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Tablet market stalls because there’s not much new to buy (www.theregister.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/android

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Honestly, I'm baffled by the tablet market. Everyone puts out underpowered devices. Even Google! How can you, in good faith, justify a tablet having a slower processor and less memory than a phone while trying to advertise it as the superior device, perfect for editing and whatnot?

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[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What constitutes good? And what makes an iPad good? I had an iPad pro about 4 years ago and I hated it and its' idiotic appleisms. People were paroting that iPad is the way to go back then as well and I fell for it. I switched to a Samsung Tab S7+ and couldn't be happier. I still use it daily, it does everything I need it to do and it does it better than the iPad.

[–] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I've had my ipad for 6 years and still feels new. Still gets updates.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 hours ago

Apps stop working on them, just because you can't update the app. Like currently functioning apps that don't require internet (but still use it for ads and tracking you).

I've had games that worked fine just stop because theres no update for an older iPad, yet the game works fine (think games like Risk, Solitaire, Dominoes, etc).

That's unacceptable, and why I'll never own another one.