Best early Black Friday tablet deals 2025: 18 sales out now

• Current price: $279
• Original price: $349

Apple’s tried-and-true tablet, the base model iPad, is arguably the best value in the company’s tablet lineup thanks to its versatility and compatibility. It’s our pick for the best iPad overall.

Review: iPad 2025 (11th-Gen)

Plus, Apple updated this tablet earlier this year to include double the base storage as last year’s model, more random-access memory (RAM), and an upgraded processor in the A16 Bionic chip.

• Current price: $249
• Original price: $399

If you’re a smart home person — especially someone who uses Google Assistant — this is the tablet for you, since it comes with a Charging Speaker Dock that doubles as a smart display.

Review: Google Pixel Tablet

It’s also a great tablet for those looking for a long-lasting battery life. When it’s not in use and is on the dock, it’s constantly charged and ready for use.  

• Current price: $800
• Original price: $1,000

This Surface Pro is for professionals who want a high-performance machine with a brilliant display. The additional accessories, like the keyboard and pen, make it even more enticing as a tablet that can double as a computer.

Review: Microsoft Surface Pro

• Current price: $580
• Original price: $700

The new OnePlus Pad 3 is a ZDNET Editor’s Choice pick, and for good reason. The new model provides a smooth user experience thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, which can handle more demanding AI tasks.

Review: OnePlus Pad 3

• Current price: $430
• Original price: $530

ZDNET reviewer Maria Diaz said that this tablet’s performance is well worth its price tag, and that its display experience is impressive.

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+

It handles light work like video calls, messaging, and everyday tasks very well. And, just like the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, it is IP68-rated for water and dust resistance to better protect your investment against accidental spills. 

• Current price: $449
• Original price: $599

The Apple iPad Air follows the iPad Pro as the second-most capable tablet in the iPad lineup. With the new M3 chip, the Air gets about 17% gains in CPU improvements on the benchmark tests we performed. These improvements are most noticeable in better app performance, multitasking, and rendering speeds.

Review: Apple iPad Air (7th generation)

• Current price: $342
• Original price: $550

Amazon’s note-taking Kindle is 11% off when you opt for the bundle, which gets you the Kindle Scribe, a plant-based leather folio cover, the Premium Pen, and a power adapter. 

Review: Amazon Kindle Scribe

• Current price: $99
• Original price: $129

The stylus incorporates advanced features like squeeze, barrel roll, and haptic feedback to make marking up, taking notes, and creating an artistic masterpiece more intuitive. The Apple Pencil Pro charges wirelessly and works with the newest iPad Pro and upgraded software, which makes it our top stylus choice for the newest iPad Pro and Air models.

Also: Apple Pencil Pro vs. Apple Pencil 2

• Current price: $249
• Original price: $269

Designed for the base-model iPad and the iPad Air, this attachable keyboard has a built-in trackpad and an adjustable stand. It also folds to provide front and back protection wherever you go and features a USB-C connector for pass-through charging.

• Current price: $51
• Original price: $70

The Logitech Crayon is built using Apple Pencil technology and can be used with hundreds of Apple Pencil-supported apps. It’s the only non-Apple stylus with the tech giant’s stamp of approval. 

Review: Logitech Crayon

Like the Apple Pencil, the Logitech Crayon has tip-tilt technology and palm rejection. 

• Current price: $20
• Original price: $40

This tablet case has a 360-degree rotation and shock-absorbing corners that flex for a perfect fit for your 7-8.5inch device to keep it free from minor scratches and dings.

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