Are tablets obsolete at this point? Do people still buy them?

why would i want to buy a $2000 facebook machine when i can just buy a $20 tablet to check emails

A surface is hardly a tablet.

>>60530884
> are tablets obsolete at this point?
hell no
> Do people still buy them
yes, but not a lot since old tablets still functions perfectly, unlike smartphones

Industry still doesn't deliver decent tablets for desktop replacement. More money to be made with overpriced toy tablets.

>>60530884
Yes

because of tech illiteracy

>>60530911
Sadly, their are people that will do this.
>Spend $1000-2000 on tech
>Just to fuck around on social media and play stupid ass mobile games.

>>60530884
I want a nexus 7 2017 so I can change my nexus 7 2012

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>tfw no coffee tablet facebook

>>60530884

People still buy them, sure.

But an iPad 2 is still perfectly usable today so why upgrade?

The market sure looks like shit.

I'm looking for a tablet to shitpost in my favourite Egyptian cotton trading forum and to watch some videos.

I guess I will just have to keep using my phone.

Major brands are absolutely horrendous. You can't find anything in the 200€ range that isn't a 720p display with a hamster and a wheel for a power source. Chink shit uses w10 besides being a gamble.

>>60530884
I kinda want one, but I'm pretty sure I'm just deluding myself into thinking I'll get any practical use out of a $200 toy.

To those of you with tablets - what do you use them for? Are they convenient and useful enough to justify the price?

>>60532735
- Consuming media. Since I have the tablet for that, this allows me to pick a smaller, battery focused phone and a larger work focused laptop
- Reading books
- Writing with stylus
- Games. No games on phone.

>>60531656
Yep

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https://us.kobobooks.com/products/kobo-aura-one
Is this e-reader worth it?

Non ironically been using my iPad Mini 2 as a temporary mousepad for the last three months.

>>60532854
Even a QcK would be better.

I really like them when I'm out of town or at my cabin. Being able to watch movies/tv on my dock is awesome, and they're more portable than a laptop (although a laptop is admittedly basically just as good, as well as being way better in almost every other area)

convertibles are still very popular

>>60532832

Bad experience with it myself. Bought it, screen broke/froze after a MINUTE. Returned it, got a new one, then the same thing happened three days later.

>>60532797
In my case, I already got a good laptop, so I have a hard time justifying it being useful in work/studying,especially since I mainly do math./coding work. But it might be neat to have as just an all-round media hub around the house, combined with a note-taker/general planner.

I use my old 2012 iPad occasionally for reading manga.

Other than that they're pretty much dead unless you like to view a bunch of 4:3 content from old TV shows.

I still use my Shamsung Note10, first model, till this day.
I mainly use it for drawing, light programming, watching things and to VNC to computers from around the house or garden.

U N R O O T E D.
Fuck you, Touchjizz multi-window is still better than Androids shit-tier official version that came years later.
And that is even considering the Touchjizz Window Manager is fucking awful.
Combined with a floating window app it is a dream.

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>>60530884
I want a gimmicky tablet like the Yoga even though I don't really need one

>>60532832

an ereader is a great to have, unlike a tablet which is basically a larger phone without a Sim, or a shit Win 10 laptop (Surface Pro etc. excluded).

Kobo went full retard with the One and the new H2O though - the very best reason to get a larger ereader over a common 6" one is to read manga or comics, and in their infinite wisdom they decided to scrap the micro SD expansion slot.

>>60532037
G pad 8.3, 1080p, 8.3", nice finish, quad core and 2Gb ram. Also some custom roms available, I'm using lineage

>>60530884

I have the 12.9" iPad Pro, and it's awesome. Having touch, digitizer, and keyboard rolled into one device -- a device which is running an actual touch-friendly OS with actual touch-friendly apps -- is pretty great. Plus, it's cellular, which means I can use it anywhere.

As far as usefulness, I use it at uni. Note-taking, ebook reading, etc are use cases that it's uniquely qualified for. Outside those, it's pretty good at everyday computer stuff: web browsing, music/video, some light photography and image editing, etc. About the only thing I can't do with it is programming.

>>60530978
>surface is hardly a tablet.
Yep, you're right. It is a terrible tablet. No apps and desktop programs suck on a touch screen.
Sucks as a laptop too since the screen won't stay in place. Surface owners are buyer's remorse in waiting.
t.former Surface owner before returning to Costco

Comics & Manga

>>60530884
tablets are for normies

>>60535824

Only if you're an idiot. A tablet is only as good as its user.

>le tablets are useless meme
tablets are perfect for browsing the web or watching some videos on your couch.

>>60535959

Tablets are perfect for lots of things. It's just a matter of relearning some things.

>>60535959
A laptop is better in every way.

For starters you don't have to hold on to it constantly.

Only Android tablets are obsolete when 2 in 1 Chromebooks exist that are a hundred times better than tablets for both productivity since you have an actual keyboard and for media consumption since the screen is bigger. Ipads still serve a purpose since they actually have a proper app ecosystem for tablets that Android doesn't have.

>>60536041

You could say the inverse just as easily. A tablet is something you don't always have to have a clear surface and/or a chair in order to use to its fullest.

That aside, it's not even true that you have to hold on to a tablet 'constantly'. Even the OP's image shows tablets not being held.

>>60536095
If the form factor is a problem then you just get a keyboard case like OP pic related, and then you have the best of both worlds.

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>>60530884
>Are tablets obsolete at this point?

No. Most non-power users will have their needs met with a tablet. There are already apps for just about everything they need.

>>60530884
Nexus 7 2013 was the first and last realistic tablet. Decent launch price, decent lifespan barring any weird failures, varied uses, small enough to pass/show to others with one hand while working, large enough for media consumption. Allows for supplementation with bluetooth keyboard, headset, speakers, gamepad, etc. Sure, that can be done with a smartphone too but the size of the Nexus 7 made those investments viable.

Nowadays you can only aim up at far more expensive Surface tablets, iPads, Dell Latitude/Lenovo 2-in-1s or aim beneath sea level at anything chinkshit. The only mid-range item like the Nexus 7 is the Chromebook, which is a laptop or a 2-in-1. There really needs to be a new Nexus 7 or something like it, I'm still using mine.

>>60535394
What would you do with it?!?!?!?!

>want a tablet for weebshit
>no good visual novels for Android and vnds has horrible support
>no good manga downloader/update checker/reader for Windows
Should I just dual boot a Surface Pro 3 or what?

>>60536183
I don't know. I just want to buy stuff in an meaningless effort to fill the emptiness in me.

>>60536269
I didn't come to this board to feel man.

I honestly kind of want an iPad pro, to draw on mostly.

>>60537516
You'll get one and then realise that it was a complete waste of money.

>>60532735
I own a 12.9" iPad Pro though with my company discount I only paid $500 for everything including AppleCare+ and a Apple pencil

I love it, and for the most part its completely replaced my laptop.

>browsing 4chan
>drawing
>reading
>occasional games


I have my desktop if I need a full computer. I'm probably going to give my mother my Macbook since she needs a new computer.