Future of tablets

Sharp_3yE · July 13, 2015

Hello LTT forum. I am very curious on what everyone's thoughts are on the future of tablets.

There is IOS9, Windows 10, and Android M coming in the future. What are your thoughts on each OS and the hardware that pairs with it?
Also, what smartphone would you also get if you bought a tablet?
If you haven't seen the new OS's then id suggest dont comment.

My personal thoughts. I think IOS 9 is finally what the iPad software should be. Apps with be even more made for a tablet size and have a nice simultaneous apps implementation.
Android M while seems to fix a lot of things and improve on stuff still lacks a few things for stock android on tablets such as multiple apps at the same time. This is where manufacturers changes are good and bad. While something like Touchwiz brings great features to Samsung tablets, all the differences between different android products makes things a little difficult I find. Thoigh, that is also what makes things nice since you can pick which android version you like best.
Windows 10 to me is is what I personally have been waiting for in a tablet since tablets first started coming out. I wanted to be able to use a tablet like a laptop or touch tablet. W10 seems to bring the right mix of both. The apps are also going to mostly be made specifically for tablets in the store where it seems the other way around for IOS and android where its mostly made for phones. Also the simple fact I can use the device as a laptop or tablet makes it so much more useful. Getting a windows phone so everything is seem less with w10 is very attractive to me.

Electronics Wizardy · July 13, 2015

I think tables are and will always be in a weird spot as they are too big to chuck with you every where like with a smartphone and still can't get much stuff done as you can't type well like you could on a small laptop. If im gonna bring a computer device with me i might as well bring one that can do more than the phone i already have in my pocket.

Sharp_3yE · July 13, 2015

I think tables are and will always be in a weird spot as they are too big to chuck with you every where like with a smartphone and still can't get much stuff done as you can't type well like you could on a small laptop. If im gonna bring a computer device with me i might as well bring one that can do more than the phone i already have in my pocket.

So, would you get a windows tablet or some sort of two in one then? Maybe a tablet and a blutooth keyboard? Also, you didn't answer the question.

D13H4RD · July 13, 2015

Each OS is different and is tailored to different users.

iOS is designed around simplicity. There's little clutter and the entire OS is generally light. There's no useless stuff save for some Apple bloat and it's very well-optimized. iOS 9 also brings in much-needed tablet features like a split-screen feature. It's still relatively light on features, though, and they seem to favor folks who want simplicity over features.

Android is pretty much the same way like iOS, only with more features and better multitasking.

However, Windows 10 on a tablet is where it gets really interesting. Even though mobile operating systems have come a long way, they're still nowhere near what a full-fledged desktop OS can do. A tablet running Windows 10 pretty much makes current laptops irrelevant. They're more portable and can even become laptops with a kickstand and wireless keyboard. However, they can be heavier than Android/iOS tablets and might not be as accessible.

Mew · July 13, 2015

Software, eventually, like Linus has said during one of the WAN shows, iOS and Android will become more and more similar. Hardware, it's tough to sell me a slow quad, hex, or octa core when a dual or triple core with much lower clock speed massively outperforms those 3. We're only at a point where a 2.1 ghz Exynos big.LITTLE has similar single threaded performance as an almost 2 year old A7 at 1.3 ghz.

As fast as the A8x is in the Air 2, I still don't think we're at a point where arm chips are fast enough for heavy multitasking (maybe iOS9 can return iOS to the days where it was actually light and fast can help with that).

Windows tablet seems great in theory but scaling is just so bad and awful in windows.