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He was right, though. A lot of people were buying $1000 computers to do not much more than check their email, shop online and play Farmville. Those people exist in much larger numbers than power users who need a lot more of full functionality of a PC.

So selling a blown-up iPhone for $500 to that market made more sense than what Android OEMs did, which was advertise Flash compatibility.

That being said, I have only ever owned Android tablets. I dip my toe into iOS and iPadOS every now and then but it always feels too locked down compared to what I'm used to.




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