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I feel like iPads are beaten on both sides of the device size spectrum. iPads got their lease on life because of the tiny screen sizes of the original iPhone l
by mullingitover 7y ago
I feel like iPads are beaten on both sides of the device size spectrum.
iPads got their lease on life because of the tiny screen sizes of the original iPhone line. Once iPhones got bigger, iPad sales growth flatlined, and for good reason. They're the worst of both worlds - too clumsy of an interface (I'd say even with this new trackpad bolted on) for real work, and not pocketable.
When I want to do something trivial and immediately, the phone with a big screen does it just fine. When I need to do real work, a tablet interface is a miserable experience, so I use a laptop with all the normal tools an engineer needs.
I picked up an iPad Mini 2 and used it for a good year, but once the plus-size iPhones came out it went into the drawer and never came out.
- FullyFunctional 7y agoI think you summed it up perfectly. I was an early adopter, but the iPad never worked for me. I'm more likely to crave a MacBook Pro I could put in my pocket than a constrained oversized iPhone with a big screen and a keyboard. I recognize that the security story is more challenging with a Real OS, but so is the power and potential. I don't like where this is heading.
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- machinecoffee 7y agoiPads have found many niche uses, e.g. in retail, and for people on the road who use only a few apps (e.g. sales or health professionals) iPads are also great educational tools where kids can interact with the device but don't have to contend with a full blown OS. It's interesting also that the iPad is kinda growing up to be more of a full blown device for more content creation, since the hardware is clearly more than up to the task, the OS can be kept fairly simple and secure - clearly Apple are responding to what customers have been asking for, and what they're asking for is more iPad.