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Here's a chart from a few years ago about the rise of the Phablet (phones larger than 4 inch width). May have something to do with it. Larger screens on phones reduce the demand for full size tablets.

46 posted on 08/02/2017 3:33:12 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)

Here's a chart from a few years ago about the rise of the Phablet (phones larger than 4 inch width). May have something to do with it. Larger screens on phones reduce the demand for full size tablets.

These are Calendar Quarters being represented in this chart.

In Quarter 4 2012, Apple had just introduced the 5" diagonal iPhone, so iOS users found a way to buy a larger iPhone they liked. In 2014, the 5.5" iPhone 6 plus appeared and the iPad was cannibalized by the sale of the larger phablet iPhones. A lot of people so no reason to buy two devices. Some of us with failing eyesight (at least until we got our lenses replaced and got back our 20/20 vision) still bought the larger screen iPads.

58 posted on 08/02/2017 5:11:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)

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