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"Its official: tablets are shitty devices, people stopped copping"
Thu Jul-24-14 12:06 PM by Orbit_Established

  

          

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http://www.vox.com/2014/7/22/5927775/why-are-iphone-sales-skyrocketing-while-ipad-sales-keep-falling

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Its official: tablets are shitty devices, people stopped copping [View all] , Orbit_Established, Sat Jul-26-14 05:36 AM
 
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I think Android tablets are still moving units well...
Jul 24th 2014
I think Android tablets are still moving units well...
Jul 24th 2014
1
Yeah no.
Jul 24th 2014
2
Honestly, I've gotten bored with them
Jul 24th 2014
3
yeah my kids fight over our iPhones when we have 2 iPads here to use...
Jul 27th 2014
16
To be honest, I infrequently use my retina mini.
Jul 24th 2014
4
yeah and nah
Jul 25th 2014
5
I think there's less incentive to upgrade compared to phones
Jul 25th 2014
6
My Nexus 7 stop charging and I was like...meh.
Jul 25th 2014
7
I had the same problem... flashed a new ROM on it & replaced...
Jul 25th 2014
8
      just ordered a new on off amazon.
Aug 22nd 2014
40
Nope I use my Nexus 7 daily.....
Jul 25th 2014
9
^^^
Jul 27th 2014
15
use my ipad daily
Jul 25th 2014
10
That article seems to be in flat-out, insulated denial.
Jul 25th 2014
11
LOL Yall fell for it.
Jul 25th 2014
12
the upgrade cycle is just twice as long as phones
Jul 25th 2014
13
we're still on the iPad 2
Jul 25th 2014
14
Still rocking my HP TouchPad.
Jul 28th 2014
17
      damn
Jul 29th 2014
20
      I love webOS' card system
Aug 04th 2014
26
      solid machine
Jul 29th 2014
21
      my battery ran down like 4 mos ago, now wont turn on
Jul 30th 2014
23
I use my phone in public but my ipad at home
Jul 29th 2014
18
Phones get bought more often because of contract subsidies.
Jul 29th 2014
19
You should be an analyst
Jul 30th 2014
22
AND carriers provide incentives to encourage frequent upgrades
Jul 31st 2014
24
we have tablets that are rarely ever used
Aug 03rd 2014
25
honestly, the little shitty android tablets ARE useless
Aug 04th 2014
27
      ^^^^^^^^^
Aug 04th 2014
28
      Nah b...
Aug 04th 2014
30
Everyone has them now and don't really have
Aug 04th 2014
29
faster processors/multi core processors, better 3D, and better video.
Aug 04th 2014
31
Basically. My shit can run FTL and I can read comics.
Aug 04th 2014
32
      Exactly.
Aug 05th 2014
34
      A 400 dollar comic reader? Bwahahahah. L
Aug 21st 2014
38
           Not at all. If you find utility in a Tandy laptop
Aug 22nd 2014
39
           Please point out, exactly, where he said he paid $400.
Aug 22nd 2014
41
           He made an assumption...
Aug 22nd 2014
42
                Lulz...I've spent better money in the strip club.
Aug 23rd 2014
43
                Me too. Enjoy life.
Aug 23rd 2014
45
                He's making a whole lot of assumptions.
Aug 24th 2014
47
           Hole up my nigga, ain't you get the 32GB jawn to read PDFs?
Aug 23rd 2014
44
                ^FADC+ULTRA
Aug 23rd 2014
46
                Not a penny of my personal doe : - )
Aug 24th 2014
48
If this were a serious conversation on the topic, we'd be talking about
Aug 05th 2014
33
I agree fully
Aug 18th 2014
35
that surface though
Aug 21st 2014
36
Just resurrected my Nexus 7 with a dock.
Aug 21st 2014
37
laptops still exist, and they make them light if that's your thing
Aug 25th 2014
49
      You know, I actually DO HAVE something good to say about tablets
Aug 25th 2014
50
           Books. Yes.
Aug 25th 2014
51
           Not books in general. Technical and textbooks? Yes.
Aug 25th 2014
53
                Anyone that says that they are fair isn't.
Aug 26th 2014
58
           In terms of productivity, tablets are really good at SPECIFIC things.
Aug 25th 2014
52
                Fair enough....you sound sincere
Aug 25th 2014
54
                Yeah. But like you said it all boils down to tablets being readers.
Aug 25th 2014
55
                     This is a good analysis. Thanks for this. n/m
Aug 25th 2014
56
                my dad is debating getting one for teaching guitar
Aug 26th 2014
57
                     The Surface does seem to have gotten it right
Aug 27th 2014
62
Tablet = Computer. It's up to the user to find utility.
Aug 26th 2014
59
So you agree then that ppl are paying $500+ for slightly better
Aug 26th 2014
60
      People are going to buy what they are going to use.
Aug 27th 2014
61
           People are going to buy what the RDF tells them to by
Aug 27th 2014
63

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