• Shurimal
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    61 year ago

    With a 6,6" phone I don’t need a tablet for everyday carry because the screen is just big enough. Back in the day of 5" screens I always had a need for a tablet. Nevertheless, tablets are great for certain professional tasks.

    Like taking inventories, putting together orders and other warehouse tasks where I need to work with spreadsheets on the go but a laptop is just too unwieldy.

    Tablets are also absolutely great for live mixing with digital boards—you can walk around in the audience and adjust the sound on the spot. Same for adjusting the system settings while doing installations. And for small gigs, the mixing board can be tucked away in a stage corner and not clutter the floor.

    Pilots use tablets as digital kneeboards for checklists and other necessities.

    Tablets also make great POS devices and there are many specialised models for just that task.

    Tablets are simply fantastic for wallmounted or desktop control panels for smarthomes. You can even use the front camera for motion detection so the screen comes automagically on when you approach it. I use WallPanel, but Fully Kiosk Browser is also very popular.

    • HidingCat
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      21 year ago

      A 6.6" 20:9 screen isnt’t that big. You’re just getting the top and bottom bezels of the older 5.5" 16:9 phone basically. So a tablet will still have a bigger screen.

      Agree with your other points about use cases for tablets. They’re pretty versatile, I don’t know why this community likes to poo-poo them.

      • Shurimal
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        11 year ago

        I agree, a 6,6" screen isn’t that big, but it sure is and feels bigger than the 5" screen of my old phone. As I said, just big enough to not feel like trying to use apps through a keyhole.

      • @Elcapitan786
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        11 year ago

        I was going to say the exact same thing.

        Old 5” screens are roughly equivalent to current 6” screens, and 5.5” equal to around 6.7”