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yesterday we covered some of the best smartphone options for early 2015 what about tablets I'm high outside Houston in the pocket now and these are the best tablets you can buy for the first half of the year this was originally gonna be a list of the best of what's come out this year but frankly we just haven't seen any new tablets yet so we've adapted our list to include older devices that we still think are a smart buy with that in mind first up on our list is the 2013 a soos Nexus 7 that's right a two year old tablet is making your list and with good reason the Nexus 7 is still one of the most comfortable tablets to handle it's small enough to fit into a back pocket and the grippy texture makes it easy to hold in one hand without fear of dropping it since it's a nexus you can count on having up-to-date Android software and it's been out for long enough that you can even pick up an LTE model for dirt cheap next up is the Galaxy Tab pro again this one isn't from 2015 but it's still one of Samsung's very best tablet offerings actually it's several of them you can currently buy the Galaxy Tab pro in three different size configurations ranging from 8.4 to 12.2 inches but no matter which one you get you're buying an extremely powerful tablet with a high-resolution display and strong multitasking there's no stylus here like what you'd find on the Galaxy Note series but in most aspects the tap pro just feels more modern and you can pick up the 8.4 inch model right now for just $200 moving to something a bit more recent the Nexus 9 may not have seen the most favorable reviews at first but recent software updates have clean up performance issues and turn it into one of the best Android tablets around it's one of the first Android tablets to adopt the 4 by 3 aspect ratio and the front firing speakers beat out most of the competition it's pricier than the others featured so far starting at 399 for the Wi-Fi only model and $5.99 with double the storage and LTE but if you value stock Android above all else this is the tablet you want the iPad air 2 comes in at number 2 on our list keeping true to its name the air 2 is extremely thin and boasts a powerful 64-bit chipset it's Apple's most powerful tablet yet and it's only gonna become more useful with the public release of iOS 9 later this year finally bringing split pane multitasking support to iOS from a great fingerprint scanner to a beautiful display to a huge selection of aftermarket accessories this tablet seems to have everything well maybe not everything for the power user that truly wants to make the most out of their hardware and take advantage of an ecosystem that's been around for decades there's only one logical answer topping off our list is the Microsoft Surface pro 3 powered by the full version of Windows 8 the surface pro 3 acts more like a laptop than just a slab of glass and even offers a keyboard and stylus to give users full rein for productivity its kickstand is also handy for propping the surface onto a lap or table and full size USB means that there are hundreds upon thousands of accessories to choose from it's the priciest option in our list by far but there's no denying that the surface pro 3 is a killer tablet with just as much practical use as it has geek cred that's it for our list but now it's your turn what do you think are some of the best tablets to buy right now leave your thoughts in the comments down below and subscribe to pocket now for full coverage on devices like these you can read our complete written reviews on these tablets and more at pocketnow.com and until next time this has been hi out to Houston both on Twitter and IRL thanks for watching and we'll see you around you