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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
My smartphone has a great camera and plays mp3s. Yet I still have (and regularly use) an mp3 player (actually, two of them, and neither are fruit-related) and a digital camera.
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It just depends how much people are into hobbies.
I know people like you that have an iPhone, but still use an iPod and a camera as they're listening to music all day long and take a ton of photos and care about quality.
I know others who just listen to music here and there, and don't take many photos, who have iPhones and don't own other music players or digital cameras.
The same is true with tablets and e-readers. The avid readers will want a dedicated reader even if they also buy a tablet. But the casual readers will be fine doing their little bit of reading on the tablet.
Which is again why there's plenty of room for tablets and dedicated readers on the market. Just like there's room for smartphones and mp3 players and digital cameras etc.
A dedicated device will always be superior to diehard enthusiasts of a hobby. But for casual fans of a hobby, a multifunction device likely does the job well enough for them to not need a separate, stand alone device.