6 Best Full-Sized Tablets: Perfect Gifts This Holiday Season

5. Asus Vivo Tab RT (starts at $599 with a dock)

Asus has a quality line of Android tablets they call “Transformer” because they dock into a keyboard with an extra battery. It gets fold up just like a small laptop and has excellent battery life. The Vivo Tab RT basically takes a Transformer and puts in Windows RT instead of Android.

The tablet part is smaller and thinner than the Surface. Like the Surface, it has a memory card slot and a USB port. The screen resolution is the same.

6. Google Nexus 10 (starts at $399)

This is Google’s first full-size tablet and the only tablet available that beats the screen resolution of the iPad with 2,560 by 1,600 pixels. It’s also the only tablet in this list that has speakers on either side of the screen when it’s held horizontally, making for good stereo reproduction while watching movies. There’s no memory card slot or an option for a cellular modem. The Nexus 10 is the closest to matching the flexibility of Apple products.