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fjtorres · 08-22-2015, 06:53 PM

The sales reports on tablets address a drop in actual sales, not in sales rate.
Old tablets simply aren't being replaced as they break and the new models aren't compelling many existing users to upgrade. The installed base is actually declining.

In parallel to this, convertibles have become lighter, thinner, with longer battery lives *and* lower prices. Not many tablets can match the utility of something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Transform...ertible+tablet

Much less at $299 including the Keyboard.

Which leads to stories like this from an Apple Beat writer:

http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1775508...rand=ZDNET&s=5

08-22-2015, 06:53 PM	#8
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The sales reports on tablets address a drop in actual sales, not in sales rate. Old tablets simply aren't being replaced as they break and the new models aren't compelling many existing users to upgrade. The installed base is actually declining. In parallel to this, convertibles have become lighter, thinner, with longer battery lives and lower prices. Not many tablets can match the utility of something like this: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Transform...ertible+tablet Much less at $299 including the Keyboard. Which leads to stories like this from an Apple Beat writer: http://ct.zdnet.com/clicks?t=1775508...rand=ZDNET&s=5