Why Amazon keeps making tablets when the market has been struggling
by from on (#3TD73)
The tablet, as a gadget, hasn't had a great couple of years. The tech industry group Consumer Technology Association expects that sales of tablets will drop 12 percent this year and revenue for those sales will drop 13 percent, extending several quarters of steady decline. The main bright spot in the market has been high-end laptop replacements, such as the Microsoft Surface or iPad Pro, with detachable keyboards. The familiar slate design has all but gone to collect dust in many minds.