Thinner and lighter laptops + bigger and more powerful smartphones = end of tablets?

[lefty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdKhk6QAz5I

[jeebus]

imo when I got my new macbook pro, that shit weighed half as much as my old one. it's about 50 lightyears better than the ipad air 2 and any other tablet on the market. plus, this thing won't be obsolete in a few hours like all the other tablets.


and it won't bend :lol

[leemajors]

ehh I think we are just finding out that people don't really want to buy tablets yearly or even every other year.

[lefty]

ehh I think we are just finding out that people don't really want to buy tablets yearly or even every other year.
That'sa factor

But + 42% in 2013 and +7% in 2014

Thats a big drop off tbh

[leemajors]

That'sa factor

But + 42% in 2013 and +7% in 2014

Thats a big drop off tbh

true, market is probably way oversaturated with cheap android shit as well.

[lefty]

true, market is probably way oversaturated with cheap android shit as well.
Good point tbh

If it wasnt for watching movies in bed (TV is in the living room and Ive been lazy as fuck lately),I'm not sure I would have used my N7 lately.

I naturally reach for my S4 more often

[resistanze]

My tablet has always been my last thing to reach for. I only use it to read books and watch movies when I travel.

[leemajors]

I use my iPad mini all the time, but I am done with the mini if they want it to be second class as far as SoC. Can't read books on it tbh, prefer my Kindle Paperwhite.

[lefty]

My tablet has always been my last thing to reach for. I only use it to read books and watch movies when I travel.
yup

Last time I went to Toronto, it was a last minute thing, all flights were booked, so I took the train (:lol Viarail)

Good thing I transferred some good movies I hadn't watched before on the N7

[anakha]

As mentioned before, consumers have demanded that phones become bigger to allow for more media consumption.

This has naturally pushed out the 7-inch tablet from its old role.

Bigger tablets are also now experiencing a change, as consumers want these to be productivity devices as well. And why would you want to replace a productivity device every year?

[Venti Quattro]

As mentioned before, consumers have demanded that phones become bigger to allow for more media consumption.

This has naturally pushed out the 7-inch tablet from its old role.

Bigger tablets are also now experiencing a change, as consumers want these to be productivity devices as well. And why would you want to replace a productivity device every year?
And this is why Apple will end up killing the iPad mini in 5 years maximum.

Mac Pro - Studios and power-intensive users
iMac - Power-intensive users, companies and offices of executives
Macbook Pro - Your business professionals and executives on the go
Macbook Air - Students and academics
Mac Mini - for cheapskates who want the Apple Experience
iPad Air - for better media consumption, traveling companion and all that bullshit
iPhone - Well, self explanatory

This will leave the iPad Mini with no niche market.

[anakha]

Yeah, going into the small tablet market might be one of Apple's bigger missteps recently. It kinda goes hand in hand with their being slow to recognize consumer demand for larger phones.

[ElNono]

Yeah, going into the small tablet market might be one of Apple's bigger missteps recently. It kinda goes hand in hand with their being slow to recognize consumer demand for larger phones.

Alpha can always say Jobs was right all along, tbh

[ChumpDumper]

I would buy an Asus Transformer type Apple in a second. The Transformer itself is cool but a little light on memory and Windows 8 is still clunky on tablets.

[DMC]

I said some years ago here that the tablet is a fad. I still feel that way.

[ElNono]

Not a fad. Just oversaturated due to being an extremely successful market. Laptops are not a market the tablets were set to replace in the first place anyways, and until battery technology really improves, they're not going to be taking over the tablet market.

[mavsfan1000]

Tablets are awesome. Convenient and cheaper than laptops.

[Clipper Nation]

Laptops > tablets all day, tbh.

[ElNono]

Two different things, tbh...

[DMC]

They are two different things, and most consumers cannot afford both. Many will chose or the other and that choice is largely based on usage rate. Price be damned, the notebook, especially the high end onces like the Macbook pro and higher end gaming laptops kick the shit out of tablets, but I have both. I find uses for each, but if I could only have one given what they currently can do, I'd have to stick with the laptop. I'm sure most here would. I don't see tablets as much more than gaming devices for flights.

