Not exact matches
Smartphone connectivity upgrades
sees Apple Car Play and Android Auto now displayed on the MMI monitor, and a pair of
detachable tablets provides rear seat entertainment.
Noted IDC, while pure slate
tablets saw their greatest annual decline ever with a drop of 21.1 percent,
detachables more than doubled their shipments since the fourth quarter of 2014.
«One of the biggest reasons why
detachables are growing so fast is because end users are
seeing those devices as PC replacements,» said IDC's Research Director for
tablets, Jean Philippe Bouchard.
As you can
see in the image above, this is a
tablet that features a
detachable keyboard and a stylus.
Some hybrids can be
seen as
tablets with dedicated,
detachable keyboards.
Of all the companies in the top 5, Lenovo is likely best positioned in terms of channel strategy to grow its
tablet business and IDC expects to
see more of its successful notebook PC lineup migrate into the
detachable tablet category.
The
tablet market declined for the 14th quarter in a row, with
detachables representing the only category to
see growth, market intelligence firm IDC has reported.
IDC states that
detachables continue to grow for the most part while slate
tablets which
saw shipments peak in 2014 and is now in a steep decline.
Starting with two - in - one
detachable laptop -
tablet hybrids with Snap Hinges, both the Aspire Switch 10 E (SW3 - 013) and Aspire Switch 10 (SW5 - 015)(
seen above) feature 10.1 - inch IPS displays, run on Windows 8.1, and are powered by Intel Atom quad - core processors.
Unlike with any other
detachable we've
seen, the Helix's
tablet pops securely into the keyboard dock, making it ideal for showing movies or PowerPoint decks.
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.
Design The Switch 10 is Acer's latest attempt at the 2 - in - 1 device, a
tablet with a
detachable keyboard dock, giving you a laptop - style experience, similar to that
seen on the Editors» Choice Asus Transformer Book T100TA (64 GB).
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.
The Asus ARM
tablet will reportedly be using a Tegra chip from Nvidia and use the same
detachable keyboard form factor
seen in the company's Transformer Android devices.
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.
Having played with it, we definitely
see the Acer Iconia Tab W500 as a netbook with a
detachable screen, rather than a
tablet with an accessory keyboard.
The
tablet with
detachable keyboard shipped running Android 3.0 and already it
seeing an upgrade to Android 3.0.1.
One of the trends
seen in this quarter is the increase in demand for
detachable computers (2 - in - one
tablets).
In our tests, the Surface Pro scored a solid five hours and 21 minutes in our most processor - intensive Peacekeeper test, which isn't the longest we've
seen, but is quite solid for a
detachable tablet with a fast Core i7 - 7660U processor.
Whether it will be a 2 - in - 1 laptop /
detachable tablet hybrid or a laptop with a flexible hinge remains to be
seen.
As with the Windows 10 market, Chrome OS is
seeing an increase of 2 - in - 1 machines of the 360 - degree convertible variety, along with hints at an impending influx of
detachable tablets.