Testing Samsung's latest iPad Air killer is destroying my lifetime allegiance to Apple

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ may not be an Ultra, but the chances are you won’t care a bit.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+
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Our Verdict

This big screen tablet with a bundled stylus at a sensible price makes a compelling choice for sketching and note-taking. It feels like a flagship but lacks some top-end features, though these are likely not to be ones you’ll miss.

For

  • 13-inch screen
  • Respectable performance
  • Stylus included

Against

  • Other tablets offer more power
  • Android still lacks big-name apps
  • Single rear camera

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Tablets are a tempting investment for creatives. They seem to offer a lot of the benefits of a laptop combined with a form factor that mimics paper and pen - especially if you can combine them with a pressure-sensitive stylus. The best tablets with a stylus pen offer a responsive screen with enough space to work in, enough power to keep up with what you’re doing, and an app ecosystem that enables the kind of thing you want to do. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ manages all three, and isn’t wildly expensive either.

Key specifications

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CPU:

Samsung Exynos 1850

Graphics:

Samsung Xclipse 540

Memory:

8GB

Storage:

128GB + MicroSD

OS:

Android 15 (OneUI 7)

Screen size:

13.1in

Screen type:

LCD touchscreen

Resolution:

2880 x 1800px

Refresh rate:

90Hz

Brightness (claimed):

800 nits

Ports:

USB 2.0 Type-C

Wireless connectivity:

Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3

Rear camera:

13MP f/2

Front camera:

12MP f/2.4

Dimensions:

194.7 x 300.6 x 6mm

Weight:

664g

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+

GEEKBENCH 6

CPU Single-core:

1354

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CPU Multi-core:

3888

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GPU OpenCL:

6419

PC Mark 10

Work 3.0

13212

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Battery life:

19.5 hours

3D Mark

Wild Life Extreme:

1313 (7.86fps)

Row 6 - Cell 0

Solar Bay:

673 (5fps)

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE+ score card

Attributes

Notes

Rating

Design:

Wide and rectangular, just the way we like it.

4/5

Features:

Leans heavily on its software, but comes with a stylus.

4/5

Performance:

Not bad, but outclessed elsewhere.

3/5

Value:

At this price it looks like a steal.

4/5

Apple iPad 11th-gen (2025)
Apple iPad 11th-gen (2025): at creativebloq.com

You don’t get desktop-level processing power or Apple Intelligence, but you do get one of the friendliest, most useful tablets around, especially if you combine it with a Pencil for sketching or notes.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra: at creativebloq.com

An exceptional Android tablet that caters to creative professionals. It has a premium price tag which makes it hard to recommend for casual users, but a ton of great features (including Galaxy AI) combined with powerful performance that justify the spend for those who can afford it.

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ASUS ROG Flow Z13

A Windows tablet with a keyboard case that's a bit like a Surface, and comes with one of the strongest integrated graphics chips we've yet seen.

The Verdict
8

out of 10

Testing Samsung's latest iPad Air killer is destroying my lifetime allegiance to Apple

This big screen tablet with a bundled stylus at a sensible price makes a compelling choice for sketching and note-taking. It feels like a flagship but lacks some top-end features, though these are likely not to be ones you’ll miss.

Ian Evenden
Freelance writer

Ian Evenden has been a journalist for over 20 years, starting in the days of QuarkXpress 4 and Photoshop 5. He now mainly works in Creative Cloud and Google Docs, but can always find a use for a powerful laptop or two. When not sweating over page layout or photo editing, you can find him peering at the stars or growing vegetables.

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