Best Tablets in Australia (2026)

The Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is the natural successor to one of the best Android tablets ever made, and Samsung has made all the right upgrades. The 14.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with anti-reflective coating remains class-leading - it is enormous, vibrant, and works well in bright Aussie sunlight. The big news is under the hood: Samsung has switched to the Snapdragon 8 Elite, a genuine leap in performance and efficiency over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. AI-powered features through Galaxy AI are more capable than ever, with real-time translation, Smart Select improvements, and enhanced Note Assist. S Pen is still included in the box, Samsung DeX mode still turns it into a near-desktop experience, and the 11,200mAh battery comfortably lasts a full day of heavy use. Buy the Australian-stock listing rather than one of the grey imports beside it - it carries Samsung Australia's warranty, and it currently sells for comfortably less than Samsung's own A$2,099 RRP for the Wi-Fi 256GB model.

The Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ that used to sit here has gone unbuyable on Amazon AU across every Australian variant, and the Tab S11 is a considerably better tablet anyway. Moving from the FE line to the proper S-series means a real AMOLED panel rather than an LCD, and the difference is obvious the moment you watch anything or edit a photo - deep blacks, high brightness for outdoor use, and a 120Hz refresh rate that makes the whole system feel quicker. The flagship silicon inside handles heavy multitasking, Adobe apps and demanding games without the stutter the FE showed once you pushed it, and 12GB of RAM means split-screen work actually stays resident. The S Pen is still included in the box, which continues to be one of the strongest arguments for buying Samsung over Apple here, and Samsung DeX turns the tablet into a genuine windowed desktop with a keyboard attached - the closest thing Android has to a laptop replacement. This is the 5G model, so it holds its own mobile connection rather than depending on a phone hotspot, and it is the AU retail listing with an Australian plug and local warranty. At just under $1300 it costs meaningfully more than the FE+ did, and 128GB fills up fast, though microSD expansion takes the sting out of that.

The second-generation Idea Tab Pro is the big-screen Android tablet to buy if you want room to work without paying for an iPad Air or a Galaxy Tab S11. The screen grows to 13 inches and 3.5K resolution, still at up to 144Hz, with a paper-like anti-glare finish that cuts reflections under office lights and makes handwriting with the included Lenovo pen feel less like writing on glass. It is bright enough for a sunny room at 600 nits typical and 800 peak. The bigger change is inside. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 replaces the first model's MediaTek chip and is a clear step up for multitasking, split-screen study and mainstream games, and this Australian model pairs it with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, plus a microSD slot that takes cards up to 2TB. Four JBL speakers with Dolby Atmos make it a good lounge-room streaming screen as well as a desk one. The compromises are the familiar ones for the price: it is an LCD, so blacks look grey in a dark room next to the OLED Samsungs above it, there is no cellular version, and Lenovo's Android update window is shorter than Samsung's or Apple's. The keyboard is extra. For study, note-taking and streaming on a big screen, it is the value pick.