Mail and messaging (but no WhatsApp, it's an iPad - go figure!).
Social media - mostly Facebook, some LinkedIn and Twitter
Games - word puzzles, Peak, sudoku
Reading and news
Banking
Shopping
Mine or family one? We have few , Kids play mainly, One was suppose to be for my elder son for school (Very Bad Idea) ,for a year he was abusing it .I did flash it with an Unofficial firmware from Russian Lenovo Blog .that made it Phablet(can phone).
The screen was looking like Spider web. I always wondered how still works.. (all touch and responses) But at the end the LCD was cracked and that was the end..
Still I think is one of the most "resilient" tablets around... (Lenovo Yoga2 8") The drop test from various heights was passed with flying marks.. and number of times throughout the year..
All because there is not really protective cover for this type of tablets..
I use mine continuously for emails, news, meeting notes like mind maps, quotes and of course for the grand kids when the visit. When traveling its more useful and portable than the laptop but then I am not a power user e.g. no huge spreadsheets. I sync with desktop iMac & iPhone.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A, I use it for all sorts of things from Work email, vpn testing, network testing, browsing, streaming, and the most popular app of all YoutubeKids