Xiaomi Redmi Pad 2

Why it's our Starter pick

• An 11-inch 2560 x 1600 screen at 90 Hz, four Dolby Atmos speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack for ₹17,999.
• 91mobiles got 13 hours in PCMark's battery test from the 9,000 mAh battery; Business Today saw 10–11 hours of mixed use.
• Digit calls it the most complete entry-level tablet in India, and it works with the Redmi Smart Pen (₹3,999, sold separately).

Watch out: The Helio G100 Ultra chip and 4 GB of RAM slow down with heavy multitasking or long gaming, and charging from 20% takes over 2.5 hours.