Samsung has finally caught up with the iPad, but does that mean you should buy it? It’s the closest this tablet battle has ever been. 8 min read Just now Press enter or click to view image in full size This feels a bit like the battle between the iPhone 17 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra, albeit with much bigger displays and, let’s be honest, a slightly smaller audience baying for blood. It’s still a significant audience, though, and I find the tablet space absolutely fascinating these days. For years, my default response to anyone looking to buy one was: just get an iPad. Now that I do this for a living and get to actually try the iPad’s competitors, it’s clear that Apple doesn’t hold all the cards. Samsung is just one of the Android tablet manufacturers proving that you can often get a lot more for your money elsewhere. It’s not quite as simple as that, though, which is why I’m going to give five reasons for and against each device — and then explain which one I’d personally opt for. Why the M5 iPad Pro is better than the Tab S11 Ultra I bought an original iPad Pro when it was launched ten years ago. Since then, I’ve watched it continually dominate the spec benchmark tables and become so powerful it’s hard to know what to do with it.
