Regards
Craig
On Jul 27, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No oxymoron. New data show that the limited-use tablets, the ones like iPads,
are dropping off in sales, much more than PCs are. Like, more than twice as
much, as percentage year to year. But you have to look at new data, not rely
on your three year old numbers.
PC drop in sales is greater Bert.
Go back and look again. What is the drop in PC sales? What is the drop in
iPad and Samsung tablet sales? Numbers.
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.7 million units in the first quarter of
2015, a 5.2 percent decline from the first quarter of 2014, according to
preliminary results by Gartner, Inc.
Following several years of huge tablet growth, IDC now expects tablet sales
to increase in the single digits for the next five years, following 4.4
percent growth in 2014 and 52.5 percent growth in 2013. In a sign of eroding
demand, tablets posted their first-ever shipment decline in the fourth
quarter of last year.
There are a huge number of people in the U.S. With both smartphones
and tablets.
And they are quick to buy the new, bigger smartphone, but not the new tablet.
For one thing, the smartphone is something they carry around all the time.
Not only do they look at *it* constantly, but they also show everyone around
them how cool they are. It's a fashion accessory. The tablet is none of those
things.
You're just waving your arms, Craig. I can tell you that my wife certainly
uses her new smartphone more now, and her Amazon tablet less, even to read
books. That's neither here nor there. My guess is that tablets are getting
used less, and it's at least as credible as any guess you can come up with.
Until you have real data, you are just waving your arms.
I provided you with plenty of good evidence. You choose to ignore it.
You provided only an article from 2012. I make it a point to ignore anything
that old, when it comes to describing current day behavior. So yes, I chose
to ignore your outdated article.
