This Samsung Cyber Monday tablet deal beats all the iPad sales

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE with a Cyber Monday badge

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The best Cyber Monday tablet deal I've constitute so far this yr isn't for an iPad, merely a Samsung tablet I beloved. I've been using the Samsung Milky way Tab S7 FE for several months as a work device, and this sale makes it an easier recommendation for those looking for a practical tablet among the Cyber Mon deals, even if yous're an iPad fan.

Android tablets aren't established in the way Apple tablets are. In fact I can't think of anyone outside of my tech journalism buddies who owns a tablet that isn't an iPad or an Amazon Fire. However fifty-fifty I, a dedicated Mac, iPhone and fifty-fifty iPad user, take grown to admire this tablet.

Offset off, it's much more than attractively priced. The 2021 Tab S7 FE (Wi-Fi/U.South.) is $429 on Amazon ($100 off the $529 price) and the Tab S7 Atomic number 26 (5G/U.Yard.) is down to £449 on Amazon (£140 off the £589 MSRP). Yes, the $579 iPad Air has seen similar discounts, but it's a) already a year erstwhile, and b) those deals are long gone.

You go a lot more than tablet for your money too. The Tab S7 Atomic number 26's 12.4-inch frame is larger than any iPad (salve the 12.9-inch iPad Pro), and it features skinny bezels, which the 9th-generation iPad has all the same yet to shed.

And that entry-level iPad hasn't gotten any sales so far this season (and we're hunting for them on our Cyber Monday iPad deals roundup). And while we've seen discounts of $100 or more than on the iPad Pro, those are for models that are much more expensive and toll-prohibitive. The virtually frequent iPad Air and mini deals nosotros've found are around $50 off, and not exactly thrilling.

The Tab S7 FE also has a longer, skinnier design than an iPad, and its forepart-facing camera is located on the long side of the display, making it much easier to utilise horizontally when using it with a stand or keyboard cover.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE's front camera — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

I had heard horror stories of how bad Android tablets were to utilize, and perhaps that's truthful for tablets running stock Android. Samsung tablets however run OneUI, which is a heavily modified version of Android, and I found it still runs just also on a larger display as it does on a smartphone-sized i, making smart use of the actress space with resized app interfaces and a simple-to-use multi-app display style.

My favorite part of the whole feel though is the South Pen. For i, it'southward included in the box, different an iPad where information technology's $100 extra. It too comes with a physical button to enable extra functions, and Air Command controls which offering app and feature shortcuts without even touching the screen. Some other handy do good is that it doesn't use an inbuilt battery, and so it's ever ready to go, dissimilar the battery-powered Apple tree Pencil.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE being written on with an S Pen — (Image credit: Tom'due south Guide)

A stylus is a key accessory for any tablet, and fortunately writing with the S Pen is wonderful. I don't mind the get-go-gen Apple Pencil I employ with my ain 7th-gen iPad, just since information technology'south a difficult-tipped "pencil" rather than a "pen," it doesn't offer much feedback when you write. The soft-tipped S Pen however does, and equally a consequence it feels so much nicer to write with. Information technology'due south made the Tab S7 Iron invaluable as my notepad for taking notes in meetings or jotting down quick ideas to bank check again later.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE stood on a table with its keyboard case and an S Pen in front of it — (Paradigm credit: Tom's Guide)

Information technology'due south not a complete no-contest in favor of the Samsung tablet. Even the base iPad is much more than powerful than Samsung's tablets courtesy of Apple's mighty A-series chips, and all iPads benefit from excellent displays, longer-lasting batteries and effective cameras. Plus it'll be hard to say no to an iPad given how well it will play with iPhones, AirPods and Macs via Apple's Continuity organisation.

If you're not wedded to the Apple walled garden though, this is a deal I heartily recommend. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE has become my regular work companion both at my desk and during my commute, and this would hands become yours too if you demand something to comprehend the duty of a laptop, a notepad and a streaming device. It'south not form-leading in every respect, but it's so effective for its toll, the Tab S7 FE is difficult to say no to this Cyber Monday.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff author based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatsoever else people need advice on. Post-obit on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the Academy of Sheffield, he's too written for WIRED U.K., The Annals and Artistic Bloq. When non at work, he's likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.