Best Tablets

I’ve bought from Phonebot in the past and keep coming back. The products are very competitively priced and come as described in the condition… Read more

selected. I’ve looked around in the past for other second hand dealers and found phonebot to be competitive on price, quality and delivery. Absolutely no hesitation to keep purchasing through them.

Six support calls in three days. Over five hours wasted. My iPad Pro 12.9 (5th gen) is getting hot enough near the camera to burn your fingers—this… Read more

is a safety issue, not a tutorial.

The final advice was ‘go to Highpoint.’ I queued, explained the burn risk, and instead of ‘please stop using it; we’ll assess it now,’ I was told to wait 4–5 hours or come back later. Asked for a manager—got the same script. It's just appalling to see these people calling their colleagues to act like their managers... No triage, no escalation, no basic duty of care. People like Eva and Ebhar simply must be removed from staff, how come a business can employ this kind of individuals I don't understand. Like there are even no way to rate these hoons. At this day and age you would expect at least average people with average intelligence and sympathy to help with customers. Simply business killing individuals are getting paid for frustrating existing customer base...

I left with a dangerously hot device and zero help. Rude, dismissive service and a complete waste of time. I’ll be seeking a remedy under Australian Consumer Law because ‘acceptable quality’ includes safety. Until this store fixes its triage and customer care, I won’t spend another dollar here—and I wouldn’t recommend anyone else does either.

This is an awesome device – This is an awesome device .. The graphics is next level , I spend hours drawing with the stylus pencil ! This is a added cost at around $200 from… Read more

apple but well worth it! Also I would always recommend buying the added insurance on all the Apple devices .

I love this tablet – It sends me back 15 years ago when 16 gb storage was normal for Android Show details

Exactly as described. Better condition than initially thought. Very fast delivery. Very happy, would buy again. Show details

The ipad got a curve screen we pay good money for it and we expect long life product. Apple can't explain why. Show details

This tablet was great at the start but after a few software updates it just freezes randomly. Sometimes I have to force shutdown. Seems to be a… Read more

standard issue looking at forums and Lenovo's lack of response to the issue with no hint of a fix. Great for streaming, watching videos, email and office suit. Anything more and I would spend more to get higher specs. You do get what you pay for and this is a decent tablet for the price, just a shame with the freezing.

Great service, quick postage and my new mini iPad works great. thank you Brad Show details

Best Tablet ever! – Amazing! It is so easy to use and the size is just perfect. Perfect for anything. From using it for just work, to gaming, music and so much more it really does accommodate everything. Show details

If zero stars were possible, I would choose that. My tablet suddenly stopped working without any damage or misuse. I had been paying for Remarkable’s… Read more

warranty for exactly this situation, yet when I submitted a claim, I was told it wouldn’t be covered. Their customer service has been unhelpful, dismissive, and ultimately provided no resolution. I’ve essentially paid for a warranty that offers no real protection.

Arrived in excellent condition as described. Delivery time to WA was a bit longer than expected though Show details

I'm done with Samsung – I bought a Samsung Active 4 Pro rugged tablet, so that I would have a device I could use in the bath occasionally. I'd used the tablet while in the… Read more

bath, perhaps a half dozen times for an hour or two. After using the tablet last night, I woke up today to find the screen flickering, and bars across the screen, and distorted areas, all consistent with water damage.

I'm now dropping my tablet off for diagnosis. Dealing with Samsung support was miserable. They made zero commitments as to whether they would honour the two year warranty. Both tech people spoke legalise jargon that made it perfectly clear the purpose of Samsung's warranty is to figure out any way possible to wiggle out of repairing the device under warranty, at their expense. They made it clear they would not cover the warranty if my device had been used inappropriately. They said they had sensors to detect if the device had been exposed to a dept of greater than 1.5m. This device has never even been submerged, much less could it be submerged 1.5m in a bathtub.

Technically, I guess my device is "water resistant" at IP68. So I suspect they will try to wiggle out saying it was not "water proof". Well here's a clue. Don't call a device rugged and say you can submerged it for 30 minutes in 1.5m of water, if you're not going to cover warranties for devices used in said conditions.

I'll post an update regarding how my warranty claim went. But regardless, this device should not have failed under these conditions. And the whole warranty process has left a bitter taste. One should reasonably think if a product fails under warranty when used as specified, it should be covered. Instead, this just feels like a roll of the dice, and whether they will figure out a way to wiggle out.

