Which iPad for University?

Tablets are becoming increasingly important, especially in times when online teaching and digital learning are the order of the day. But how do you find the best tablet for online university? And what should you look out for? We answer these questions in this blog post.

The advantages of digital learning

Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, digital learning has become an integral part of our daily lives. This is one of the few good things that the crisis has brought us, because digital learning has many advantages such as: direct, easy real-time communication no matter where you are, huge databases in just a few clicks, personalised learning approaches, improvement of media literacy, higher motivation and it drives digitalisation. 

If you want to learn more about the benefits of digital learning read our blog post: '7 Reasons Why You Should Use iPads in School!'

Tablet for university with pen 

But for new learning concepts you also need new accessories and what is better than tablets? Tablets are definitely easier and more intuitive to use than laptops or desktops, for example. Besides, you listen to most lectures on your laptop, so who wants to take notes on the same device?

For many students, taking notes digitally was out of the question because they can process things better if they write them down by hand. But even that is possible with tablets. With smart pens like the Apple Pencil, you can write directly on your tablet, just like with a pen on paper.

With screen protectors from Paperlike it even feels the same as writing on paper.

Order it here for the iPad Pro 12.9 inch - iPad Pro 11 inch - iPad Air (2020) - iPad Pro 10.5 inch - iPad Air (2019) - iPad 10.2 inch - iPad Pro 9.7 inch - iPad Mini 7.9 inch

Which is the best tablet for university?

In any case, we recommend a tablet that is compatible with a pen. Otherwise you will lose the essential advantages of a tablet. 

You are free to decide on other features such as brand, size and price. In the following, we present all devices that are compatible with smart pens. 

You should note that as a student, you don't always have to choose the latest top model; cheaper (predecessor) models are also sufficient for taking notes, marking and scanning.

Here you can find a comparison of our favourites! All other models can be found in the blog post below (sorted by brand). 

iPad for university 

All new iPads are compatible with the Apple Pencils, but it should be noted that there are two different Apple Pencil generations and they are available separately for 99 € / 135 €.

Our recommendation is the iPad (8th generation) because of its good price-performance ratio. Everything you need for university in one affordable package! If you want a more powerful iPad, we recommend the new iPad Air, which has a faster processor and larger display, but doesn't break the budget. 

12,9" iPad Pro 3. Generation 

• Storage Capacities: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB
• Compatible with: Apple Pen 2. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 800 €
• Year of release: 2018

Here you can find  accessories for the 12,9" iPad Pro 3. Generation

12,9" iPad Pro 4. Generation 

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 900 €
• Year of release: 2020

Here you can find accessories for the 2,9" iPad Pro 4. Generation

12,9" iPad Pro 5. Generation 

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2TB 
• compatible with: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 1.199 €
• Year of release: 2021

11" iPad Pro (1. Generation) 2018

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB 
• compatible with: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• price (April 2021) ca. ab 480 € 
• Year of release: 2018

Discover accessories for the iPad Pro 12.9" (2018, 3. Generation)

11" iPad Pro (2. Generation) 2020

• Storage capacity: 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB 
• Compatible witht: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• Preis (April 2021) ca. from 750 € 
• Year of release: 2020

Here you can find accessories for the 11" iPad Pro (2. Generation) 2020.

11" iPad Pro (3. Generation) 2021

• Storage capacity: 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB, 2TB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• Price (Stand April 2021) ca. ab 880 € 
• Year of release: 2021

iPad Air (4. Generation) 10,9" !our recommendation!

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 2. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 649 € 
• Year of release: 2020

Here you can find accessories für das iPad Air (4. Generation)

iPad (6., 7. und 8. Generation) !our reccomendation!

• Storage capacity: 32 GB, 128 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 350€ 
• 9,7"
• Years of release: 2018, 2019, 2020

Here you can find accessories for the iPad (6., 7. und 8. Generation).

iPad Mini (5. Generation)

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 330€ 
• 7,9"
• Year of release: 2019

Here you can find  accessories for the iPad Mini 5!

iPad Pro (12,9 inches) (first Generation)

• Storage Capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 600€ 
• 12,9"
• Year of release: 2015

Here you can find iPad Pro 12.9" (1. Generation) accessories.

iPad Pro (12,9 Zoll) (second Generation)

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
• compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• price ( April 2021) ca. from 700€ 
• 12,9"
• Year of release: 2017

Here you can find iPad Pro 12.9" (2. Generation) accessories.

10,5" iPad Pro 

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• price (April 2021) ca. from 400€ 
• 10,5"
• year of release: 2017

Here you can find accessories for the iPad Pro 10,5".

iPad Pro (9,7 inches) 

• Storage capacity: 32 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
• Compatible with: Apple Pencil 1. Generation
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 300€ 
• 9,7"
• Year of release: 2016

Here you can find accessories for the iPad Pro 9,7"

Samsung Tabs with pen

Samsung also offers tablets with pens, these are usually even included in the scope of delivery, should you ever lose it, it can be bought again for about 60 €. 
But beware, with Samsung Tabs the brightness can be a little too low, especially with the Lite models. 

Our favourite is the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite and the Tab S6. The Tab S6 Lite, has the best price-performance ratio of the Samsung models, but unfortunately not such a bright screen. We therefore recommend the Tab S6 to all those who like to study outdoors even in summer.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3

• Storage capacity: 32 GB expandable up to 256 GB
• compatble with: Stylus Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 450€ 
• 9,7"
• Year of release: 2017

Here you can find accessories for the Galaxy Tab S3.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4

• Storage Capacity: 64 GB or 256 GB 
• Compatible with: Stylus Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 500€ 
• 10,5"
• Year of release: 2018

Here you can find accessories for the Galaxy Tab S4.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 !our recomendation!

• Storage capacity: 128 GB 
• Compatible with : Stylus Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 550€ 
• 10,5"
• Year of release: 2019

Here you can find accessories for the Galaty Tab S6

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite !our recommendation!

• Speicherkapazität: 64GB, 128 GB 
• Comptible with: Stylus Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 325€ 
• 10,4"
• Year of release: 2020

Here you can find accessories for the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

Galaxy Tab 7/ + 

• Storage capacity: 128 GB / 256 GB
• Compatible with: Stylus Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 639 € / 879 € 
• 11" / 12,4"
• Year of release: 2020

Microsoft Surface Tablet with pen

Surface Go 2 !our recommendation!

• Storage capacity: 64 GB
• Compatible with: Surface Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 515 € 
• 10,5"
• Year of release: 2018

Here you can find accessories for the Surface Go 2

Surface Pro 5/6/7

• Storage capacity: 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1TB
• Compatible with: Surface Pen
• Price (April 2021) ca. from 729 € 
• 12,3"
• Year of release: 2017

Here you can find accessories for the Surface Pro.

Huawei Tablets with Stift

All tablets of the MediaPad M5 series support the M Pen, which costs approx. 49 €. Only the 10.8-inch version of the HUAWEI MediaPad M5 and the 8.4-inch version of the HUAWEI MediaPad M5 do not support the pen. 

SB Supply favourite is the Huawei MatePad WI-FI 6!

Huawei MatePad WI-FI 6 !our recommendation!

• Storage capacity: 64 GB, 128 GB
• compatible with: M Pen
• Price ( April 2021) ca. from 285 € 
• 10,4"