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That narrative of the post-PC world collapsed when the sales of tablets like iPads collapsed.
by belltaco 7y ago
That narrative of the post-PC world collapsed when the sales of tablets like iPads collapsed.
- freehunter 7y agoCouple of things: 1) Tablets aren't the only "post-PC" platform. Most of the leisure computing is done on smartphones when it would have been done on a laptop or desktop 5-10 years ago. 2) If we're considering tablets to be PC replacements, we should expect their sales trends to be along the lines of PC sales. People keep PCs a lot longer than smartphones, so we should expect people to keep their iPads a lot longer than their phones too. 3) Tablet sales have absolutely not collapsed [1] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-forecast-for-tablets-laptops-and-desktop-pcs/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-...
- Razengan 7y agoFrom what I could tell, iPads are the only tablets still going strong and getting even better. It’s Google who threw in the towel on tablets. See the recently revealed iPadOS: https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/ https://www.apple.com/ipados/ipados-preview/