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I thought the tablet fad was over already, I remember considering getting one back when they were a big deal, but now it seems phones grew to the point of being
by dusted 5y ago
I thought the tablet fad was over already, I remember considering getting one back when they were a big deal, but now it seems phones grew to the point of being actually usable, considered buying a samsung note or similar sized phone instead?
- DrBazza 5y agoI guess it's up to the person. I use my iPad for gaming, reading technical books and docs, and watching movies and TV on the train. The phone is pretty shitty for those in my opinion, and I don't want a tablet-like phone in my pocket. I don't think the tablet fad is over, because I'll be in the market for another tablet when this one is end of life.
- hoseja 5y agoFad? Is a want of a book-sized display/media consumption device somehow invalid?
- dusted 5y agoIt's not invalid in the least, I've just not seen it make the impact I thought it would, it didn't become the ambient computing device it was somewhat set up to be. I'm not against it at all, it just seem to me that all the initial trouble are still there, the lack of tactility, the lack of good input (maybe the apple pen and s-pens are a move in the right direction, but the problem remains largely unsolved).
- 8fingerlouie 5y agoThere are still some dinosaurs like myself that prefer phones to be easily portable, and a larger screen for consuming content. My phone is for calling, texting, quick lookups on the internet, and various small/quick tasks. My iPad is for longer content consumption sessions, like reading news/books, watching movies. If anything got replaced here, it was that the ipad replaced my laptop for 90% of the stuff i used to do on that.