[ElNono]

The market will dictate what consumers can afford and what value they give to it... what we know as the "tablet" market is relatively young (4 years old, going to 5). But it's been a pretty strong and healthy market. Time will tell if it remains as a mainstream consumer product or ends up being a niche.

[Venti Quattro]

The market will dictate what consumers can afford and what value they give to it... what we know as the "tablet" market is relatively young (4 years old, going to 5). But it's been a pretty strong and healthy market. Time will tell if it remains as a mainstream consumer product or ends up being a niche.

Unless it matches the productivity and power of the average laptop, it will always be a niche market for me. The target of tablets are people who want to do tasks and other media shit without the bulk of the laptop. Well generally that's A LOT of people but still

[ElNono]

Unless it matches the productivity and power of the average laptop, it will always be a niche market for me. The target of tablets are people who want to do tasks and other media shit without the bulk of the laptop. Well generally that's A LOT of people but still

But that's the whole point... right now, whoever is buying a tablet thinking they're going to replace the power or productivity of a laptop are either extremely misinformed or deluding themselves. I can see where those people would be disappointed with a tablet.

At the same time, I don't think the majority of tablet users are that people. There were a lot of menial tasks you used to need an overpowered laptop for that you can easily do with a tablet (movies, email, light web browsing, etc). I think that's a market the tablets have filled pretty well, and I don't think it's a market that's going away either until laptops can manage battery life a lot better than they do.

[leemajors]

One of my best friends is a network admin and he works remotely all the time just using 2x client with his iPad 2. Works great for him, doesn't need to carry a laptop around. Really enjoys nuking NCAA Tourney streams while watching himself.

[resistanze]

It's weird, but there's almost nothing I prefer doing on my tablet, expect reading books. Even surfing I don't particularly like. Having to pay my credit card or to bank or to check my paystubs, taxes, insurance, etc. is more preferable on my laptop (from 2009).

[Venti Quattro]

It's weird, but there's almost nothing I prefer doing on my tablet, expect reading books. Even surfing I don't particularly like. Having to pay my credit card or to bank or to check my paystubs, taxes, insurance, etc. is more preferable on my laptop (from 2009).

Did they ever fix your medical company computer?

[resistanze]

Did they ever fix your medical company computer?

:lol yes I have an i5 now. Got a promotion so they give me a laptop now :lmao.

Network is still shit.

[Venti Quattro]

:lol yes I have an i5 now. Got a promotion so they give me a laptop now :lmao.

Network is still shit.

:lmao :lmao

VPN is the bomb. I can command and control my team from home while watching NBA games or porn

[resistanze]

:lmao :lmao

VPN is the bomb. I can command and control my team from home while watching NBA games or porn

Hell yes. Working from home saved my sanity. But shit network + VPN = hell sometimes.

[lefty]

"working from home" during WC and CL games

[Venti Quattro]

"working from home" during WC and CL games
I become sickly during WC and CL matchdays so I need to rest at home. :cry

[leemajors]

:lmao :lmao

VPN is the bomb. I can command and control my team from home while watching NBA games or porn

Been wfh for 5 years now :tu

[resistanze]

:lol When they first let me WFH (not always, 1-2 a week), they gave be those ghetto RSA hard tokens . Never worked. Thankfully the IT team installed the software token access for me which works well.

Now they enabled Microsoft DirectAccess, so no login at all (still need soft token to use IP phone at the moment though).

Wish I could WFH 3+ time a week - most of my team (and my boss) is based in the US anyways.

[lefty]

I can WFH 3 days a week :D

I live downtown and my office is like a 10 min walk away lol

I prefer to go to the office most of the time ... fresh air and chicks

[leemajors]

I can WFH 3 days a week :D

I live downtown and my office is like a 10 min walk away lol

I prefer to go to the office most of the time ... fresh air and chicks

My shit is all database/admin/sap order maintenance, people walking by all the time in the office suck. I get way more done in way less time at home tbh.

[lefty]

My shit is all database/admin/sap order maintenance, people walking by all the time in the office suck. I get way more done in way less time at home tbh.
Yeah in this case you're better off working from home

Hey there are some EPL games today :D