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The best large tablets of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed
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Large tablets often feel large and unwieldy, but some manufacturers have taken this into consideration by combining lightweight designs with premium materials and excellent viewing angles. These top-tier models excel in performance and can easily be paired with keyboards or even second displays. But nothing beats the convenience of picking up a large tablet and hitting the road.
Tablets are considered "large" if they are 10-15 inches. The larger the screen size, the larger the working area is, which is especially useful if you're using a tablet as a laptop replacement. Not all tablets approach 15 inches, but there's more than enough screen real estate in the tablets available today.
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Through our hands-on testing combined with our researched tablet picks, we did our due diligence to deliver you a list of tablets with wide displays and tip-top performance. Our pick for the best large-screen tablet is the 13-inch iPad Pro for its fast M5 processor and bright display. We also included other big-screen options from Samsung, Microsoft, and more that we have reviewed and recommend.
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In our August update, we added the OnePlus Pad Go 2 as a top pick.
Why we like it: Apple's 2025 iPad Pro lineup is by far the most capable and impressive iPad lineup we've seen, and it comes in two large-screen sizes: 11 inches and 13 inches. The design is much slimmer than previous Pro models and includes Apple's powerful M5 processor. This chip outperformed every other iPad and two Samsung tablet models by a landslide in our Geekbench 6 testing.