Traditional slate tablet specifically shipped 26.8 million units, bringing its shipments down by 13.9 percent from 2017.
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
So, while «many» potential
tablet buyers (61 % of surveyed consumers) gravitate towards «
traditional»
tablets (i.e. those with screens between 8.9 to 10.1 inches), Forrester notes that smaller
slates (7 to 7.9 inches) have a preference share of around 16 %.
With the rise of the
Slates and
Tablet PCS that feature full color, and remain competitively priced with
traditional e-readers, companies like Amazon, Sony and others have to offer color in order to preserve existing customers from switching brands or offer
Slates and
Tablets themselves.
From media
tablets such as Amazon's $ 199 Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble's $ 249 new Nook
Tablet to the myriad
traditional Android
slates out there, there have never been so many options.
To turn your
tablet into a full laptop replacement, you need a keyboard cover and probably a mouse too - again Windows and Microsoft have you covered, with a ton of official and unofficial accessories to choose from to turn your
slate into a more
traditional computer at a moment's notice.
Tilt mode lets you lay the
tablet on its back with the kickstand out, which makes using the
slate on a flat surface while typing or browsing the Web more ergonomic than on a
traditional tablet.
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.
A few weeks ago, Apple arrived at Pixar Studios with a handful of iPad Pros, beseeching their employees — illustrators, graphic designers, animators and 3D compositors — to use the
tablet in place of their
traditional input combination, be it a Wacom
slate or pen and paper.