My Samsung S4 phone screen shattered within a month of ownership from being in my pocket. My Samsung TV was repaired twice due to bad capacitors, and then died at 10 years. And now my Active Pro 4 has failed. My LG fridge got rust with one year of purchase, and the ice maker seizes up all the time. All the LG tv's we purchased have horrible light bleed and light consistency, 1 of the 3 TV's screen has turned mostly blue.

I am done with Samsung. And I am done with LG, and Korean electronics in general. Literally, just about everything I have bought from them is junk or fails quickly. Samsung can literally design and fabricate processors, is one of only three companies on leading edge production nodes, the other two being Intel and TSMC. Samsung is a giant, vertically integrated Korean champion. What I don't understand is why they choose to ruin all this, by creating cheaply built, unreliable products, knowingly, and then creating a warranty and support process, that attempts to pin all the blame on the customer, when their junk inevitably fails.

I am no Apple fan. But my next tablet will probably be an ipad. Their power cords for their old Macbooks were literally built to fail, because they would not put proper reinforcement into the cable, because Apple thought a bulky plug would look ugly. But with our household having owned a dozen Apple phones and tablets, literally not one has failed of its own accord. I have had two Macbooks fail, albeit each was at least 7 years old, and both could probably have been repaired, though wasn't really worth it for old tech. I hate Apple's locked down operating system though, and it designing software assuming customers are idiots.

My next tv will be Sony or something Japanese. I guess my next tablet will be Apple. I know devices have become more advanced and complex then ever. However, I am extremely sick of this race to the bottom on quality, and the atrocious warranty process of Samsung. I really don't suspect conducting business in this manner actually boosts profit margins long run, as I surely cannot be the only customer who has been burnt repeatedly, and will never purchase another Samsung or Korean electronics product.

Tablet and dock order arrived in 4 days in good condition. The price was competitive so happy with this online purchase which was quick to setup. Have yet to try all features. Show details

Slow and the screen haptics regularly fail – This device worked okay for about a year and then the screen would often not respond to touch o the top half of the device. It has always been slow… Read more

though and struggles with anything beyond simple web browsing.

I will not be buying any more Lenovo products. I bought an Apple IPad and it has been working perfectly for a year now.

Perfect, brand new condition and in my daughters favourite blue colour. She is thrilled and I appreciate spending a bit less and recycling an item thats in new condition. Show details

Big screen Android tablet that excels in many ways but has battery issues maybe? – Purchased 09/2024 from Lenovo for about $550 to replace a smaller Samsung "A" series that was running out of storage space. My configuration has a… Read more

12.7inch 3k screen with 8gb ram and 256gb internal storage. Wifi only. shame there is no LTE/5g option, but as I will be using it mainly round the house or in hotels, no great sacrifice.

I have added a 512gb micro SD card for more storage ($65), and a 3rd party protective folio case with keyboard for about another $70. The onscreen keyboard is actually great so I may not have needed the keyboard, but the screen always needs protecting as it is the most vulnerable component, so I guess it was necessary. If Lenovo make one I haven't found it but would have bought it for preference over a 3rd party one. AMENDED 1104: Finally found the official Lenovo P12 keyboard via Amazon for $172. big price for a tablet keyboard, and it took 2 weeks to arrive from Europe. fantastic quality and gets power from the 3 pongo pins on the bottom of the tablet. One killer problem....some the keys are in the wrong place... for example it is not QWERTY, but QWERTZ, and the Y is on the bottom row. It also has mystery keys, and some weird Northern European keys, and some keys just don't work. I am very sad as the construction quality and ergonomics are brilliant. I sent it back and will stick with the small Bluetooth keyboard I already have.

It comes with a screen pen which baffles me and may take some time to learn or master. Never had one of them before. And it is preloaded with Android 14 as its operating system, which is similar to 13.which I already know. Also comes with a powerful charger to speed up recharging. All USB C plugs of course.

So why did I buy or need a 12.7inch screen? Diminishing eyesight.

First impressions:

Absolutely gorgeous high resolution screen that knocks my socks off. Heavy! That's the downside of a larger form factor and screen. Sturdy metal case that is well screwed together.

Fast OS and generous 8gb of. ram. Implementation of Android not quite as slick as Samsung does, but pretty good. Not. much bloatware to delete. Just a few annoying kids games. No obvious way to port all my programs and data from my old Samsung to the new Lenovo wirelessly or wired, so has to be done bit by bit manually. Not a big problem, always good to start afresh, and get rid of programs and data I rarely used. But I could be wrong, maybe I just couldn't figure out how to clone the old programs and data to the new machine. Samsung makes it very easy. Lenovo could learn from Samsung.

