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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Hmmm, where did you see this? Tablets are in no danger of disappearing.
The Chromebooks and Surface Pros are hybrids. I haven't seen an Apple or a Samsung with the keyboard attached. All the big box stores still sell tablets.
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They're still around, but they're well in decline and it certainly looks as though the long-term prognosis isn't great. The past few years have seen a marked decline in tablet sales:
Overall Tablet Market Declined By As Much As 10 Percent In 2015
Total tablet sales for the year 2016 were down 15.6 percent
The tablet market just keeps on falling: the global tablet market shipped 36.2 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a decline of 8.5% year-over-year
Most industry observers expect the decline to continue as more capable smartphones eat into the smaller-device market and laptop/hybrid devices eat into the larger tablet market:
The Tablet Is Dead: Usage Declines As Teenagers Stick With Smartphones
Tablet market 'spiraling decline' continues, Apple remains No. 1, Amazon moves up