7 Best Budget Tablets Under $300 in 2024

The Lenovo Tab P12 was released in 2023, July. It operated by Android operating system and is powered by Mediatek Dimensity 7050 (6 nm) chip. Unlike many tablets in this price range it’s compatible with stylus pen. Lenovo Tab Pen Plus is included in the price.

It has a big IPS LCD screen 12.7-inches. You can stream HD movies in 3K resolution. It has 4 JBL built-in speakers, making it a treat to watch movies and listen to music on this device.

Even though the maximum storage is 256GB, you can get a microSD card for this tablet, where you can save movies, TV shows, documents, videos, photos, etc.

It’s a very solid budget tablet by Lenovo on which you can take handwritten notes, do light gaming, watch movies, read, do productivity tasks, do video calls, etc. 

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2022 is a great budget tablet that comes with Samsung stylus pen. It’s included in the price. It’s an updated tablet. There’s also a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2020, which is cheaper and a bit outdated and now there’s also a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024.

The S6 Lite 2022 is a good choice for those that are seeking to take handwritten notes or do some drawing on a tablet. It has a 10.4-inches TFT LCD screen with 60Hz refresh rate.

The tablet is powered by The Qualcomm SM7150 Snapdragon 732G or Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G chipsets. It also has option cellular connectivity(nano-SIM support). You can choose between 3 colors. Angora Blue, Oxford Gray, and Chiffon Pink.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 Plus is a great budget tablet that was released in 2023, October with this tablet you can browse social media, watch movies, read, surf the web do light productivity tasks and play light games. It features a 7040 mAh battery that lasts around 13 hours and 16 minutes, an 11.0-inch screen with a resolution of 1200 x 1920 pixels, a 90Hz refresh rate, and cellular connectivity. While it’s not the most powerful, it still has a long battery life and a large screen.

The tablet is powered by a Qualcomm SM6375 Snapdragon 695 5G processor. It also features 3.5mm jack, and a USB Type-C 2.0 port. 

The model can be purchased in 64GB with 4GB of RAM or 128GB with 8GB of RAM. It costs $219 on average, but the 64GB model has a lower price. There’s a dedicated slot for microSDXC as well. As for colors, you can pick between 3: Navy, Silver, and Graphite.

The Lenovo Tab P11 Gen 2 was released in 2022, September. It runs Android operating system and is powered by Mediatek Helio G99 (6nm) chip. It’s compatible with Stylus Pen. You can buy BoxWave Stylus Pen, it works with Lenovo Tab P11 Gen as well as other tablets. With the pen you will be able to navigate the device more precisely, take handwritten notes and draw. 

It has a medium-sized IPS LCD screen (11.5-inch) with 82.6% screen-to-body ratio. 400nits and 203ppi. 

The tablet has a good front camera, 8 MP, f/2.0, making it an excellent budget tablet for vide-calls. 

Overall, a good budget tablet with which you can HD watch movies in 2k resolution. The biggest downside of this tablet is that it was released in 2022, and typically, Lenovo supports their tablets for 2-3 years, so the biggest concern you are facing is that you won’t be able to update it to the latest Android OS.

The Amazon Fire HD 10 Plus was released in 2021, April. It runs Fire operating system and is powered by Mediatek MT8183 Helio P60T (12 nm) chip. Unfortunately, this tablet is not compatible with active stylus pens. 

It has a medium-sized IPS LCD screen (10.1-inch) with 72.1% screen-to-body ratio. Due to it’s big bezels it’s quite durable and is recommended for kids.

The table is relatively cheap and is made for basic tasks such as web surfing, emails, light gaming, social media, music, movies, TV shows, etc. It can’t handle heavy demanding apps like PUBG, Lightroom, Photoshop, etc. It can handle video-calls, but the cameras aren’t the greatest. It’s packed with stereo speakers and the sound is good enough for voice-calls.

Overall, it is a good, cheap tablet with which you can HD watch movies in 2k resolution. 

The DOOGEE T30 Pro was released in 2022, May. It runs Android operating system and is powered by Mediatek Helio G99 (6nm) chip. It has eight individual processing cores, which can handle multiple tasks simultaneously. It is also packed with 15GB of RAM.

It has a medium-sized IPS LCD screen (11-inch) with 80.9% screen-to-body ratio. With 350 nits of brightness at it’s peak. 

The tablet is cheap, with good performance in this price range. The brand is quite new in the tablet market and rather unknown to most tech enthusiasts, also for us. Right now, from what we have seen and tested, the tablet is trustworthy and reliable. 

Considering its price, it has a good quality display with good colors and brightness; you can surf the internet with it, attend video calls, play games, watch movies and videos, and everything else that budget tablets offer. 

The Lenovo Tab P11 Plus was released in 2021, Jun. It runs the Android operating system and is powered by a Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90T (12 nm) chip with 8 processing cores. 

It has a medium-sized IPS LCD screen (11-inch) with 81.8% screen-to-body ratio. With 400 nits of brightness at its peak. 

Lenovo is a well-known brand and reliable when it comes to tablet computers. The only problem is short support period. Typically, Lenovo offers 2-years of OS supports for their tablets and Lenovo Tab P11 Plus is no longer supported, which means you can upgrade to the newest Android OS, you are stuck with Android 11.