Terrible documentation and manual. More like a chewing gum wrapper in size. and it is called a Quick Start Guide, which is accurate, though it's not much help. I pity anyone new to Android trying to get their head around it.

Performance is impressive. I have had 7 tabs open simultaneously with no slow downs, freezes or juddering. Video playback is especially impressive, and video quality is brilliant. Download speeds and wifi buffering is also great. No complaints despite the relatively unknown processor, and 8gb ram.

Several of the more obscure irrelevant programs included with the machine have crashed, but no great loss ro me. They are just buggy, and peripheral to me anyway. Microsoft 365, including Outlook and OneDrive, go like the clappers with no issues. Email implementation is swift and elegant for both my accounts. Specialist marine programs I use also run perfectly. There is so little to gripe about I am truly thankful. I have downloaded about 40 programs from the Android store and all run without a problem and with each other.

AMENDED 102024: Battery life is now a big question mark. YouTube reviews of the P12 estimate battery life between 5 and 10 hours. I am getting 4 and a half hours. That is a huge range. I suspect endurance may be heavily influenced by screen brightness settings and use of Bluetooth and wifi. But there must be something draining the battery even when it is asleep, as I have not been watching videos or multi-tasking to any extent. Less than 5 hours is a poor result and indicates Lenovo need to upgrade their software or firmware.. It is the only major disappointment with this tablet but means I cannot give it more than 3 stars. ( Changed to 4 stars as I love everything good about this so much.) But I cannot recommend it as a purchase. Time will tell whether an update fixes this problem.

Only other gripe is warranty. Warranty: some confusion here, mine arrived with only 6 months warranty left but in mint new condition and all the wrapping and boxing you would expect? Something is wrong here somewhere. The tablet Settings tell me the warranty period started in April, but I purchased in September and it arrived in as new packaging and condition. Go figure. AMENDED 112024: When I registered the purchase with Lenovo online, I got the option to amend the warranty start date, which I did, and they approved the next day. Now have a full 12 month warranty.

Conclusion:

The Lenovo P12, after 4 weeks of use, is a joy to own and use . It has so much going for it, but the poor battery life was a shock. It is an absolute winner and a letdown at the same time at a fraction of the price , (maybe one third) ,of technically comparable machines, but I hesitate to recommend it if you use your tablet mostly away from a power socket.

I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE. It's nice and all, but 1 feature that is needed is not included. After spending the money, thinking that I can… Read more

plug my new S9 into a display monitor and to work with DEX, it seems that it does not work. This feature works with all of the Samsung devices that I had in the past. Why did they remove it, is beyond me but I think is to force you to spend more money and upgrade to a more expensive device. I already spent my money which is too late. This is just pure greed and a C$#T move from Samsung.

I would not recommend buying it.

Avoid Samsung Tablets for Work – Misleading and Unreturnable – If you're considering a Samsung tablet for work, note-taking, or creative industries, think twice. The advertising promises a powerful, versatile… Read more

tool, but the reality is far from it. The device feels clunky and impractical for note-taking or professional use.

The most concerning part? Samsung's rigid return policy. Once you've purchased, you're stuck. There's no trial period or satisfaction guarantee—if the product doesn't meet your needs, tough luck. For a product that costs thousands, this lack of flexibility is unacceptable.

I strongly advise against purchasing Samsung tablets unless you're 100% certain it's the right fit, as there’s no way to return it if it falls short of expectations. Save yourself the frustration and invest in a company that stands behind its products and values its customers.

Good value but bad upgrade experience – I'm happy with the price and quality of the tablet. However. I'm really surprised with their diligence. I was trying to download the latest upgrade… Read more

version 20210526 from their portal and thinking to upgrade my existing 20210525. Unfortunately, after flashing it. My version stay intact 20210525. What did change was it wiped everything clean and gave me a factory reset without give you a single word of warning!!!! I got NO warning in the instructions or while flashing the "upgrade". So I have wasted my time downloading it, flashing it and reconfigured the tablet all over again, plus I've lost some of my data!!! I was trying to post my comment on their firmware update page but never able to. Therefore, you only see a few comments on that page. Also Alldocube DON'T really reply to user comments in regards to the firmware confusing issues on their forum https://www.alldocube.com/en/forums/topic/5037/

Wacom One 12" – The Wacom on does not come pc compatible and requires an extra $100 purchase if you plan on working on something that isnt a chromebook

The M11 is very difficult to navigate. There is no way to access micro SD cards even though they can be put in the tablet. I tried a new card and two… Read more

older cards that both worked in two other tablets, one windows and one android, with no trouble. The lenovo didn't even have a means to locate the card.

