Mobile reviews

It’s not much of an advance on the Galaxy Tab S9 Plus, but the Galaxy S10 Plus gets you a similarly comprehensive tablet experience to the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, for a little less money. Pros Svelte design Excellent OLED display Brilliant bundled S Pen Cons Not the fastest tablet in its class Not cheap No smaller option this year Key Features Punchy 12.4-inch AMOLED screen The Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen is one of the main reasons to opt for the Tab S10 Plus, with a 16:10 aspect ratio particularly well suited to binging movies. Capable Dimensity 9300+ chip With the premium Dimensity 9300+ at its core, the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus is comfortably more powerful than much (but not all) of the Android tablet competition. Galaxy AI smarts The Tab S10 Plus boasts the full suite of Galaxy AI tools, as well as integration for the S Pen. Introduction For whatever reason, Samsung appears to have dropped the regular Galaxy Tab S10 option this year. That leaves the Samsung...

iPad Mini 7 being held in hand There isn’t a better small tablet on the market than the iPad Mini 7. Apple’s latest dinky slate might not be a huge upgrade if you picked up the previous model, but its fast internals and support for the forthcoming Apple intelligence still make it a worthy buy. Pros Compact and portable No more 64GB option A good amount of power Cons No change to front camera placement No support for certain older accessories Key Features Apple Intelligence Support for Apple’s AI system when it officially launches thanks to the A17 Pro chipset and 8GB memory Apple Pencil Pro support The iPad Mini 7 works with the same Apple Pencil Pro as the iPad Pro Introduction Released without much fanfare, the iPad Mini 7 brings Apple Intelligence to the brand’s smallest tablet. Well, perhaps I should rephrase that – it will bring Apple Intelligence to the brand’s smallest tablet when Apple’s first attempt at AI finally gets its full release late...