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I’m an incredibly satisfied owner of the Galaxy Tab S7 here, and I recommend that product line. I’m also a primarily “Apple” household but the iPad’s multitasking is absurd, whereas with DeX mode you get a full windowing system that works sanely. I love my Tab :) Also I’m pretty sure that it came with the S pen in the box - which works super well. A joy to write with.
I'm only waiting for the s10+ to be released, so that I can maybe get a discount on the s9+ (currently ~850€). Yeah, the pen is included, which is great compared to the iPad. Can you recommend apps for note taking? There's a paper-like screen addon by Samsung that apparently provides a similar writing feel as the Remarkable or paper - I might get that as well.
I also have the keyboard that magnets to the tablet -- my only complaint about it is it's too small (kinda my fault because I have the 10" or whatever size of tablet though) - and the top (number) row is crowded and misaligned compared to a normal keyboard, so I get a lot of typos involving the right half of that row, and sometimes strike the infernal screenshot key up there. I haven't seriously looked into it yet, but I would definitely consider another keyboard if it attached the same way (don't really want another device to have to charge separately).