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iPad Sales May Decline to Lowest Quarterly Level Since 2011
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Apple's done the same with the iPhone for 7 years. The iPhone's next.
the iPad needs to be completely reimagined as to what gap it should be filling in peoples lives at this point. Its not useless by any means but it has so much room to improve if it wasn't shackled with staying so close to the iphone in how iOS works
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the writing has been on the wall for the iphone for awhile. There is only so much better they can make it as it gets so great each step forward gets smaller
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the writing has been on the wall for the iphone for awhile. There is only so much better they can make it as it gets so great each step forward gets smaller
I really can't understand why MacRumors is still reporting the **** coming out from DigiTimes. Everything coming form this place has always been total horse **** with no real basis whatsoever.
You could say the same thing of cars but sales over the years have generally gone up. It's not about any of the above, it's about making compelling upgrades and generating consumer demand. If Ford just kept making the Model T since 1908 and refused to make real changes over time it wouldn't be in business today.
I have an iPad Air2. I will wait to upgrade to the iPad Pro until I am convinced that it will replace the need for a laptop. I would say I am 80% there, but probably a year or two away from that last 20%. I am happy with what I have for now so hopefully this will all work out.
Well, let me see what we have. My wife, mom, mother-in-law, and brother all have iPad 2s. We are just talking now about maybe needing to upgrade.
People choose to upgrade their phones, and therefore the tablets don't get the $$ for replacement.
People choose to upgrade their phones, and therefore the tablets don't get the $$ for replacement.
I don't think so, it will help to be sure. I expect to see their stylus to be available on more units, but overall, its the market.
There's less need to upgrade like a phone. My kids and wife are on a gen 1 iPad mini, I'm on a second gen mini. For the most part none of them see a need to upgrade, even though we've had these for several years. Its not due to iOS being soo limiting, but rather there's no need to buy something else to replace it.
No more iPads for me as long as they have a crippled OS.
"Apple will ship 9.8 million iPads in the first quarter of 2016, potentially its lowest quarterly tablet sales since the iPad 2 in mid 2011, according to Taiwan-based DigiTimes Research. The research note claims Apple will account for 21% of global tablet shipments, trailed by Samsung Electronics with 14% market share."
Give us and the world something to be excited about and maybe your sales will improve. The misguided approach to placing their dev time into the iPad Pro was interesting to say the least. If you cannot scale your tech to provide a unified experience across devices then you're going to run into trouble.
Give us and the world something to be excited about and maybe your sales will improve. The misguided approach to placing their dev time into the iPad Pro was interesting to say the least. If you cannot scale your tech to provide a unified experience across devices then you're going to run into trouble.
I use my iPad mini Retina every day, but I won't upgrade any time soon — unless Apple Pencil support is added to the entire lineup.
I've recently purchased on iPad Air 2, and won't see a reason to upgrade it for at least 3-4 years.
With the lack of a giant leap from one iPad to the next these days, and the relatively light usage I use it for (occasional games and web browsing), I don't see a need to spend $750 on a new iPad every year or two.
With the lack of a giant leap from one iPad to the next these days, and the relatively light usage I use it for (occasional games and web browsing), I don't see a need to spend $750 on a new iPad every year or two.
Same here....we have an iPad air and mini 2 and they do what we want them to do so there is no need to upgrade.
I think we are seeing a saturation in the market.
I loved using my iPad Mini on the road but I ended up selling it and getting an 11" MBA. Yes it's larger and heavier but light enough to take with me during my travels with no problems.
Personally I don't see myself buying an iPad anytime soon. Once I'm ready to move on from my MBA I'll get a MacBook. But I do know many friends and family members who love their iPad's. It's worth pointing out that people tend to stick with their iPad's until they literally stop working. Many people upgrade smartphones even though their current one works just fine. Not the case with most tablet users.
Personally I don't see myself buying an iPad anytime soon. Once I'm ready to move on from my MBA I'll get a MacBook. But I do know many friends and family members who love their iPad's. It's worth pointing out that people tend to stick with their iPad's until they literally stop working. Many people upgrade smartphones even though their current one works just fine. Not the case with most tablet users.
I can understand the complaint but by the same token the writing is on the wall. Just look at past iPad sales figures from apple. This was bound to happen sooner or later given its shrinking trend.
In my personal opinion, I believe the vision of what tablets were supposed to do and be has been lost. I use mine everyday and it essentially replaced my notebook. All I need is a desktop (homebase) and a tablet. I still believe in tablets, but it would seem the developers are just not selling that vision anymore.
And with no pencil support and 3D Touch, iPad air 3 sales will be even worse
The success of Chromebooks says you're wrong about that. And the iPad is already a fantastic capable device in most ways... but there are several persistant problems: lack of multiple logins, artificially imposed restrictions on pointer input devices, clunky multitasking, and low base storage. A $600 9.7" iPad with 128GB of storage, the option of bluetooth mouse input, and a redesigned multitasking experience, would make it the "laptop replacement" many of us have been waiting for. But they won't do this, because it would bury half the Mac lineup.
And the answer is not a Microsoftian hammer-to-kill-a-fly of "OSX on a tablet". The Surface is a horrible user experience for me because it runs Windows 10. People like iOS, and vastly prefer iOS apps to desktop apps. Check sales and usage numbers if you don't believe me. Power users, scientists, businesses, etc are not "the market" for iPads, or even Macs if you look at it.
Chromebooks + new inexpensive Winbooks + education = a lost opportunity for Apple and iPads. Apple was positioned in a sweet spot for education. That turd show in LA and the prohibitive pricing didn't help Apple at all. Especially the pricing.
Couple that with the lifespan of a typical iPad (I still have the original and an iPad2) and you have a product that is a victim of it's own success. Larger phones didn't help either.
The iPad seems to a solution to a problem that no longer exists for a lot of people.
Couple that with the lifespan of a typical iPad (I still have the original and an iPad2) and you have a product that is a victim of it's own success. Larger phones didn't help either.
The iPad seems to a solution to a problem that no longer exists for a lot of people.