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When looking to buy a tablet, there are a few factors to keep in mind, such as what you'll be using the tablet for (entertainment, drawing, work, etc.), your price point, display size, operating system, and more.
At ZDNET, we considered all of these factors when choosing the best tablets you can buy, but we were able to test one important factor that can truly make or break your tablet experience: battery life.
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We ran nine tablets through the gauntlet in our lab in Kentucky, where we evaluated each tablet's battery life under different settings. The tablets that stood out above the rest for battery life included the iPad Pro, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra, the base-model iPad, and the Google Pixel Tablet.
Tablets were tested with maximum volume for audio and video, in addition to maximum/minimum brightness. The following tablets were tested:
How we tested tablets
In our Louisville-based lab, we tested each tablet using a dedicated PC with an NI USB-6001 DAQ, eight auxiliary inputs with adapters, and LabVIEW software coded in-house to analyze audio outputs as voltage signals.
We tested each tablet's battery life a total of 12 times: three times with maximum brightness/audio, three times with minimum brightness/audio, three times with maximum brightness/audio on Airplane Mode, and three times on minimum brightness/audio on Airplane Mode.
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