We purchased the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ so that our expert reviewer could thoroughly test and review it. Read on for our full product review.

It’s difficult to overstate how much the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ puts Android tablets on the map. As a category, Android tablets have long been regarded as the younger, less capable sibling to Apple’s iPad line, largely due to software limitations and a lack of tablet-specific support from developers, but also historically because Android tablets honestly haven’t looked or felt all that exciting. Samsung has tried (and in many ways succeeded) to shatter that expectation with the Tab S7+, giving consumers a truly impressive tablet experience.

From its stunningly vibrant OLED panel to its sleek, oddly iPad Pro-esque design language, the Galaxy Tab S7+ certainly looks the part. Excellent speakers, a top-tier mobile processor, and a powerful, Bluetooth-enabled S Pen that’s included at no extra cost bring the premium tablet experience to Android fans. It’s not without its shortcomings, which are largely software-related, and while it’s a fair bit cheaper than an equivalent Apple model, it’s certainly not a cheap device.

And I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that if you’re not spending the extra $200 on the Samsung-designed keyboard cover, you’re missing out on a few key reasons to buy the tablet. I got my hands on a keyboard cover and a Mystic Silver model and did my utmost to treat it as both my sole computing device and my tablet-style media consumption workhorse, and here’s how it all turned out.