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The iPad was and is one of the most successful electronic products ever. It's growth has absolutely slowed down, and is in a slight contraction right now, but i

The iPad was and is one of the most successful electronic products ever. It's growth has absolutely slowed down, and is in a slight contraction right now, but it's still selling over 40 million units per year (from a peak of ~70M per year). To compare, Apple sells about 19M Macs per year. The iPad can only be claimed as a failure compared to investors' expectations, or compared to the iPhone. In the most recent quarter (Q1 2017), Apple sold 13.1 MILLION of them. Over 6 billion dollars of product sold in one quarter sounds pretty great to me.

abandonliberty 10y ago
In spite of explosive sales and growth, hours/day usage of tablets is declining. Significant US Ownership Growth: http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/29/technology-device-ownership-2015/ http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/10/29/technology-device-owne... Minutes spent using tablets: https://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/03/death-desktop-65-digital-media-consumed-mobile https://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/03/death-desktop-65-d... Sure, from a capitalist perspective it was a great product. It created an entire market and earned lots of revenue. However, ownership more than doubled and internet usage stayed flat/declined. We succeeded at making people want something, but it was not something they needed.