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Amazon's biannual October Prime Day sale starts tomorrow, and it's a great time to buy tech devices, like tablets, at major discounts. Whether from Apple, Samsung, or Amazon itself, tablets are always a big-ticket item that you'll find on sale during the event.
If you know where to look, you can find some excellent deals on tablets of all shapes and sizes, specifications, and generations, perfect for work, travel, commuting, entertainment, and even safely keeping your children occupied for an hour here and there.
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The Prime Big Deal Days sale officially starts tomorrow, Oct. 7, but you can already find discounts on all kinds of tech. We've rounded up the best tablet deals on Amazon right now.
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- Current price: $299
- Original price: $349
Apple's tried-and-true tablet, the base model iPad, is arguably the best value in the company's tablet lineup thanks to its versatility and compatibility. Plus, Apple updated this tablet earlier this year to include double the base storage as last year's model, more RAM, and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip.
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- Current price: $601
- Original price: $700
The new OnePlus Pad 3 is a ZDNET Editor's Choice pick, and for good reason. The new model offers a seamless user experience, thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which can handle more demanding AI tasks. This experience is further enhanced by its large 13.2-inch display, which supports a refresh rate of up to 144Hz.
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- Current price: $340
- Original price: $450
The recently updated Kindle Scribe is perhaps the perfect example of an e-reader-tablet hybrid to satisfy your reading and note-taking needs. Its updated AI features include a new display with flush white borders and a paper-like texture, and Active Canvas -- a new experience for taking notes in books.
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- Current price: $330
- Original price: $399
If you're a Google smart home person, this is the tablet for you, since it comes with a Charging Speaker Dock that doubles as a smart display. It's also a great tablet for those seeking long-lasting battery life. When it's not in use and is on the dock, it's constantly charged and ready for use.
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- Current price: $1,099
- Original price: $1,299
Apple's most recent iPad Pro lineup is by far the most capable and impressive iPad lineup we've seen. It makes replacing your laptop with a tablet an easy decision. The M4 chip consists of a new 10-core GPU, next-generation machine learning accelerators to handle a diverse range of tasks, and ProMotion technology, enabling variable screen refresh rates ranging from 10 to 120Hz.
More tablet deals
- Apple iPad Air (M3): $449 (save $150): This iPad Air features a speedy M3 processor, resulting in better app performance, multitasking, and rendering speeds, alongside 128GB of storage.
- Microsoft Surface Pro: $950 (save $250): The hardware in the Microsoft Surface Pro delivers solid performance, allowing the device to handle multiple apps and tasks without noticeable slowdowns.
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE: $430 (save $70): This Wi-Fi-enabled Samsung tablet features a large 10.9-inch display (90Hz), 128GB of storage, and comes with an S-Pen stylus.
- TCL NXTPAPER 11: $200 (save $50): This tablet's display has a paper-like feel and a low blue light, anti-glare coating for reduced eye strain while reading or taking notes.
- Amazon Fire HD 8: $55 (save $45): Amazon's Fire HD tablet range is already on sale. The Fire HD 8, an entertainment-ready tablet, is available with a discount of 45%.
- Amazon Fire HD 10: $70 (save $70): The Fire HD 10 with 32 GB of storage is 50% off right now.
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Active4 Pro: $431 (save $278): This durable tablet is meant for workers who need a tablet outdoors or on a work site.
- Amazon Fire Max 11: $190 (save $90): If you want an Amazon tablet with more power, check out the $90 discount on a Fire Max 11, sporting an 11-inch display and 128GB of storage.
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Tablet accessory deals
- Apple Pencil Pro: $99 (save $30): Apple's most advanced stylus features gesture and haptic controls, tilt and pressure sensitivity, and low latency for taking notes, drawing, sketching, and more.
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S Pen: $37 (save $23): This stylus works with the Galaxy Tab 9 series tablets and is rated IP68 for water resistance, so you can take notes by the pool or lake.
- Apple iPad Magic Keyboard: $250 (save $19): This portable keyboard for the iPad Air range features a trackpad and a 14-key function row for more versatility than ever.
- Wacom Bamboo Ink Stylus: $40 (save $10): This stylus features a sensitive fine tip with up to 4,096 pressure levels and is compatible with a majority of Windows 10 devices with touchscreen.
- Metapen Pencil A8: $15 (save $12): This stylus offers tilt sensitivity, pixel precision, and double-speed charging. It's compatible with Apple iPads from 2018-2025.
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