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They didn't really live up to the hype, though. It was said that they would replace laptops. While they have their space in the market, sales are in a declining

They didn't really live up to the hype, though. It was said that they would replace laptops. While they have their space in the market, sales are in a declining trend, and considerably behind laptops. (I was like you and still am, by the way... I don't find tablets comfortable. I only bought one once, and I think the number of times I actually used it can be counted with both hands).

williamcotton 3y ago
Kids love tablets and parents on trips love that kids love tablets!
- coffeebeqn 3y ago
  They’re convenient consumption devices. I’d never work on one but I can watch something on it. Personally I have a phone full that niche but I get that having a giant phone is nice to some people. But keeping kids calm during a plane ride is a great use case
pjmlp 3y ago
They surely replaced laptops for artists, digital note taking, journalists, travelling and mobile terminals.
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- rocketbop 3y ago
  For some people, some of the time. Many journalists will have their MacBooks prized out of the cold dead hands. I travel with my laptop and my iPad Pro never leaves the couch. And how close to most working artists’ realities are those slick Apple keynotes showing sexy young people drawing with their Apple Pencil? I don’t know. Artist is a broad term.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Depends if we are talking about US journalists, and countries with similar income, or the rest of the world with more down to earth possibilities. Yes, artists is a broad term, just like developer isn't a UNIX guy doing containers.
krger 3y ago
>It was said that they would replace laptops. By who? The iPad introduction explicitly presented the iPad as a complementary device situated between the smartphone and the laptop.
- als0 3y ago
  That’s true. But it was also Apple who kept calling it a “post PC” device. Which at face value always sounded like it aimed to replace a PC.
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symic 3y ago
The iPad did replace a category of laptops. At the time the iPad came out netbooks were popular and it was believed by many that Apple was in trouble because they didn’t have a netbook. Apple came out with the iPad and killed the netbook market.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  Netbooks died because they were terrible products, and for "I just need to check my email" phones were infinitely better.
utsuro 3y ago
Can’t reply to OPs comment under this. But no, iPads did not replace laptops for the majority of people. Phones maybe, but not so much tablets. Again if unless you are very young or old, and/or your profession significantly benefits from a portable touch devices (artistry, home remodeling, etc.) it’s a niche.

williamcotton 3y ago

Kids love tablets and parents on trips love that kids love tablets!

coffeebeqn 3y ago
They’re convenient consumption devices. I’d never work on one but I can watch something on it. Personally I have a phone full that niche but I get that having a giant phone is nice to some people. But keeping kids calm during a plane ride is a great use case

pjmlp 3y ago

They surely replaced laptops for artists, digital note taking, journalists, travelling and mobile terminals.

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rocketbop 3y ago
For some people, some of the time. Many journalists will have their MacBooks prized out of the cold dead hands. I travel with my laptop and my iPad Pro never leaves the couch. And how close to most working artists’ realities are those slick Apple keynotes showing sexy young people drawing with their Apple Pencil? I don’t know. Artist is a broad term.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Depends if we are talking about US journalists, and countries with similar income, or the rest of the world with more down to earth possibilities. Yes, artists is a broad term, just like developer isn't a UNIX guy doing containers.

krger 3y ago

>It was said that they would replace laptops. By who? The iPad introduction explicitly presented the iPad as a complementary device situated between the smartphone and the laptop.

als0 3y ago
That’s true. But it was also Apple who kept calling it a “post PC” device. Which at face value always sounded like it aimed to replace a PC.
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symic 3y ago

The iPad did replace a category of laptops. At the time the iPad came out netbooks were popular and it was believed by many that Apple was in trouble because they didn’t have a netbook. Apple came out with the iPad and killed the netbook market.

mrguyorama 3y ago
Netbooks died because they were terrible products, and for "I just need to check my email" phones were infinitely better.

utsuro 3y ago

Can’t reply to OPs comment under this. But no, iPads did not replace laptops for the majority of people. Phones maybe, but not so much tablets. Again if unless you are very young or old, and/or your profession significantly benefits from a portable touch devices (artistry, home remodeling, etc.) it’s a niche.