I Was Wrong About the iPad

It’s time to check out the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE

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I’ve said that multiple times, even though, at the back of my mind, I’ve known that I haven’t given the competition a fair crack of the whip.

One such competitor is Samsung. Beyond some hands-on time at press launch events, I’ve never used a Samsung S-series tablet in anger, until now. And the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE has taught me an important lesson about making assumptions.

More importantly, Samsung’s latest mid-range tablet has revealed that if there’s one area where the Apple ecosystem is at its weakest, it’s in the tablet arena.

How I reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE

I’m not a heavy tablet user, therefore I used the Tab S10 FE as I would my iPad — for content consumption, web browsing, and referencing notes.

I tested the S Pen’s capabilities by taking some handwritten notes and giving it to my two-year-old son to doodle with.

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At the time of testing, I didn’t have the keyboard case to hand, so I couldn’t dig fully into the productivity aspects of the…