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Originally Posted by leebase
Folks need to understand Apple. They do not follow trends just to follow trends. They do not put out products in every niche. Never have. Never will.
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No companies follow trends just to follow trends. They follow trends to retain or grow market share and to preserve or grow revenues. Apple is no different.
Apple found itself behind the curve on both "phablets" and mid-sized tablets, and so they jumped on the bandwagon well after those trends had developed. Everything we've heard about Jobs and his objection to smaller tablets confirms that. When he passed away, his successors wasted no time in ignoring his previous edicts and rushed to compete with the Galaxy Tab 7.
Expect to see more bandwagon jumping in the near future from Apple as they put out a phablet in the 5" range.
--Pat