Thread 106971210

Why have small tablets basically died out? 12 years ago we had stuff like the Nexus 7 and it was great.
Nowadays only Apple makes a decently usable small (8 inches or below) tablet, all Android ones have terrible displays and weak specs in general.

>>106971210 (OP)
"Died out"? It was never a trend to begin with.

>>106971222
They were much more popular in the past

>>106971254
There's 8 billions people on planet Earth.
How many % them adopted "small tablets", at its peak? 0.01%? 0.001%?

It was never a thing.

whats the point of a phone sized tablet

>>106971301
What's the point of a tablet sized phone?

>>106971301
It's not phone sized, it's the sweet spot between the size of a regular phone and a regular tablet. It's the best form factor for watching stuff lying on the side in your bed. Phone screens are too small.

Do people still buy tablets in general anymore?

>>106971300
>It was never a thing.
I never claimed it was the biggest trend and everyone had one. I just noticed that today there are less small tablet models than in the past. That's all.

>>106971316
My mom does. Mostly to play bridge in front of TV.
She also step on the damn thing, by accident, twice a year on average.
So I can personally vouch that at least two tablets are still bought yearly, at the present time.

>>106971312
so you dont need to carry an extra device

>>106971210 (OP)
lenovo y700

>>106971361
That thing is too overpowered, because it's for faggy gaymers

>>106971361
kys shill

>>106971383
Used Mi Pad 4

It's not my fault the market is cucked beyond recognition

>>106971399
Go get your organ harvested already.

>>106971335
Same with mine. She sneezes all over it too so you can feel the hardened remnants of her flem when she asks you to sort something out on it.

>>106971405
Doing that won't uncuck the world back to old normal

>>106971210 (OP)
Phones got larger. The gap between the two blurred to the point phones and tablets have similar sizes, similar hardware, similar software... There's no divide between them anymore, it's all the same.

>>106971417
Welp, it's our Ma' bro. Guess we have to remain strong.

>>106971222
Gen Beta fag

>>106971210 (OP)
Apple and Samsung pretty much won the tablet market. If people wanted to spend more, they might as well get a bigger tablet, they're not going to spend more than $150 on a tablet barely larger than their phone.
The iPad mini is a special case because so many businesses use it as POS machines, restaurant ordering, digital signage, etc. It's a $650 5G iPad vs. $7k for a custom windows system.

>>106971210 (OP)
I miss netbooks
>Get a Chromeb
Fuck you

>>106971474
What's wrong with chromebooks?
I got a shitty 11" lenovo and flashed an open bios to it. It runs Linux mint with 17 hours battery life, all for $130.

>>106971474
current 13 inch laptops are bezel-less so are similar in size are also cheap when used

>>106971312
Yes, they use them instead of pacifiers.

>>106971210 (OP)
them dying out was bearable when phones were getting bigger
the real catastrophe is that small tablets dying out got followed by 16:9 phones also dying out, using new phones to read or write stuff feels like shit

>>106971210 (OP)
alive and well anon

>>106971612
>What's wrong with chromebooks?
jewgle

>>106971210 (OP)
why buy a tablet with 7 inches when any phone has 6 inches? Are you stupid?

>>106973668
Because 6 inches is too small for watching videos

>>106971210 (OP)
because all phones are big now

>>106971314
>. It's the best form factor for watching stuff lying on the side in your bed. P
TV? Laptop? stupid nigger

>>106971210 (OP)
They peaked with the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0" in 2015.
>crisp 320ppi AMOLED HD display
>3GB RAM, which is still usable with most apps if you aren't into gaming (I recommend flashing LineageOS and buying the SM-T810 model)
>lightweight and thin, but has a battery that can be replaced fairly easily and cheap on eBay
>and speaking of cheap, you can buy one of these for 30-50 bucks used
I mean, if you're looking for something that can handle more graphically-intense apps or games, I wouldn't recommend this tablet. I don't know how well a 2015-era Snapdragon would handle with those.
But, if you're into using this for media like watching youtube, reading books, or web browsing, it's buttery smooth.
I've suggested this tablet for those who just want to use it for basic things and not spend so much, and it's OLED. (most small tablets today are LCD)

>>106974436
>buying the SM-T810 model
Brainfart. I meant to say SM-T713 model, not the T810.

>>106971210 (OP)
Big phones.
Isn't that a 7 inch pixel tablet? One of the first?
Nowadays phones are as big as that.

>>106971254
>They were much more popular in the past
They weren't popular.
Companies tried to market them, hence the extra publicity and media presence, but ultimately failed and they basically disappeared.

I'm going in a different thought direction here...

People ditched Android tablets because Google fucks you with OS updates and obsoletes your hardware way before it's dead on it's own. People realized this and can't even use updated apps on their obsolete tablet. Case in point is that the Brave browser for example requires Android 10+ to run. Just a few months ago it worked on 7+ and then the fuckers obsoleted all prior versions just because they are too lazy to code for them anymore. And people sure as hell aren't going to get burnt again on the tablet realm. Most people use a laptop for real work. Phones for portability and communication on the go. Tablets are for old people. Kids use dedicated gaming systems for games or desktops/higher end laptops. Tablets were always underpowered for much except to look at porn and play lower quality games.

I'd actually like to get a larger Android tablet but I'd only use it for reading ebooks and guitar stuff on the go.

Phones usually get dropped or the battery goes for shit way before a tablet does. People get new phones when their service provider contracts are up too.

People would rather have a full fledged laptop running whatever OS's you want (including Android if you're a nerd and know what you're doing). Having access to all peripherals and all software is what people are used to. It's not easy to get a tablet to do real serious work and interact with a desktop machine or remote servers.