The 8.9-in Kindle Fire is a bit of a 'tweener, with the rest ringing up for less than $300. Speaking of price, the Galaxy Tabs and iPads are the most expensive in this bunch, starting in the $400-500 range. Here you have it: Gizmag's 2014 Tablet Comparison Guide. They're also some of most popular tablets right now, and most of them are likely to be sitting in your local electronics store. If we had to pick eight tablets to bury in a time capsule, with the label 'best tablets (July 2014)' slapped onto it, it would be these. Why these eight? Well, though most of these have been around for a while, we still think they represent the cream of the high-end crop. They're ordered exactly as they are in the list above, so you can scroll back up here if you forget which tablet is which. With that said, here are the elite eight that we picked for this round:įor each category in this comparison, you'll see two rows of tablets. Stay tuned to Gizmag for a separate comparison guide for Windows hybrids. We see them as a completely different class of device from these iOS and Android tablets. We also aren't including any Windows 2-in-1s: those full-blown PCs that transform from tablets into laptops. There are also some solid budget and mid-range tablets out there from the likes of Apple (older iPads that are still on sale), Samsung, LG, Lenovo, and many more manufacturers, but we aren't including those this time. You can read our latest version of this guide for the most up-to-date tablets.īefore we get started, note that we're only looking at slates with high-end – or at least close to high-end – specs. Not much has changed since the last time we compared the top tablets, but with Samsung's second wave of 2014 high-end Galaxy Tabs hitting store shelves, why not see how the landscape has shifted? Read on, for Gizmag's comparison of the best high-end tablets you can buy today.

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