iPad Recorded Highest Market Share in First Quarter Since 2014 According to IDC

[femike]

Apple has the only real 13in tablet on the market today. (tablet=HW+SW)
Android tablets are hardly available here, and generally not supported by Google, and updates from OEMs is not good.
Google is not interested in Android tablets. They are probably looking at ChromeOS tablets.

 

[Dysnomia]

Im ready to throw my money for a new iPad. A mini.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Does Apple really need to come up with their own in-house alternatives for everything? Off-hand, Office is already available on iOS, and there’s Lumafusion if you desire a more powerful video editor.

Well, was Aperture, Final Cut Pro, iWorks, iLife important to Mac growth in the 00's? Personally, I'd say yes. Eventually as the Mac regained popularity in the 00's and companies started developing better software for it Apple did lay off it's homespun titles because they were no longer necessary. I am merely suggesting Apple should try the same strategy -- actually they are because the iLife and iWorks apps are included with every iPad. The problem is, as said in my original post, they are in bad need of an update, and as-is not really useful or compelling to many as a reason to try the iPad as a laptop substitute -- a core of Apple's iPad push.

As I noted in my original post, which you conveniently ignored, yes, there are similar apps available for the iPad, but 1) at a cost that might be a barrier to entry for many. Not everyone wants a $100 annual subscription for a word processor. And 2) requires consumers to spend time sorting out the good apps from the mediocre and bad ones, the easy to learn from the steep learning curve. OTOH Apple knows how to make powerful software that is easy to learn. That's an advantage Apple should use here but is wasting it.

 

[jaisin]

IDK the surface is still the better all around tablet

I think the opposite is true. The Surface is an awful tablet, but a decent computer. I had a Surface Pro for a while along with iPad and Chromebook.

I eventually sold the Surface and Chromebook once I could afford a 2015 MacBook Pro 15”. I liked the Chromebook a lot for its simplicity, but the lack of backlit keyboard and poor screen quality didn’t make it worth keeping anymore.

The Surface Pro was cool at first, and I used it for my last year in college... or attempted to. The screen was too small to make coding fun on it, and the battery didn’t last long to be very useful in classes without plugging in.

I tried taking notes with it, and the pen worked fairly well. Battery life was major obstacle along with Windows itself. Thought since it was a Microsoft product the drivers would work well, but there are countless issues posted across forums about them.

The machine was horrible at standby and sleeping. Unexplainably it would turn on in backpack, i5 running heated up, fans switch to high... by the time I would notice the battery had been completely drained.

I also tried using iPad and Nexus tablet for classes. iPad was reliable as usual... could go whole day without battery dying, but did miss some of the x86 apps for Surface.

At first running x86 Desktop apps on Surface was exciting, but eventually the novelty wore off... most apps like Chrome did not work well with touchscreen. The Windows Store was and still is severely lacking in decent touchscreen apps.

When using the Surface, I was mostly forced to run x86 apps. After attempting to do touchscreen only for months, I gave in and got keyboard cover and mouse.

The keyboard covers would randomly lose connection and would not reconnect after physically disconnecting and reconnecting. I had to frequently restart Windows to get it to work. The mouse worked decent, but scrolling in Windows with mouse was awful compared to OS X.

Near the end I would sit in class looking at people on their MacBooks or Windows laptops wondering why I even bothered with Surface... by the time I factored in keyboard cover, mouse, and other accessories I could have purchased decent laptop... especially since it seemed to only work well as a laptop by using x86 apps.

At home trying to use it anywhere other than a desk was painful... the screen was too heavy when on lap making it awkward to balance. The stand did not offer the flexibility of a laptop screen so was forced to look at it at fixed angles sometimes.

I kept it for a year after got a new MacBook Pro to see if better apps ever arrived in Windows Store, but nothing ever really changed. It was still best when used with x86 apps while ignoring touchscreen, so I sold it.

I keep Windows 10 installed in Parallels and Bootcamp on my MacBook Pro. Apples drivers work great, even better than the Surface drivers. It’s always funny that my best Windows experiences have been on Apple computers.

These days I have iPhone X 256GB, iPhone 7 Plus 256GB backup phone, and iPad Pro 10.5 64GB to go along with my computers. I no longer own any Android phones or tablets after years of giving them a chance. No longer own any PCS or Windows tablets.

iPhone X is so fast and portable that I rarely use my computers these days since mostly do media consumption. Turn on the MacBook Pro for backing iOS devices and other random tasks maybe once a week. The iPad Pro 10.5 is my go to if need a bigger screen for extended web browsing or video watching.

I wasn’t sure if I’d miss Android or Windows after years of having them there, but after almost a year I don’t miss them at all. Less friction with all devices syncing easily together. Less frustration not having to troubleshoot random Windows issues... I worked in tech support so always could fix my Surface, but when you work on fixing stuff all day it’s nice to come home to stuff that just works.

The iOS and Mac OS devices have an issue here and there cause nothing is perfect, but they definitely have been way more reliable than my Surface ever was or my Android devices. Probably no going back for me at this point... only thought of Windows would be maybe a custom gaming desktop solely for gaming. Have no current thoughts of returning to Android right now.

A Pixel would be nice to have as backup, but even that doesn’t work great. When kept Android as backup, if I didn’t use it for days when I turned it on it would take 5 minutes for it to catch up on missed notifications etc. it would bog down and be unusable while catching up.

Having a second iPhone was the best decision I made last year. I can backup X to 7 Plus with exact mirror of apps via ITunes or iCloud, and then turn it off. If I ever turn it on it runs great from boot up and syncs messages, contacts, emails etc flawlessly. If hammer X battery all day can just SIM swap to 7 Plus and keep rolling. Feels great lol