Tech & Audio Updated Oct 7, 2026
Cheaper tablets: premium picks and their alternatives
An iPad is the tablet most people price first, and the Android rivals answer it on paper in a few specific places: more storage or memory for the base price, a sharper or brighter screen, a stylus in the box instead of sold separately, a microSD slot, and a water rating. What you give up is usually weight, and sometimes the screen.
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Spec leaders
Best published figure in each scored spec, across every tablet we track.
Every tablet we track
All 7 side by side. A green cell is the best published figure in that row.
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OnePlus Pad 3 |
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| List price | $1,199 | $749 | $999.99 | $699.99 | $549.99 | $449 | $399.99 |
| Screen (diagonal) | 11.1 in | 10.86 in | 11 in | 13.2 in | 10.9 in | 10.86 in | 10.9 in |
| Pixel density | 264 ppi | 264 ppi | 274 ppi | 315 ppi | 249 ppi | 264 ppi | 228 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | Not listed | 120 Hz | 144 Hz | 90 Hz | Not listed | 90 Hz |
| Peak brightness | 1,600 nits | 500 nits | 1,600 nits | 900 nits | 800 nits | 500 nits | Not listed |
| Base storage | 256 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory (RAM) | 12 GB | 12 GB | 12 GB | 12 GB | 8 GB | Not listed | 6 GB |
| Weight (Wi-Fi model) | 444 g | 464 g | 469 g | 675 g | 497 g | 477 g | 524 g |
| Works with a pressure stylus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stylus in the box | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| microSD slot | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes |
| IP68 water and dust rated | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Battery as listed | 31.29 Wh, up to 10 hr web or video | 28.93 Wh, up to 10 hr web or video | 8,400 mAh, up to 18 hr video | 12,140 mAh, up to 18 hr video | 8,000 mAh, up to 20 hr video | 28.93 Wh, up to 10 hr web or video | 8,000 mAh, up to 16 hr video |