[opendtv] Re: EE Times: Smartphone Shipments Down for First Time
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 03:06:27 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
Ever hear about Microsoft a Surface?
So here again, Craig. Since you saw that I specifically addressed the Microsoft
Surface, why didn't you go back and delete your knee-jerk comment?
Already tablets have taken over all kinds of tasks that formerly required
a PC.
They aren't tablets, they are more accurately called PCs, or the now-common
term "two-in-one." Laptop PCs with detachable touch display. The Surface is now
exclusively an x86 architecture device. The previous ARM-based Surface is
history, Craig. The new Surface tablets, like the original Surface Pro model,
run the same Windows OS and the same apps as any PC. But the lesser tablets, I
guess they call them "slates," are in steep decline.
No Bert, they are not in decline.
Did you bother looking at the graph you posted? It shows negative growth for
tablets, Craig. Numbers well below PC sales. Did you bother reading the article
in the link I provided?
The reality is that people have, finally, gotten past the giddy enthusiasm for
the original tablet formula. That's what the article explains. Phablets are far
more convenient, and PCs (including laptops and Surface type devices) are
infinitely more useful. That leaves tablets with only small, niche roles.
I always thought the term coined by the trade press, "post-PC era," was absurd.
But now that the smartphones are showing declining sales, I'm waiting for that
same trade press to coin an equally nonsensical term, "post-smartphone era."
Bert
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