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Andrew H. · 08-29-2012, 07:46 PM

I think that the market for a 5.5" tablet would be limited, primarily because it will overlap with people who have smartphones.

While there may be a niche market for people without smartphones - kids and adults - I suspect that that niche will probably be filled by something like the iPod touch. So the remaining market of non smartphone non Touch owning people may be too small to make a good tablet in that form factor viable.

08-29-2012, 07:46 PM	#50
Andrew H. Grand Master of Flowers Posts: 2,201 Karma: 8389072 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Naptown Device: Kindle PW, Kindle 3 (aka Keyboard), iPhone, iPad 3 (not for reading)	I think that the market for a 5.5" tablet would be limited, primarily because it will overlap with people who have smartphones. While there may be a niche market for people without smartphones - kids and adults - I suspect that that niche will probably be filled by something like the iPod touch. So the remaining market of non smartphone non Touch owning people may be too small to make a good tablet in that form factor viable.