Flexible, useful, large screen, but persistent touch screen frustrations – IN SHORT: KEY NEGATIVES 1) Touchscreen controls aren't very user-friendly and can't be changed. 2) Touchscreen keyboards are extremely buggy. 3)… Read more

Many apps aren't available on ARMx65. 4) Features are mostly designed for landscape mode and physical keyboard use, with little or no consideration of portrait mode and on-screen keyboard use.

(*** I was able to overlook negatives 1, 3 and 4 for months, with the positives balancing it out, initially rating it 4 stars. But negative 2 has become a real deal breaker, making it almost un-usable for many purposes. ***)

NEUTRAL OR MINOR NEGATIVES 1) No headphone jack. 2) No traditional USB port. 3) Facial recognition struggles in different lighting conditions. 4) Paid apps normally available on two devices (PC + tablet/phone), do NOT consider it to be a tablet. 5) It's the largest possible size that's still comfortable for me to hold. ie. Ideal, for certain hand sizes and up.

POSITIVES 1) Large, clear screen size. 2) Relatively light weight. 3) Balance between tablet (simplicity, convenience) and laptop (flexibility, options). 4) You can use the full version of MS Office (unlike feature-limited versions online or on iPhone/iPad). 5) Works reasonably well with the pen. 6) OneDrive, integrated with many MS apps, makes it easy to transfer between multiple PCs and the tablet. 7) Easy to have multiple apps and programs running. 8) In landscape mode (but not portrait mode): easy to alternate between snapping windows (to the left/right) and normal PC flexibility for resizing windows manually.

DETAILS: NEGATIVES 1) The touchscreen controls aren't ideal and there is no way to change them. eg. 'Press and hold' for right-click doesn't work with a lot of apps, which use 'press and hold' for other things. Two-finger touch (which is actually the setting for the touchpad) would be much more appropriate. 2) Touchscreen keyboards are extremely buggy - almost unusable. If set to on, each of auto-correct and suggest-as-you-type options sometimes work, sometimes don't. The same is true for the finger-slide typing option, which is additionally limited to only one keyboard layout. Shift often stays on (sometimes temporarily, resulting in 2-3 capitalised letters; sometimes permanently, requiring you to lock and unlock the screen to get it back to normally); Caps Lock often does NOT stay on. Less frequently, the keyboard simply stops working at all (to the point that you can't even close it). 3) ARMx64 is not x64. Apps I'd purposely wanted a tablet to use are not available (or are available in old, less secure versions of apps), despite being available on Surface Pro 7 and iPad. Big oops! I sure wish I'd known about that (and known what impact it would have), before buying this. Sometimes out-of-date apps are still available in x32 bit versions, which do work on ARMx64. They're not always cross-compatible with x64 versions on your PC, though, and can mean security risks (as newly discovered vulnerabilities aren't patched in older versions). 4) Some features too heavily focus on landscape mode and keyboard use. I mostly use it like a reader - otherwise I'd have bought a laptop instead! This is minor, thing, though, compared to the above three points.

NEUTRAL 1) Only wireless headphones - no headphone jack. (Becoming a standard to keep things slim, but I'd much prefer it with a jack). 2) No traditional USB port. (Also becoming a standard to keep things slim. Use OneDrive for transfer instead, and you won't notice.) 3) Facial recognition works fine in neutral lighting, but has trouble with different lighting conditions. Great to have the option, but make sure you learn your passcode, because you'll still need it regularly. 4) Paid apps normally available on two devices (PC + tablet/phone), do NOT consider it to be a tablet. (A benefit if you want an app on both your phone and the Pro X as a laptop. A disadvantage if, like me, you want the app on your home PC and on the Pro X as your tablet). 5) It's the largest possible size that's still comfortable for me to hold. It's *right* on the borderline for me, occasionally awkward, but not normally. ie. Ideal, for certain hand sizes and up. (I'm a fairly average hand-sized male).

