19 Best Tablets for Travelling & Road Trips

Taking long road trips, is one of the most satisfying activities, and a tablet is a convenient device for such travels. Here, we’ll look at the best tablets for road trips. While constantly on the move, you might want to occasionally watch videos, browse the web, respond to email, video chat, make calls and even navigate using a tablet.

The first important feature, in a tablet for travelers, is the battery life of the device. You need a device that can last a whole day before being recharged. These tablets, have an average battery life of 8 hours. This ensures that even with long road trips, your passenger is sorted out.

Display quality, should not be overlooked. A high resolution, ensures that you get sharper quality. In these devices, you get a minimum resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This, results in better picture quality, high contrast ratio, in addition good color reproduction.

Tablets suitable for road trips, should come with cellular connectivity. Even if you are in remote areas, you can still get a connection.

Performance wise, these tablets, have a processor of 1.2GHz, or above. With this, you are assured of good performance, even from “heavy” apps. In order to run many apps at the same time and switch between them intuitively, these devices, have a minimum if 2GB RAM.

More features taken into consideration in this list, include camera quality, portability, design and build quality, in addition to storage capacity. You have the option of choosing Windows 10, iPad OS, or Android OS.

In this list of best Tablets for Road Trips, you get information on the key features and specifications, advantages and disadvantages.

You should also have a look at the Best Tablets for GPS Navigations in addition to the Best Tablets for Ride Hailing Apps for Drivers.

The Following are the Best Tablets for Road Trips and Traveling:

Microsoft Surface Pro Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB
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Operating System	Windows 10
Screen Size	12.3 Inches
Display Resolution	2736 x 1824 PIXELS
Processor	Intel Core i7
GPU	Integrated Intel HD Graphics 620
RAM	16GB
Storage Space	512GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	5 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	12 hours average
Connectivity	Wifi, Bluetooth
Pros	Storage, Good performance
Cons	Price

TECLAST F5 2 in 1 Touchscreen Tablet
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Operating System	Windows 10
Screen Size	11.6 inches
Display Resolution	1920×1080 Pixels
Processor	Intel 8th generation Gemini Lake N4100 processor with up to 2.4GHz burst frequency
GPU	9th generation UHD 600 Graphics
RAM	8GB LPDDR4 RAM
Storage Space	256GB high-speed SSD
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	Megapixels
Battery Capacity	26600mWh
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Battery life, design and build quality, performance, Display Quality
Cons	NA

Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 1TB) - Space Gray (4th Gen)
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Operating System	iPad OS
Screen Size	12.9 inches
Display Resolution	2048 x 2732 pixels
Processor	A12Z Bionic
GPU	Apple GPU
RAM	6GB
Storage Space	1TB
SD Card Expansion Slot	No
Main Camera	12MP Wide camera, 10MP Ultra Wide camera, and LiDAR Scanner
Front Selfie Camera	7MP TrueDepth front camera
Battery Life	up to 10 hours
Connectivity	Cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Pros	Storage, Display Quality, Performance
Cons	None

Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e 128GB WiFi Tablet
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Operating System	Android 9 Pie
Screen Size	10.5 Inches
Display Resolution	2560x1600 pixels
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 670
GPU	Adreno
RAM	6GB
Storage Space	128GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	13 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	8 Megapixels
Battery Life	up to 15 hours
Connectivity	Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS
Pros	Display, Performance
Cons	Price

Microsoft Surface Go2 M8128, Silver (MHM-00001)
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Operating System	Windows 10
Screen Size	10.51 Inches
Display Resolution	1920 x 1280 Pixels
Processor	Intel Core M3-8100Y
GPU	Intel HD
RAM	8GB
Storage Space	128GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	up to 10 Hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Affordable, Design
Cons	None

Microsoft Surface Book 2 13.5 (i7, 16GB RAM, 1 TB) Tablet
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Operating System	Windows 10
Screen Size	13.5 inches
Display Resolution	3000 x 2000 Pixels
Processor	Intel Core i7
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
RAM	16GB
Storage Space	1TB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	up to 17 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Performance, Battery Life
Cons	Price

Vankyo MatrixPad Z4 10 inch Tablet
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Operating System	Android 9 Pie
Screen Size	10.1 Inches
Display Resolution	1280x800 Pixels
Processor	64 bit Quad-core 1.5GHz
GPU	PowerVR
RAM	2GB
Storage Space	32GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes, up to 128GB
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	2 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	4500mAh
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Lightweight, Portable
Cons	NA

Samsung Electronics SM-T830NZKLXAR Galaxy Tab S4 256GB
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Operating System	Android 8.0, Oreo
Screen Size	10.5 Inches
Display Resolution	2560x1600 Pixels
Processor	Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm)
GPU	Adreno 540
RAM	4GB
Storage Space	256GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	Megapixels
Battery Life	16 Hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Storage, Performance
Cons	Price

Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch, Wi-Fi, 256GB)
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Operating System	iOS
Screen Size	12.9 inches
Display Resolution	2048 x 2732 pixels
Processor	A12X Bionic chip
GPU	Apple GPU
RAM	4GB
Storage Space	256GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	No
Main Camera	12 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	7 Megapixels
Battery Life	up to 12 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Storage
Cons	NA

CHUWI UBook Tablet
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Operating System	Windows 10 Home OS
Screen Size	11.6 Inches
Display Resolution	1920x1080 Pixels
Processor	Intel Gemini-Lake N4100 Quad-cores
GPU	Intel® UHD Graphics 600 , 700MHz
RAM	8GB
Storage Space	256 GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	5 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	3500mAh
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Performance, Display Quality, Large storage
Cons	None

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet
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Operating System	Windows 10 Pro
Screen Size	12 inches
Display Resolution	2160 x 1440 pixels
Processor	Intel Core m5-6Y57 Dual-Core 1.1GHz
GPU	Intel HD Graphics
RAM	8GB DDR3
Storage Space	256GB SSD
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	UP TO 10 HOURS
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Storage, Performance
Cons	NA

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB Wifi
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Operating System	Android 9 Pie
Screen Size	10.1 Inches
Display Resolution	1920x1200 pixels
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU	Adreno
RAM	3GB
Storage Space	128GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	13 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Storage, Performance
Cons	NA

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ Wi-Fi, Mystic Black - 512GB
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Operating System	Android 10.0
Screen Size	12.4 Inches
Display Resolution	2800 x 1752 Pixels
Processor	Qualcomm SDM865+ Octa Core
GPU	Adreno 650
RAM	8GB
Storage Space	512GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	13 + 5 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	8 Megapixels
Battery Life	up to 14 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Battery Life, Performance
Cons	Price

TECLAST X6 PRO 2 in 1 Laptop Tablet
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Operating System	Windows 10
Screen Size	12.6 Inches
Display Resolution	2880x1920 Full HD
Processor	Intel Core M3
GPU	Intel® HD Graphics 515
RAM	8GB
Storage Space	256GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	5 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	2 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	38000 mWh
Connectivity	Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Pros	Good performance, Portable, Quality Design, Long Battery Life
Cons	Quite Expensive

Microsoft Surface Pro 6 (Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB)
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Operating System	Windows
Screen Size	12.3 Inches
Display Resolution	2736 x 1824 Pixels
Processor	Intel Core i7
GPU	Intel HD
RAM	16GB
Storage Space	512GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	13.5 hours
Connectivity	Bluetooth, Wi-Fi
Pros	Battery Life, Performance, Storage Capacity
Cons	NA

ALLDOCUBE iPlay10 Pro 10.1inch Tablet
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Operating System	Android 9.0 operating system
Screen Size	10.1 Inches
Display Resolution	1920 x 1200 HD wide viewing angle display
Processor	MT8163 quad-core A53 CPU
GPU	Mali-T720 GPU
RAM	3GB
Storage Space	32GB ROM
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes, up to 128GB Micro SD card
Main Camera	5 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	2 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	6600mAh
Connectivity	Wi-Fi+4G, Bluetooth
Pros	Long Battery Life, Good performance, Good design, Quality Display
Cons	NA

Apple iPad Pro (11-inch, Wi-Fi + Cellular, 512GB) - Space Gray (2nd Gen)
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Operating System	iPad OS
Screen Size	11 inches
Display Resolution	1668 x 2388 pixels
Processor	A12Z Bionic
GPU	Apple GPU
RAM	6GB
Storage Space	512GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	No
Main Camera	12MP Wide camera, 10MP Ultra Wide camera, and LiDAR Scanner
Front Selfie Camera	7MP TrueDepth front camera
Battery Life	up to 10 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular
Pros	Storage, Display Quality
Cons	NA

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 32 GB Wifi
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Operating System	Android 9 Pie
Screen Size	10.1 Inches
Display Resolution	1920x1200 pixels
Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU	Adreno
RAM	2GB
Storage Space	32GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	8 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	5 Megapixels
Battery Life	13 hours
Connectivity	Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Pros	Affordable, Performance
Cons	Storage

Google Pixel Slate 2 in 1 i5
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CPU	8th Gen Intel Core i5 processo
GPU	Intel HD
Display Size	12.3 inches
Display Resolution	3000x2000 pixels
RAM	8 GB
Storage Space	128 GB
Operating System	Chrome OS
Ports	USB, Headphone
Dimensions (L x W x H)	11.45 x 7.95 x 0.28 in
Weight	1.59 lbs
Pros	Lightweight, Good performance, Design
Cons	Not Cheap

Huawei MatePad Pro WiFi 10.8-inche Tablet
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Operating System	Android
Screen Size	10.8 Inches
Display Resolution	2560 x 1600 Pixels
Processor	HiSilicon Kirin 990, Octa Core SoC
GPU	Mali
RAM	6GB
Storage Space	128GB
SD Card Expansion Slot	Yes
Main Camera	13 Megapixels
Front Selfie Camera	8 Megapixels
Battery Capacity	7250mAh
Connectivity	Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS
Pros	Design, Display, Performance
Cons	None

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