Intel: Tablets are a fad

[Billy95Tech]

The golden age of the larger tablet is nearing its end according to Intel’s Worldwide Client Benchmark Manager, Matt Dunford.

Speaking to TrustedReviews about Intel’s new processor, the Core M, he says:

“(larger)Tablets have been the fad for the last 3-4 years. People have got their tablet, it was fun but now they don’t use it. I don’t know if those tablet purchaser are going to keep taking money away from people refreshing their PC.”

The statement follows research Intel conducted which shows that almost 50% of consumers who purchased a hybrid notebook or laptop had first considered buying a tablet.

Indeed the growth in the tablet market has appeared to plateau since it exploded with the launch of the iPad in 2010 – a four year period in which the PC suffered serious decline. However recent figures show that the PC is resurging, buoyed, in particular, by new form-factors such as the detachable notebook.

Intel still heavily supports smaller tablets with its Atom range of processors and showed TrustedReviews a range of impressive Android and Windows 8 devices at IFA 2014.

With the Core M, though, Intel is keen to help manufacturers create PC tablets, hybrids and all-in-ones that challenge the high end Android and Apple tablets like the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the iPad Air in terms of screen quality, thinness and battery life. In addition it claims that these Windows hybrids can offer all the media consumption benefits of a tablet coupled with excellent content creation and productivity with a silent, fanless design – just like most tablets. In fact Intel claims that the Intel Core M is up to three times faster than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805, the current go to chip for high end tablets.

“A big premium tablet is going to be thin and light and have a battery that is going to last a long time. You’re going to be able to do your consumption of media and maybe some basic productivity. But when you start looking at something that needs more performance where you’re really trying to make it do something the Intel Core M is going to be dramatically better.” explains Matt Dunford.
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I am going have to disagree, Matt Dunford is wrong, I don't think tablets are a fad and i think tablets are the FUTURE of computing for personal use and business/productivity use and they are way more portable than laptops and getting way more powerful and there are lots of people have replaced there laptops with tablets and even in work places!

And tablets like the Ipad and the Android tablets will still be around for a very long time(10 years+) yet.


What are your thoughts? Do you think tablets are not a fad? Do you really think the new Intel's M Core chip will kill of tablets like the Ipad/Android tablets? for me i don't really think so.


I say phablets are a fad because it is too small to be a tablet and too big to be a phone, you will look stupid and not normal when you are holding your 5\6\7 inch phablet near/on your ear while making a phone call.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I agree that Tablets are just catching on. I am more inclined to believe that Tablets will be around in the next 5-10 years as opposed to laptop PCs. In combination of a stand, wired or wireless keyboard, and a stylus, a Tablet can most likely replace a laptop PC for most instances.

 

[scipper77]

I believe that the point of this article is that "large" tablets are a fad. They site a 12" tablet as an example. I think this is not an unreasonable argument. I think the real issue here is that for portability a 7 to 8" tablet is enough for most users. 10 and 12" tablets are a little unruly as they are hard to type on.

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[JeffDenver]

LOL Intel

Tablets ain't goin nowhere. They might end up merging with phones, but there is always going to be a demand for them.

Likewise, there will always be a demand for laptops. Because no matter how powerful powerful tablets get, laptops will always be more powerful, because they will always be able to pack larger batters and more processing hardware. The exact same thing is true of desktop PCs...they are scaled up laptops.

These are not artificial niches created by one company. People want all these form factors for different reasons.

If they are only talking about "large" tablets, they might be right. The line between an ultrabook and a big tablet is pretty thin already. Ultrabooks may simply become the new large tablet. I can tell you one thing...those stupid tablet keyboards are NOT going to replace laptop keyboards. They're just not the same. Even the Surface ones.

 

[barth2]

Homo sapiens are a fad. Stick around for a few million years, then we'll start to take you seriously.