Plastic tablet cases may represent the widest range in options, price and case style. Nearly any style of tablet case may be found in plastic and protection for the device may go from defending against the everyday to the extreme protection of a rugged case.

To list the possibilities of choice in plastic tablet cases requires more space than is available here, but prime among the advantages is the see-through quality of the material. Many such cases are thin enough to allow the user the opportunity to manipulate the touchscreen without removing the tablet. Its ability to absorb punishment makes plastic the obvious choice in many play tablet cases as well. The over-sized, colorful appearance of plastic kids cases make the device look like another toy and prove to be just as unbreakable.

Plastic is also used is an increasingly large number of tablet bags and carriers, providing the tablet user with a solid piece of baggage that can protect throughout the lifetime of the tablet itself while adding little weight. Finally, plastic tablet sleeves are thin and inexpensive enough for affordable basic protection.