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Old 08-22-2015, 10:16 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Jessica Lares View Post
After realizing that a tablet wasn't as great as advertised, why would you get a convertible?
Because convertibles are full-power PCs, of course.

At present there are two main designs: one has a 360 degree hinge so you can hide the keyboard behind the screen, the other approach has a detachable keyboard, so you can use it in tablet mode when it makes sense and use it as a laptop when that is more practical.

Plus it helps that convertibles all have a full complements of USB ports, video ports, SD card slots, and decades of PC software to draw upon for sideloading.

And, finally, because even the low-end models have a full power OS and CPU, not glorified cellphone tech. Which is where the Phablet comes in: Tablets are becoming tweener devices; too big to take everywhere like a phone and not functional enough to match the usually cheaper convertibles. At the smaller size, the phablet has the better connectivity and at the larger size the convertible has the better productivity.

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