I almost never see anyone using tablets anymore

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DipDipDiver
12/07/2023
10:38 AM
#1
It was just a few years ago that they were everywhere. Am I living in a bubble, or did the world just collectively move on from those things?
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GrandConjuraton
12/07/2023
10:39 AM
#2
I just bought a Samsung Tab S9 for Black Friday, x.x
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Tyranthraxus
12/07/2023
10:41 AM
#3
They're ok for watching streams and not much else. When you think about it Kindle Fires are kinda all you need.
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CADE_FOSTER
12/07/2023
10:41 AM
#5
tablets at home sure anywhere else phone
Trumpo
12/07/2023
10:45 AM
#6
They are dorky looking
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Tyranthraxus
12/07/2023
10:46 AM
#7
DuranOfForcena posted...
remember when "phablets" were a thing? bigger than regular smartphones but not quite as big as tablets. then regular smartphones just kept getting bigger and bigger, so they are the size phablets were and that's just a phone now.
These are kinda making a comeback in the form of flip phones
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DipDipDiver
12/07/2023
10:47 AM
#9
GrandConjuraton posted...
I just bought a Samsung Tab S9 for Black Friday, x.x
Yeah my wife wants to get my son one for Christmas, and it occurred to me that I don't see people use them much anymore
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CADE_FOSTER
12/07/2023
10:48 AM
#10
DipDipDiver posted...
Yeah my wife wants to get my son one for Christmas, and it occurred to me that I don't see people use them much anymore
if people have kids yeah otherwise why
LeoRavus
12/07/2023
10:50 AM
#11
DuranOfForcena posted...
remember when "phablets" were a thing? bigger than regular smartphones but not quite as big as tablets. then regular smartphones just kept getting bigger and bigger, so they are the size phablets were and that's just a phone now.

I thought that was what people called smartphones over 6" back in the day. When people were using 4" iphones and shit
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CADE_FOSTER
12/07/2023
10:51 AM
#12
LeoRavus posted...
I thought that was what people called smartphones over 6" back in the day. When people were using 4" iphones and shit
it was
Thewinner14
12/07/2023
10:53 AM
#13
I see plenty of people using tablets still.

Speaking of phablets, who else remembers netbooks
Tyranthraxus
12/07/2023
10:55 AM
#14
LeoRavus posted...
I thought that was what people called smartphones over 6" back in the day. When people were using 4" iphones and shit
Even some phones like Samsung note which were a little smaller than 6" got called phablets. At the time a 7" device was considered a tablet. These days a 7" device is considered useless junk. Too big to fit in the pocket and sucks at everything a 10"+ tablet can do
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boomgetchopped3
12/07/2023
10:56 AM
#15
Tablets were once great back when everything was designed for desktop. They filled that niche where you could still use a site even if it wasnt designed for mobile. But now that everything is designed for phone they dont help me.
archizzy
12/07/2023
10:57 AM
#16
I only use a tablet at home. I havent had a desktop in 12 years at home, never owned a laptop, and have never owned a cellphone. My internet usage is 100% through a tablet at home.
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GMAK2442
12/07/2023
10:57 AM
#17
When I know that mobile phone are very popular, I say that tablet are too. Tactile bigger.
Chadawah
12/07/2023
10:57 AM
#18
Did people actually say phablets? I never heard that until today. I don't like it.
DipDipDiver
12/07/2023
10:58 AM
#19
Chadawah posted...
Did people actually say phablets? I never heard that until today. I don't like it.
Yeah I never heard that either lol
Would have gotten a side eye for sure
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LeoRavus
12/07/2023
11:00 AM
#20
Chadawah posted...
Did people actually say phablets? I never heard that until today. I don't like it.

Yeah, mostly reviewers. They called my Nexus 6 a phablet. It was my first phone that wasn't flip or Windows.
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s0nicfan
12/07/2023
11:01 AM
#21
I feel like once the gimmick settled down, tablets kind of found their natural place with e-readers. That, and I see a lot of musicians who will use it for sheet music or lyrics because it fits neatly on a music stand.
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CableZL
12/07/2023
11:02 AM
#22
I've been using my iPad regularly since I bought it early this year.
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OriginalPlain2
12/07/2023
11:03 AM
#23
My son broke my iPad I was letting him use. $450 waste
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pretzelcoatl
12/07/2023
11:13 AM
#24
I recently bought a tablet and have been loving it for D&D
Chadawah
12/07/2023
12:26 PM
#25
Every time I read "phablet" I hear it in valley girl voice.
FL81
12/07/2023
12:27 PM
#26
tablets were obsolete the moment laptops and smartphones were invented
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Chadawah
12/07/2023
12:30 PM
#27
FL81 posted...
tablets were obsolete the moment laptops and smartphones were invented
What tablet came before laptops?
FL81
12/07/2023
01:24 PM
#28
Chadawah posted...
What tablet came before laptops?
exactly

tablets were already obsolete a good decade before they were introduced
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PeteyParker
12/07/2023
01:27 PM
#29
Tyranthraxus posted...
They're ok for watching streams and not much else. When you think about it Kindle Fires are kinda all you need.

They are great for reading comic books. Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe have to be sideloaded to work on a Kindle Fire (not to mention the screen is smaller than a traditional comic book). I literally use my iPad Air every day to read something.
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Chadawah
12/07/2023
01:27 PM
#30
FL81 posted...
exactly

tablets were already obsolete a good decade before they were introduced
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Axiom
12/07/2023
01:41 PM
#31
Really old people and little kids still use them
BigMeatyClaws
12/07/2023
01:41 PM
#32
They are too big
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Gobstoppers12
12/07/2023
01:42 PM
#33
Tablets are just big clunky phones, or laptops without keyboards. They exist in an in between space where the average person would rather use a phone or a laptop in any situation where they'd use a tablet.

One of the only groups of people I know who use tablets consistently are artists.
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geshkigal
12/07/2023
03:38 PM
#34
I should probably get one for planes and recipes.
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garan
12/07/2023
03:43 PM
#35
I use my tablet all the fucking time.
Cephalopods
12/07/2023
03:45 PM
#36
Chadawah posted...
Did people actually say phablets? I never heard that until today. I don't like it.
Yeah this topic is my first exposure to that word and I hate it.
Zwijn
12/07/2023
03:46 PM
#37
Use my iPad every day still. I read comics on it, play games on it and draw on it. Im still waiting for the day I can entirely ditch desktops in favor of it but itll take a while before every company moves over their desktop class programs to tablets and phones.
HBOSS
12/07/2023
03:48 PM
#38
I picked up nearly all square-enix rpgs for android during golden week a few years back. play them on a fire10 tablet.

I know my older cousin would take out her ipad to take pictures. We laugh about it and now she brings it out on purpose for thanksgiving & christmas.
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GuerrillaSoldier
12/07/2023
03:48 PM
#39
i never saw anyone using one in public. only phones.

every time i use a tablet, it's at home, and i realize it would be better to just use a laptop so i eventually just use that instead.

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