Taking into account that, as much as we like them, for most a tablet does not have the same urgency as a mobile phone and that we usually keep them for longer, it can be worth it on many occasions to take it with a little patience, although it is also It is important to know how to recognize a perfect occasion when we meet it: when is it? the best time to buy a tablet new?
The first thing is to know which tablet interests us
As always when we address issues aimed at helping you when buying a new tablet, we will start by insisting that the first thing is to be clear what tablet (or tablets, in the plural, because, in fact, it is better to have more than one option) is the one that interests us, because the recommendations will be different in each case.
In this sense, there are two especially important questions, which are the price range in which we are going to move and the operating system: are we only interested in tablets with the most cutting-edge technical specifications? Do we want the latest iPad? Do we need a Windows tablet? Are we looking for a simple and cheap tablet for children? Are we looking above all at the quality / price ratio? Depending on our answer, waiting makes more or less sense and to help decide, you already know that you can take a look at our guide to buy tablet.
Have the latest of the latest
A good reason to wait is simply to get hold of the latest models, with the best features, which makes sense if we really enjoy the technology and are willing to make one. high investment. It can really be a shame to buy us a tablet that costs more than 500 euros, or more than 1000 euros even if it is a Windows tablet, when one or two months later a new one with various improvements will arrive. And taking into account that even some high-end tablets are left without receiving a single update, it is something especially to value if we are very fans of Android.
Unfortunately, in this case little can be said for sure until the tablet in question is not officially presented, but if you follow us you will realize that normally from the higher level tablets something has always been known for a few months before, and in the specific case of iPad, sometimes for almost a year before. It does not hurt to take a look before launching to buy the news that there is about upcoming releases, therefore.
When to expect the big releases
Although you have to be a little aware of what is being cooked at any given moment, as a basic reference, most of the great launches tend to focus on the springAbove all, although the first part of fall can be quite eventful as well. A few of the year's big events take place now, in January and February, but virtually nothing we see in them hits stores until a few months later.
Another issue to take into account in this regard is that, contrary to what happens with smartphones, there are very few tablets with which we can have a annual renewal, if there is one. The one that is closest to it is the iPad and even in this case it is not met with the same precision as with the iPhone. Between Galaxy Tab S2 and Galaxy Tab S3, for example, a year and a half passed, and between Surface Pro 4 and the last one Surface Pro almost two years.
Best times to find deals
The moments when they focus the most new releases They are not only an interesting moment for those who want to have the best tablets, but they are also one of the best occasions to find good deals, since new models almost inevitably bring discounts for those who are going to make it "obsolete", and many Sometimes an "old" high-end tablet is more interesting than a new mid-range. If we are not too impatient, however, sometimes waiting two or three months after they arrive in the stores can be rewarded with a first drop in prices (we saw it last year with the Huawei tablets, For example).
The other option if we are looking for bargains is to wait for the big sales of the year, which at this point surely you no longer need us to tell you that there are mainly two: the Black Friday, which is now very far away but is always interesting in terms of gifts, and another very specific one, but due to the importance of the distributor that celebrates it, it is worth marking on the calendar, which is the Amazon Prime Day. The Back to School (especially for Windows tablets), Christmas and January sales, are usually also a good time to search tablets on offer.
When it's not worth waiting
It seems like common sense to say that bargains are worth waiting for if we are trying to spend as little as possible, but this is not always true. For example, the cheapest (100 euros or less), the tablets for kids and more occasional users, discounts are rarely found and when they are, discounts, which are in proportion to prices, are rarely going to compensate for the wait. If we have Amazon Prime Day or Black Friday just around the corner, we can take the opportunity to buy a Fire 7 (one of the fixed ones at these events, usually) at a laughable price, but little more.
We also do not advise postponing the purchase too long when we are looking chinese tablets, because in this case it is common to find offers but, with some exceptions (such as the 11.11) there are no such clear guidelines or key dates that can help us orient ourselves. What is most important in this case is that we do the widest possible tracking and compare prices (and conditions) of as many importers as we can (within those that we can trust), because there are usually significant price differences.
A look at what 2018 brings us
That said, thinking specifically about what awaits us this year, it is difficult to make forecasts, but for now, the normal thing would be that in spring we could start buying the Windows tablets that debuted in the CES 2018 and tablets, especially Android, to do so at the next MWC (the great candidate right now is the MediaPad M5). As for Apple's, there may be a new iPad 9.7 this spring too, but the safest bet is el iPad Pro 2018 for the month of September.
As regards the Windows tablets, and beyond what we have already seen in Las Vegas, it is possible that there are not many new high-end models, because this one was completely renewed in the middle of last year, but that does not mean that novelties are not expected interesting, including new Surface: a folding and another with a Snapdragon 845. And although there may not be a new Galaxy Book 12 with Windows, it seems that among the 2018 Samsung tablets there could be a similar 2-in-1, but with Chrome OS.