Creativity

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S8 ULTRA This top-tier Samsung tablet has a monstersize 14.6-inch Super AMOLED screen with an ultra-smooth 120Hz refresh rate and supreme colour depth. Match that with an advanced stylus that comes bundled in the box and you have a winning formula for high-quality digital artwork. The stylus sticks to the back to avoid under-the-sofa rummaging.

From £999, samsung.com

WACOM MOBILESTUDIO PRO

A professional graphics tablet with all the hardware of a laptop baked inside, the Wacom MobileStudio Pro is a digital art powerhouse. It can run industry standard apps like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, the same versions you’d used on a desktop PC. As the current models were released in 2019, they use older hardware, but are unbeatable for pros. From £2,399, wacom.com

iPAD PRO 12 12.9

No tablet software has better creativity apps than iPad OS. Procreate is beloved by artists the world over. GarageBand is the ultimate piece of free beginner-friendly music creation software. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro makes the very best use of these brilliant apps with an incredible mini LED screen, a flat-out beautiful digital canvas. Budget for an Apple Pencil — it’s not included. From £999, apple.com

SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S6 LITE A Galaxy Tab S6 in an S8 world? Samsung actually refreshed this line in 2022 with a new processor. It has an enduring appeal as the most affordable way to get a readyto-go creativity tablet. A great S-Pen stylus is bundled — take that, Apple — and the 10.4-inch display offers plenty of space for serious digital doodling.

£329, samsung.com