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Dell Stops Selling Android Tablets (pcworld.com)
Dell is discontinuing its Venue line of Android tablets. Furthermore, the company says it will also stop issuing software updates to its existing Android tablets. The move comes as Dell wants to shift its focus on Windows 2-in-1 devices. As for the other reason, the American company adds that Android market is "oversaturated" and is experiencing "declining demand from consumers." Other Android devices from the company were discontinued some time ago. The company will honor after sales support for people who have purchased Venue Android tablets until the warranty and service contracts expire.
I have an iPad, and a Nexus 6. As much as I would like to read things on my 6-inch phone, nothing beats reading a magazine on an iPad (and other tablets), in my opinion. So I see some value in tablet, but yeah, it's not really serving as many purposes.
No joke about "Venue being closed"?
...the American company adds that Android market is "oversaturated" and is experiencing "declining demand from consumers."
Translation:
"Too many people are already using an Android tablet and we can't sell as many as we used to."
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
I'm only saying that because I never knew Dell even sold Android tablets. Heard a bit of Venue as Windows x86 tablets.
Dell became a major brand while competing in a highly oversaturated market. But times changed, they're getting old and the joints are creaky, so they want to relax a bit and enjoy the grandkids instead of alway being competitive.
That was basically my experience between the two. The Galaxy Tab I had got its last update like six months after I got it. The iPad 3 i got at least three years worth from. Actually it might have one or two more, but Apple did teach me to cool it on the late-in-life updates or risk it being irreversibly sluggish.
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Tons of people. Over 200 million units were sold in 2015. And just Apple alone they've sold 26 million in the first two quarters of 2016. Your anecdotes don't match reality by any measure.
The tablet is a whole lot easier to browse the web on or do a whole host of other things. I'll use my phone, but if my tablet is available, I'll use that over the phone. If a laptop or other computer is available, I'll use those for web browsing. There's just no substitute for multiple tabs and flexible cut and paste and general actions taken on a computer browser versus the experience on a phone or tablet. The thing is, tablets appear to last at least twice as long as phones, at least from what I'm seeing in the Apple realm, and apparently the Nexus tablets appear to be lasting longer than the average Android phone.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
Who knew?
(and even if I had known, who cares?)
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
I learned the hard way not to trust Dell with mobile device support, when I bought one of their Windows CE devices, specifically because they said that they were going to put out an update to the next major version. It never came.
If you want to buy any kind of mobile device, and want it to be supported, you don't buy it from Dell. Ditto with Samsung.
And now a whole bunch more people have now learned that lesson the hard way as well.
Between my Nexus 5 and my no-brand 15" gaming notebook, I'm well served as far as my home computing needs go.
Same goes for my decidedly unscientific research goes. My brother gave his tablet to his daughter to play with. My co-workers either sold or ditched theirs. The only exception is my 65-year-old mom, who loves her iPad to death and won't use anything else.
I started with a HP tablet. I got 5 of them during the fire sale and gave most of them as Christmas gifts.
Shortly after I bought an Asus TF700T 10" tablet. I used it primarily as a laptop replacement when traveling. It had longer battery life and was a ton lighter. I used it for years. Asus came out with Android updates for the first 2 years, then I switched to third party android versions from the XDA board.
I bought a Nexus 7 on sale. Fits in my cargo shorts pocket. Perfect for browsing the Internet, playing games, and reading email on a short trip or when sitting in a waiting room for car service. Plus I have a Bluetooth ODB reader and the Torque app for checking car codes. Still getting updates.
I just purchased a new tablet before Christmas to replace the Asus as my travel tablet, a Surface Pro 4. I've since started using it for work. A combination of the stylus, One Note, and Visio lets me free-form network diagrams and then use Visio to make them professional.
I have a desktop for gaming and a XPS 13 laptop. I hardly ever use the laptop since I bought the Surface. I usually reach for the Nexus or the Surface when I go someplace or just want to surf.