Get the fundamentals of Samsung's top-end S6 tablet but for hundreds of pounds less and minus the stylus support. The screen and speakers and great, as is battery life, with weaknesses few and far between. The lack of 3.5mm jack irks, while we prefer the games and apps library of iPad OS, but that's about all that counts against this Samsung.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is the best mid-range Android tablet around, particularly if you stream video a lot. It's roughly the same price as the new 10.2-inch iPad but has a more advanced screen with a movie-friendly widescreen aspect. Its speakers are better too.
The Tab S5e is a great tablet sold at a good price that does everything 95 percent of people need. We'd still pick an Apple tablet for gaming and drawing, but if Android if your jam then this Samsung tablet is the perfect balance of price and features. Here's why.
You have to be a little out of touch to call the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e a cheap tablet. This is no Kindle Fire. Drop it and you'll probably be sad or angry for quite a while. But there are also very few signs this the S5e is any lower-end than the £600-plus Samsung Galaxy Tab S6.
The two Samsung tablets are roughly the same size and both have delightful aluminium shells. That means the S5e is super-slim, fairly light, and has screen surrounds slimmer than those of an iPad 10.2. And that is the other tablet you're most likely to consider if you have no more than £400 to spend.
