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I find it hard to believe that this ~7“ device with a strange aspect ratio and without a foldable keyboard can replace a $1100 tablet like a Surface Pro or a 12.9“ iPad Pro.

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No, probably not, but it could quite plausibly replace an iPad Mini. I could see even replacing a midsize tablet, for someone for whom that amount of bulk elimination merits a compromise.

At around 4x the price? It's not replacing anything.

Foldable devices like this won't remain $2,000. It's not replacing anything today. Tomorrow it will when you can buy good devices that are comparable for $600 or $700 and Samsung is forced to compete on price.

Eh. Plenty of people buy iPhone Xsen even though it is 3x the price of competent midrange phones. Another 1.5x multiplier on a $1200 Xs Max doesn’t seem like an insane deal to me for the added feature if you’re a mobile media consumer.

Maybe Samsung has learned from Apple: the profits won’t be found down-market.

If apple made it with stylus control? Sketching and note taking with One note? There’s a new product line.

At a (admittedly hefty, but not prohibitive) premium over the combined price of a higher-end phone and a tablet. The whole idea is that you're getting one device that can do the work of both.

The multiplier isn't as important as the total cost -- under two grand isn't exactly an impulse buy, but it's also not prohibitive.

At the current $2k pricing it would certainly be an upgrade, not a lateral replacement.

The aspect ratio is only slightly narrower than that of an iPad Mini, so I doubt videos or games would be affected. Responsive design means websites wouldn't be affected at all, but you might get the "16:10 tablet" layout as opposed to the "4:3" iPad layout.

But it can eliminate the need for a tablet that isn't the largest tablet you can get like the ones you listed.

I also doubt it will replace a $400 9.7“ iPad, or the reportedly upcoming iPad Mini in the same price range.

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