Snapdragon 8 Elite and a 13-inch 144Hz screen at half the price of the giants.

OnePlus Pad 3

OnePlus

The best-value big Android tablet: the fastest Android chip, a 13.2-inch 144Hz screen, eight speakers, and two-day battery for far less than Samsung's Ultra or an iPad Pro. You give up OLED, any biometric unlock, and Samsung's update length — pen and keyboard cost extra.

The OnePlus Pad 3 is the value play in big-screen Android, and it's a strong one. It was the first tablet outside China to ship with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite — the fastest Android chip — and it pairs that with a spacious 13.2-inch, 3.4K LTPS LCD at 144Hz, eight speakers, and a giant 12,140mAh battery with 80W charging. All of it lives in a 6mm aluminum body, and it costs $699: hundreds less than Samsung's Tab S11 Ultra or a 13-inch iPad Pro. In use, reviewers love it for media and productivity. The screen is bright and sharp (though glossy and not OLED), the speakers are genuinely good, and OxygenOS adds real tablet tools — Open Canvas multitasking and an O+ Connect feature that remote-controls a Mac or PC. The optional Smart Keyboard is comfortable to type on, and the tablet lasts two days of light use. The compromises are honest ones. There's no OLED contrast, no fingerprint or face unlock at all, and OnePlus promises only three OS updates (six years of security) versus Samsung's seven. The Stylo 2 pen is fine but less responsive than the Apple Pencil or S Pen, and both pen and keyboard cost extra. If you want flagship Android hardware without flagship pricing — and you'll mostly dock it for video and typing — nothing else at $699 competes.

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Last reviewed Jun 25, 2026

What we like

• ✓Snapdragon 8 Elite — the fastest Android chip — for hundreds less than rival flagships
• ✓Big, bright 13.2-inch 144Hz screen and an excellent eight-speaker setup for media
• ✓Huge 12,140mAh battery with 80W charging; easily two days of light use
• ✓OxygenOS extras like Open Canvas multitasking and remote-controlling a Mac or PC

Trade-offs

• −LCD, not OLED — black levels and contrast trail the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra
• −No fingerprint or face unlock at all — a strange omission in 2025
• −Only three OS updates promised (six years of security), well short of Samsung's seven
• −The Stylo 2 pen lags the Apple Pencil and S Pen, and pen and keyboard cost extra