POSITIVES 1) The screen size is great. (As mentioned above, the largest possible that's still comfortable - for me that mostly means in portrait mode, 'reader' style). 2) Related to that, it's relatively light weight. 3) Aside from negatives already mentioned, it's a decent balance between Tablet and PC, particular being able to turn tablet mode on and off. You can get the simplicity and the convenience of a tablet, but also get far more flexibility and many more options for programs (if there are either ARMx64 or x32 bit versions) than with iPad, for example. 4) Related to the above point, you can use the full Office programs. I used to use Office on iPad and it was a very feature-limited version, not really any better than Apples own equivalents for iPhone/iPad. On the Surface, you get all the same features you get on your PC - in Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel, etc. 5) It works well with the pen. (Which also serves as a neat shortcut tool. I set it so clicking the top, holding it, or double-clicking auto-runs my top three pen-based apps). 6) With OneDrive set up right, files are very easy to transfer between multiple PCs and the tablet. Being Microsoft-based is an advantage, as many apps and programs integrate OneDrive, so it's pretty convenient. 7) Very easy to have multiple apps and programs running. 8) It's easy to alternate between snapping windows to left/right (great for working with just two apps, when you want to read or watch something while having a note-taking app next to it, for example) and normal PC flexibility for resizing your windows manually (great for working with three or more apps, when you want to lay them all out however you prefer and/or want to easily minimise/maximise).

I bought a Boox Note Air5 C for university but found the colour e-ink technology deeply disappointing. I wanted a colour display for viewing diagrams… Read more

etc but the resolution is so low it's very pixelated. I've learned that this is the current state of colour e-ink technology - it's just nowhere near as good as monochrome.

Additionally, the Note's screen is so dark that it requires constant frontlighting, which drains the battery extremely fast. When reading outside and having the frontlight turned up 100%, the battery reduced 25% in 1 hour. Apparently this is a problem with all Kaleido displays, so be prepared to carry a charger with you.

Another problem is that the magnetic case that comes with the Note causes the stylus to malfunction - you have to remove the case to use the pen properly. When I asked Boox Customer Support about this, they explained it is a "physical phenomenon" whereby any magnets will interfere with the e-ink display causing it to reject the stylus. Hmm. And yet they send the device with a magnetic case...

Before buying this product, watch the YouTube video called "BOOX Note Air 5C: The 5 Problems They WON'T Tell You About". I wish I had seen this before buying.

WARNING ABOUT RETURNS: I attempted to return the device but it would have cost me approximately 40% of the purchase price to return it due to Boox's return policy (customer pays original delivery fees, receipt charges, and international return shipping costs) - even though the device was in original condition and with original packaging. When I asked Boox to reconsider some of these charges, they refused any flexibility. Given that you can't try the device anywhere before buying it, I find this policy very rude. (Compare this to Remarkable, who offer 50-day returns with free return shipping...)

In summary, don't buy this device unless you've thoroughly researched its limitations and you're 100% sure it's the device you want.

Total rubbish - beware of a 'dead' screen issue! My screen died after 10 weeks of casual operation (purchased 1/25). After referring this to Lenovo,… Read more

they happily issued the Harvey Norman store with a credit note to replace the faulty item - good! But, I got the replacement 'Lenovo Tab Plus' tablet today 9/5/25 and it worked for about 2 minutes before the screen started flickering and lines formed across it. Then, the screen went blank and wouldn't come back on. There's a faint glow when the 'on' button is pressed but like before, the entire screen is blacked out. 2 out of 2 duds for me - not a good track record for this tablet which I used to love (for 10 weeks anyway) before the screen issues. Will I get a 3rd one - dunno, unless Lenovo offers it to me as a freebie for the inconvenience and frustration this has caused. me. (The photos below are from the 1st tablet)

Hi everyone, I’d like to share my experience with the Surface Pro 9 and see if anyone else has experienced something similar. I’ve now tested Three… Read more

separate Surface Pro 9 units (original + replacement from Microsoft support) and TWO power adapter (Original). Whenever the unit is connected to mains power, I consistently feel a noticeable tingling / vibration-like sensation when touching the metal chassis. This happens even when the device is powered OFF, as long as it’s plugged in.

I understand Microsoft’s official explanation regarding “touch current” and that it’s considered within safety standards. However, my experience feels stronger than what’s typically described as a “very slight” sensation. It’s consistent, repeatable, and noticeable enough to affect my confidence when using the device—especially during long sessions, online classes, or legal proceedings.

Important notes: - This happened on THREE different units - Same behavior with different power adapter, wall sockets and environments - No such sensation on my phone, tablet, or other computers - The sensation disappears immediately when unplugged - I’m using the original Microsoft power adapter

I’m not claiming this is unsafe or defective by definition—I’m sharing my real-world experience as a user. For me personally, this made the device unsuitable for daily use, and I’m now considering a refund instead of another replacement.

I’d genuinely like to hear: - Has anyone else experienced a similar touch current / tingling sensation on Surface devices? - Did grounding, different adapters, or other changes help? - Is this more common with certain regions or power setups?

Thanks in advance for any shared experiences or insights.