tablet, loaded with iOS 11, it is going to dealt a serious blow to all tablets in the land as a multi-tasker, multimedia center as well as a creative tool. Just have to fork out for the Apple Pencil and Keyboard.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7-inch
If you prefer an Android tablet with stylus then the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is your answer. It has a SuperAMOLED display with QXGA resolution allowing you to catch up on HDR video on the super bright and ultra crisp 9.7-inch. The tablet is powered by a Snapdragon 820 processor and Vulkan graphics for 18% more crunching power and 3x faster graphics processing compared to previous model. Designed for entertainment, it pumps out amazing sound from its quad-speaker system, one on each corner. As a creative tool, it has an equally capable S Pen that unlike the Apple Pencil, does not need charging and still has a fine 0.7mm tip and 4096 pressure sensor levels.
Samsung Cloud offers 15GB free storage as oppose to 5GB with Apple iCloud and Samsung Flow lets you channel notifications and sync text messages between the tablet and mobile phone. The Samsung S Pen is included but the keyboard is sold separately.
Google Pixel C 10.2-inch
The highly rated Pixel C, Google’s own Android tablet has a bright and beautiful 10.2-inch high resolution display pumping 2560 x 1800 resolution at 308ppi pixel density. It is powered by Nvidia’ high performance Tegra X1 Quad Core 64-bit Processor at a speedy 1.9GHz frequency and together with 3GB of LPDDR4 memory and 64GB of storage, offers plenty of grunt to crunch through even the meanest games. Like the iPad Pro, the optional keyboard or folio keyboard comes with magnetic attachment and offers multi-angle working. As it is designed by Google, the Android OS and search function is closely integrate. Still it is a sleek and lightweight tablet with 10 hours battery life in an aluminium chassis.
Optional Pixel C Keyboard or Pixel C Folio Keyboard makes this a viable Chromebook. The lack of stylus support puts is behind the iPad Pro and Galaxy Tab S3 as creative tools.
Check Price Online: Google Pixel C 10.2-inch
Pixel C is Google's premium tablet with 64GB storage, NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor and Maxwell GPU Share on XApple iPad 9.7-inch (2017)
The iPad Air 2 replacement may have gained a bit of weight and is slightly thicker but it is by means no slouch. The new iPad 2017 is just called the iPad and is now the entry 10-inch device for those looking for an Apple tablet minus the Apple Pencil support. Still it delivers powerful performance, has a brighter than previous generation display but not as good as the display on the iPad Pro 10.5. If you can overlook the thickness and weight, the device is everything a tablet should be and the cheapest way to access Apple’s ecosystem and to experience the latest iOS 11. It is also worth noting that the iPad now starts with 32GB of storage, even better value given the cheaper price tag. If you are looking for the smart keyboard connector on the side edge, that is still reserved for the iPad Pro 9.7, 10.5 and 12.9.
If iOS platform is your thing, this proven tablet with fast and reliable performance as well as long battery life is your ticket. What’s more the affordable price tag and bigger starting storage helps sweeten the deal. iPad Air 2 owners can keep their tablet or look to the iPad Pro for their next tablet.
Check Price Online: Apple iPad 9.7-inch (2017)
A capable and low cost Apple tablet minus the Pencil support, the iPad 9.7-inch will be the favourite among schools Share on XSamsung Galaxy Book 10.6-inch
Samsung’s second shot at a portable Windows tablet sees the Galaxy Book 10.6-inch FHD 1920 x 1080 resolution tablet as a clear winner among Windows tablets in this size. The 10.6-inch device is ultra portable, comes with a stylus for note-taking and folio keyboard for a complete 2-in-1 experience as a powerful, thin and lightweight laptop. It is powered by the 7th Generation Intel Core m3 Processor up to 2.6GHz, has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage with microSD slot for up to 256GB extra storage as well as support for USB-C for lightning quick 3 hour charging. The battery lasts 9 hours between charge from its 4000mAh capacity battery.
The Galaxy Book 10.6-inch is a smaller and cheaper alternative to Microsoft Surface Pro but is only available with the Intel Core m3 processor and half the storage compared to the entry Surface Pro. Still, one cannot complain when it comes with stylus and keyboard at no extra cost.
August 31, 2020 @ 12:32 pm
My father is a chemistry teacher and picked up an iPad for this same purpose. I have one as well and I absolutely love it for taking notes. I’ve owned XP-Pen Deco 01 Digital Writing tablet in the past (though I used them mostly for drawing) and I would honestly recommend you get an iPad.
I personally found it much easier to get used to writing and drawing on the iPad’s screen than on my Deco 01 tablet, though I believe that’s down to mostly personal preference.
You could also use the iPad for much more than a Deco 01 . If your PC is a desktop, the iPad makes a pretty great portable machine for web browsing and document creation when you don’t wanna sit down at your desk.
I have a first gen 9.7-inch iPad Pro and I’d highly recommend it.