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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by peteretep on Thursday September 10, 2015 @12:27AM (#10196145)
From the top...

    > iPad is far from worthless and Apple is far from
    > Trivial in the space
Far from trivial doesn't really capture a device that combines being the most expensive with a 75% market share in the US[0] and where US tablet ownership among internet users is 54%[1].

    > The point is that Apple is no longer the leader/innovator in
    > the space
Oooh, is there (yet another) new iPhone killer out again this month?

    > People who depend on tech to make their living (often) require
    > more than intangible benefits, and the competition has now
    > caught/surpassed them as far as tech goes
Those silver rectanges with the pretty apple logo on them have absolutely dominated every single developer event I've been at in recent memory.

[0] https://chitika.com/insights/2014/q4-tablet-update [1] https://www.globalwebindex.net/blog/tablet-ownership-highest...

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Re:Apple Unveils the iPad Pro by wutbrodo on Thursday September 10, 2015 @12:56AM (#10196196)
Note: I'm not taking a position on the actual capability of iPads in the professional space, but this comment is a masterstroke in setting up strawmen and bravely knocking them down.

I'm not the parent commenter, but from the top...

> Far from trivial doesn't really capture a device that combines being the most expensive with a 75% market share in the US[0] and where US tablet ownership among internet users is 54%[1].

As hinted at by the first part of the sentence you're responding to, this thread is talking about the quality of iOS devices for professional work, not their popularity.

> Oooh, is there (yet another) new iPhone killer out again this month?

The snark here handily hides the lack of substance: once again, the reason there's no iPhone-killer (and I don't anticipate there being one for some time) is a different question from whether there's an alternative better-suited to professional work.

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