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[Ask HN]: Where do you read most articles?

8 points by mpcadosch ↗ HN
Where do you read most articles? On your phone? Tablet? Desktop ?

A16Z Benedict Evans says phone is killing both desktop and tablet, and I am just trying to get an idea of relative percentages to see if this is true.

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shervinshaikh
If I'm going to bed it's my phone. I usually prefer to read on my laptop or tablet due to the larger screen.
mpcadosch
Thanks! Follow-up question: between laptop and tablet, which one do you use most?

I am just intrigued about this whole "tablets replacing desktops" thing, and I am trying to get a sense of what other people use.

For developers like me (and you?), a tablet could never replace a powerful computer. But for average users, the tables can do most of what a desktop does (email, netflix, facebook, etc.)

valarauca1
The rise of the smart phone and tablet happened in the same decade as when desktops and laptops reached their saturation point. Where most people are no longer buying a desktop for the first time, but replacing their old desktops. Thus slowing sales.

The Smart Phone isn't killing the desktop, and more then the desktop killed the main frame, we still use powerful dedicated computer clusters for computing, just like we did in the 60's and 70's before the desktop. The desktop just expanded the market of people who own computers, much like the smart phone is doing now.

That being said I do most my reading on a desktop.

mpcadosch
Thanks! So you think that desktop sales are just slower because people don't replace desktops as often as they replace smartphones? Just trying to better understand your argument.
gatehouse
My phone is my primary device for reading, but I find typing a hassle, so it is basically consumption only.

Around Jan-Feb 2013 I read the whole ASOIAF (i.e. Game Of Thrones) series on an iPhone 4, since then I prefer it to laptop or paper, I probably average a book a week. IMO if you're willing to spend money on apps the only real limitation of mobile is input. Output if fine if you have good eyesight.

stonogo
This place is like the worst possible demographic for asking this question. The technology habits of the hacker news readership are almost completely unlike the vast majority of America, much less the rest of the world.
neduma
Mobile(Gym, bathroom), Desktop (Office Desk, Couch, Bed) - I do not use tablets. To me, they are useless..
bluerail
Mobile during commute,and desktop in office and my Laptop in home.. I usually save the articles in Pocket from my computer and will later read it on whenever I have time and in whichever I have access to..
kinj28
reading depends on where do you discover articles - i discover them on twitter/zite/teamgum (mobile). While at work, i mostly discover articles which are related to my current work or helping to solve some problem i am stuck at - use laptop/desktop for this.