Detachable tablets like the Microsoft Surface and iPad Pro saw over 2.9 % YoY growth by grabbing 15.3 % share, but the traditional slate tablets continued to decline with 26.8 million unit shipments, down 13.9 % from the prior year.
Not exact matches
Because the screen is
detachable, too, it's more comfortable to use as a 1.6 - pound
tablet than all of those Yoga -
like PCs are with their screens flipped back.
Apple debuted its iPad Pro in 2015 as a more business - friendly
tablet that, with the help of a
detachable keyboard, makes it more suitable for the workplace — much
like Microsoft's (msft) Surface
tablet.
The keyboard connects magnetically to the new Fire HDX 8.9 Origami cover making it simple to carry and easy to remove if you aren't using it — since the Fire Keyboard is
detachable you can place it as close to or as far from the
tablet as you'd
like for the most comfortable typing position.
The Asus Transformer Mini (T102HA - D4 - GR)($ 399) is an entry - level
detachable - hybrid Windows
tablet that comes with useful accessories,
like a keyboard cover and a pressure - sensitive stylus, that cost extra with some other
tablets.
As someone who previously wasn't sold on the concept of a
detachable netbook /
tablet combination, I have to say, I
like ASUS's approach in this space.
Like Samsung, Huawei has also slowly migrated its
tablet portfolio from an Android slate
tablet lineup to now include a mix of Windows - based
detachable devices.
Much
like Apple, Samsung continues to migrate its
tablet portfolio to the
detachable segment and to support this the company launched three new products at this year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in February.
Windows 10 - based convertibles and
detachable Windows
tablets went further mainstream this year, thanks to lower - cost fold - over options from the
likes of Lenovo, Asus, and others, as well as a new Microsoft Surface Pro and excellent flip - and-fold devices from Lenovo and HP.
For now, IDC says the
tablet market's growth is in «
detachables» — that is,
tablets like the iPad Pro with first - party,
detachable keyboards.
IDC projected a 73 percent jump in
detachable tablet sales this year, and said Windows - based
detachables like the Microsoft Surface would garner more than half of this segment.
Like many Windows 8 and RT devices, the purported Nokia
tablet will come with a
detachable keyboard similar to the Touch and Type covers for the Microsoft Surface.
Like the Envy x2, SlateBook x2 and Split x2 before it, the new Pavilion 11 x2 and Pavilion 13 x2 are
tablets paired with a
detachable keyboard with an extra battery in the base.
Detachable slate
tablets like the Surface Pro 2 give you the flexibility of a system that works
like a clamshell laptop with the ultimate portability of a
tablet.
Sony also showed off another
tablet which looked
like an Eee Pad Slider — the keyboard dock however is actually
detachable.
The range of Windows 8 products includes laptops, PCs and, of course, Samsung's
tablet devices with their
detachable keyboards - or as the Korean manufacturer
likes to call them, «Smart PCs».
Unlike that system, however, the Switch 10 has a new magnetic latch and hinge that allows the
tablet to be attached in one of two orientations, allowing four different use modes, much
like the multimode designs seen on the Lenovo Yoga 2 11 convertible laptop or the business - focused Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, another
detachable tablet.
On the whole, it feels much more secure and usable than
detachable - hybrid
tablets with fixed keyboard angles,
like the Lenovo Miix 2 (10 - inch).
Acer is fishing in a little pond with its Iconia W510
tablet, a 10.1 - inch
tablet with a
detachable keyboard, which sounds a little bit
like the Acer version of ASUS's Transformer series.
It's a decent 10.1 inch multimedia Android
tablet with standart hardware specs
like other table on it's class, but the company release the Gen10 101 XS
tablet with «Coverboard», the magnetically
detachable case with keyboard for people who looking a
tablet to write a lot.
Likely due to eroding margins in regular slates, 1Q16 also saw the introduction of
detachable tablets from traditional «mobile first» vendors
like Samsung and Huawei.
The Lenovo ThinkPad Helix looks
like just another Ultrabook, albeit with a
detachable tablet screen, but it features some amazing product engineering.
This does help avoid accidental screen taps when working in
tablet mode, but when compared to a device
like Lenovo's own Yoga 910 or Dell's XPS 13 two - in - one (both admittedly premium machines that lack
detachable screens) the value of smaller bezels becomes immediately apparent.
Unlike the tech giant's other 2 - in - 1 Surface hardware devices
like the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, the Surface Laptop does not include a
detachable tablet display and instead features a more traditional clamshell design.
The way that Windows is built now, it really is
like taking a laptop experience and putting it into
tablet form, whether you're using a genuine
tablet or a
detachable screen
like the one on the Surface Book.
The Asus Transformer Mini (T102HA - D4 - GR)($ 399) is an entry - level
detachable - hybrid Windows
tablet that comes with useful accessories,
like a keyboard cover and a pressure - sensitive stylus, that cost extra with some other
tablets.
Just
like any new Windows 10 device, the HP Envy x2 is a
tablet with a
detachable keyboard, and it comes with up to 8 GB LPDDR4X PoP, along with up to 256 GB of onboard storage.
But there is one area of the
tablet market that's growing: research firm IDC says that «
detachables» —
tablets like the iPad Pro that have first - party removable keyboards — are increasing in shipments even though traditional
tablets are losing popularity.
The downward spiral of the market that consists of traditional
tablets,
detachables and convertibles, continues, despite recent efforts from manufacturers
like Apple and Microsoft who released upgraded versions of iPad and Surface, respectively.