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	kinggo	2016-01-29 , 06:24
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Originally Posted by endsormeans

Hm...
speculation...
perhaps the reason for Jolla abandoning the tablet has to do with the recent illuminating numbers...
Sales over the last quarter for the ipad were down 25%...(shocked to read it on slashdot yesterday...)
Nobody wants tablets anymore..
the lemmings appear to be running to phablets now...
the ipad concept is 10 yrs old now...
so the allure of the "different" and "novel" isn't there anymore now that so many have one..
Such is the way of fads....

I don't think that "nobody wants them" is the reason. Also, that is not because of the phablets. I like 5.5" on Xplay more than 4.5" on Jolla. But I still like to browse and play a lot more on my 10" Z2.
The thing is IMO that modern HW (even crappy MTK and other "never herd of" chipsets) is simply more capable and lasts longer. Or perform decent longer is better term. If you add to that rooting and custom ROMs for those who know and care about it and you can have one device for more years. I still don't see the reason to replace Z2 with Z4.