@M A
There are few differences between tablets vs pen displays.
Generally speaking, I always recommend people to choose the device based on the software they want to use. If you don't have any particular software to use, usually you can just go with using a tablet, e.g. iPads, Samsung Galaxy tablets (those with S Pens).
Tablets are very convenient, portable They are pretty fast nowadays. Battery life is good. You can do lots of stuff, draw, watch shows, email.
Main reason to get the pen display is so that you can use it with your computer, your OS. This allows you to use desktop software, e.g. desktop versions of Photoshop, Corel Painter.
And most importantly you have access to the easy-to-understand file management system. iPadOS file system is atrocious. E.g. You cannot even play a video file downloaded into a folder. It's that bad. Android file system much better in the sense that it behave more like desktop file management. E.g. Open a video file in a folder and it plays that video.
Why you may want a proper file management system... You create an artwork, you may want to group it with others, e.g. sketchbook folder, January sketches, commission for clients, watercolour folder. You can do a search for those artworks easily by searching for keywords. Or you may want to open a Photoshop file in some other software. It can be done on tablets, but it can be inconvenient, with iPadOS is frustrating.
But if you just want to draw, let the drawing app handle the file management, occasionally share your art on FB, Instagram, tablets are good.
If you want to create comics, I feel like it may be better to go with pen displays. Text editing is way better on pen display since essentially you're using your computer.
@M A
There are few differences between tablets vs pen displays.
Generally speaking, I always recommend people to choose the device based on the software they want to use. If you don't have any particular software to use, usually you can just go with using a tablet, e.g. iPads, Samsung Galaxy tablets (those with S Pens).
Tablets are very convenient, portable They are pretty fast nowadays. Battery life is good. You can do lots of stuff, draw, watch shows, email.
Main reason to get the pen display is so that you can use it with your computer, your OS. This allows you to use desktop software, e.g. desktop versions of Photoshop, Corel Painter.
And most importantly you have access to the easy-to-understand file management system. iPadOS file system is atrocious. E.g. You cannot even play a video file downloaded into a folder. It's that bad. Android file system much better in the sense that it behave more like desktop file management. E.g. Open a video file in a folder and it plays that video.
Why you may want a proper file management system... You create an artwork, you may want to group it with others, e.g. sketchbook folder, January sketches, commission for clients, watercolour folder. You can do a search for those artworks easily by searching for keywords. Or you may want to open a Photoshop file in some other software. It can be done on tablets, but it can be inconvenient, with iPadOS is frustrating.
But if you just want to draw, let the drawing app handle the file management, occasionally share your art on FB, Instagram, tablets are good.
If you want to create comics, I feel like it may be better to go with pen displays. Text editing is way better on pen display since essentially you're using your computer.