In the field of high-end tablet computers, it is actually impossible to judge whether there is a product that can compete with iPad Pro in the Android ecosystem. But consciously, after years of silence, many Android device manufacturers seem to have suddenly ignited their interest in mid-to high-end tablet products in recent years.
The first force is association. Not long ago, they introduced YogaPad 13, a tablet computer product with a resolution of 13 inch and 2.5K, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and built-in four high-quality speakers. The unique appearance and the bracket specially designed for "hanging on the wall" really make it look special.
Soon after, Huawei released a number of new tablet PCs, including the new MatePad Pro and MatePad 1 1. It is worth mentioning that these new tablet computers all adopt the flagship master control schemes of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 865, and their prices are quite cost-effective, which attracted a lot of attention for a time.
However, this is not over yet. The Xiaomi tablet product line that has been silent for a long time has also ushered in a large number of new product exposures. It is said that this new product will belong to "Xiaomi Tablet 5" series, which will not only be equipped with Snapdragon 870 main controller, but also have a newly designed system and appearance, and is expected to become the first tablet computer product supported by Xiaomi.
Moreover, on June 15 this year, realme also announced some product drawings of "realme Pad". On June 28, a source exposed the CAD design of the first tablet computer product suspected of vivo. On July 5th, the EU Intellectual Property Office also announced the trademark information of "ONEPLUS PAD", which almost indicates that Yijia 1 will soon launch tablet products.
It is said to be a CAD model of vivo tablet computer.
As we all know, the whole Android tablet camp suffered a serious recession a few years ago. At that time, don't say that mainstream brands didn't make flat-panel products. Even many unknown manufacturers gave up this product line and turned to low-cost laptops or Windows variants. Compared with iPad, the weak performance of Android tablet, poor software ecology, and the squeeze of smart phones on cheap small-sized tablets for entertainment were also considered as the main reasons for the decline of Android tablet market at that time. So, why are you working again now?
First of all, compared with smart phones, tablet computers look larger in screen size, but in fact, their internal design integration is much lower than that of smart phones. Coupled with the factors of screen material (mostly LCD instead of organic light-emitting diode) and camera configuration (the camera of tablet computer is generally much worse than that of mobile phone at the same time), the hardware cost of mid-to-high-end tablet computer products is not necessarily higher than that of mid-to-high-end mobile phone under the premise of using the same master control. Especially in today's era of rising costs, it is obviously beneficial for manufacturers to seize consumers' psychology of "greedy for small and cheap" and seize as many users as possible by launching tablet products with good performance but lower pricing.
Secondly, thanks to the foundation laid by the folding screen mode in the past two years, Google has now strengthened the application's interface adaptability to the "big screen" in the official development tool of Android. Although this was originally intended to ensure the experience of folding screen models, for tablets, it actually improved the application adaptation in disguise, making many popular mobile apps no longer need to launch a special "HD" version for tablets, which also laid the foundation for improving the experience of Android tablets.
In addition, if you have used high-end flat-panel products on the market in recent years, you will find that they are generally equipped with the function of "array far-field microphone". That is, taking advantage of the size of the tablet computer itself, more microphones are placed at the frame of the fuselage. What role can this function play? Mainly used for far-field voice awakening.
You know, it is actually a very common scene to put a tablet computer at home as an online class tool or a large-scale entertainment terminal. In this case, the tablet computer can achieve better speech recognition effect than the mobile phone because of its size advantage, which has actually become a powerful link for major manufacturers to further improve the AIoT system.
Finally, I have to mention that there is actually a "drainage" effect brought by iPad Pro. After all, Apple's self-developed M 1 chip really made the new iPad Pro get unprecedented attention. However, the positioning of iPad Pro is a creative tool for professionals after all, and its price is bound to "discourage" many users who pay attention to this product just because of curiosity.
At this time, the hardware configuration will generally be upgraded, and the shape is generally similar to that of iPad Pro. The high-end flat products in the Android camp, which are not too expensive, have actually become the direct beneficiaries of the "drainage" effect of iPad Pro. This is just like when the MacBook Air was released, PC manufacturers went all out to make ultra-thin laptops with metal shells. With Apple's "enlightenment" on consumer demand ahead, other brands just need to follow.
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