It seemed that this year was going to be the large tablets. The various big brand announcements and rumors about Apple pointed in this direction. However, a Digitimes report denies the greater and says that lThe industry is backsliding on its initial aspirations to find one some reluctance in other fundamental agents in this business: developers and consumers.
Samsung has already put two 12,2-inch Android tablets on the market that were supposedly going to be answered by a similarly sized model by Appple. On Windows tablets, going beyond 11 inches is common practice.
The difference between the Microsoft OS and the others is the starting point. While Windows was always designed for a wide variety of sizes, both iOS and Android not so much. Thus, are the own creators of the iOS and Android platforms, and the developers who build applications for them, which they do not see this change with pleasure.
Digitimes mentions the case of the 13,3-inch tablet with dual boot from ASUS that has been stopped, although for other reasons of competition between platforms, but which would have been one of the largest on the market.
iPad Pro canceled for 2014
Apple for its part has decided to stop its 12,9-inch model and postpone it for later. The call iPad Pro would no longer debut in 2014 and we already know that in Cupertino they will not risk with new screen sizes on their devices if cannot guarantee an equally satisfying experience, as Tim Cook has already made clear in several occasions speaking of the iPhablet.
And it is that consumers do not seem to be enthusiastic about this size either. Digitimes says that Samsung will sell barely 1 million 12,2-inch tablets in 2014, the debut year of this category.
Consumers would reject devices that are close in size to laptops but have much less functionality. Perhaps in this field Windows hybrids and convertibles have won the battle.