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IDC: Surface, iPad Refreshes Keep EMEA Tablets Alive

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IDC: Surface, iPad Refreshes Keep EMEA Tablets Alive

EMEA tablet shipments total 10.9 million units in Q3 2019, IDC reports-- a -8.2% Y-o-Y drop brought about by the continued contraction of the consumer segment, even if demand remains healthy on the commercial side.

In fact, while consumers still lack compelling reasons to refresh devices, enterprise tablet shipments see a 4.2% Y-o-Y increase due to a digital transformation bringing a larger number of usage scenarios.

"In a quarter usually marked by seasonality, where there is a balance between the top two companies, Apple maintained and consolidated its market leadership," the analyst remarks. "The growing market saturation is driving consolidation, as the top 5 companies become increasingly dominant, and in developed economies, like in W. Europe, the top 5 represented more than 75% of the market."

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Acer Presents Rugged Chromebook Spin 311

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Acer Presents Rugged Chromebook Spin 311

Acer announces a rugged Chromebook aimed primarily at the education and corporate markets-- the Chromebook Spin 311, a 2-in-1 notebook featuring an AMD processor and long battery life in a more compact and durable chassis.

The Spin 311 has an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 resolution LCD touchscreen complete with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. It runs on the entry-level AMD A4-9120C processor consisting of a dual-core Excavator module running at 1.8GHz and a Radeon R4 integrated GPU. Also included are 4GB DDR4 RAM and 32GB of NAND flash storage.

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Huawei Punches Camera Hole in MatePad Pro Tablet

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Huawei Punches Camera Hole in MatePad Pro Tablet

Huawei takes on the high-end likes of the iPad Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab S5 with the MatePad Pro-- a tablet with a 10.8-inch 16:10 aspect ratio touchscreen featuring a punch hole for an 8MP front-facing camera.

The panel making the display is AMOLED, and handles 2560 x 1600 resolution. It comes within an aluminium chassis carrying a Huawei HiSilicon Kirin 990 processor together with 6/8GB RAM and 128/256GB NAND flash storage. The 7250mAh charges through either 40W SuperCharger or 15W wireless charging, and the tablet includes an M-Pen stylus for drawing and more precise touch input.

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Sportscar Stylings With Porsche Design Ultra One Laptop

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Sportscar Stylings With Porsche Design Ultra One Laptop

Porsche Design, the merchandise wing of legendary sportscar maker Porsche, launches an interesting-looking premium notebook-- the Ultra One, a 15.6-inch number featuring an ultra-slim design complete with fanless cooling.

The Ultra One comes inside a magnesium chassis measuring 359 x 249 x 13.8mm, making it thinner than a good number of 13-inch notebooks. The minimalist stylings are, perhaps obviously, very reminiscent of Apple MacBooks, if with something of a twist. Instead of the sides, all the ports (including x2 USB-A, x2 USB-C, x1 HDMI, 3.5mm audio jack and microSD slot) reside in a special hinge block, allowing customers to neatly hide cables when in use.

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Apple Intros 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Apple Intros 16-inch MacBook Pro

Apple quietly releases the 16-inch MacBook Pro-- a laptop the iPhone maker designs as nothing less than "the world's best pro notebook," featuring a brighter 16-inch Retina Display and a keyboard with a "refined scissor mechanism."

Aimed primarily at professional customers such as developers, photographers and artists, the new MacBook Pro carries up to 9th gen Intel Core i9 (octa-core) processors together with up to 64GB RAM, 8T SSD and dual graphics in the shape of Intel UHD Graphics 630 and a choice of AMD Radeon Pro 5000M series GPU with up to 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. The result is a machine better able for GPU-intensive tasks, particularly in the highest-end configurations.

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