Are Android tablets no longer a great choice? This is a question that needs to be asked, with the answers quite obvious. Tablets were one of the innovative technologies to roam the Earth just a while ago, but with its obvious decline, could we be facing an extinct or rarity of this tech?
Tech lovers or the masses have a belief that tablets are amazing but not worth the price anymore. The public’s preferred choices of a smartphone or laptop with more features have overpowered the no longer idealistic Android Tablet. The lack of interest is so high that even companies and developers that make these great but dying gadgets seem to have lost interest, except for Amazon, of course, who is holding strong and hoping for a better future, with Samsung still creating quality gadgets but losing sales.
So we can say the decline of Android tablets might be as a result of the very solid growth and development of smartphones and sophisticated PCs, especially as they can do most of what a tablet can do and more, making the idea of tablets surplus to requirements or unnecessary.
A recent report showed a global decline or fall in the tablet market. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the global market for tablets declined 18.1 percent in the first quarter, and a slate of tablets dropped by 36.4 percent.
while a survey from Digitimes Research also showed a 33.6 percent decline. There are predictions stating the global tablet market is likely to rise, but not rise enough to be competitive with smartphones or laptops.
So, can we now say the end of tablets is near? Not likely. Not our call. Where we have a say could be the logical reasoning that tells us there might be no need to get one, except it comes with features that the smartphone and laptop do not possess. That is one way forward, creating superb features that the smartphone and laptop do not simply possess. At least this reason is one of the many thoughts consumers have, which pulls them far from purchasing one.
But Digitimes didn’t totally see a downside in their research, with them stating that the top brands of tablet making, Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Lenovo, Microsoft and Amazon, are likely to see a surge in the next quarter with increased orders.
With companies struggling, the survival of tablets is at stake, especially Android tablets. Apple, which once dominated the making of tablets with its iPad, recorded a minor growth of 3% in 2017, quite little but still impressive, especially with the over the years decline. On the other hand, Samsung took a fall-over, hitting a low of -6.4%. This was the rise of Amazon, pulling into the second place position in the final quarter. With Amazon doing all it takes to survive in the market, their strategy and zeal are their helping factors.
While Google, at the far end, no longer shows significant interest in putting forth efforts to advance their Android tablets, making none of their products since 2011 able to compete or rival the iPad.
Amazon tablets, which seem to have the current edge in the fight for the survival of tablets, make tablets significantly to suit you. Prices remain low, with regular imperative features like the availability of apps, movies, music, books, games, magazines, and all the content you could possibly desire.
The beauty of Amazon Fire tablets is that it’s quite different from the iPad in the sense that Apple makes its gadgets strictly for Apple lovers, and Amazon can simply rule the Android region, with an even cheaper price that can help keep them in the game against the iPad.
But with only a few companies as the forerunners in a quest to keep tablets alive and to remain competitive in the industry. Can we still say, despite their efforts, that tablets are going to get a growing fan base to prevent them from crashing totally out of the tech world? It only takes a matter of time for us to find out, but for now, a vast part of the world would rather get a smartphone and a laptop instead.
With the coronavirus pandemic as a major factor in declining businesses, anything is possible in terms of low income, but besides this. The tablet world has been struggling to survive with great devices like Android TV stick and Box; smartphones with the ability to fold and turn themselves into reliable tablets; and even high grade laptops, though a lot of innovative ideas in tech are rampaging. Are Android tablets still worth it? Give us your take.