The arrival of the phablet, in my case a Galaxy Note 1, 2 and 4 ended the use of my iPad.<p>Add to this how Android can generally be bent to do more than an iPhone or iPad (ie, Tasker), and it's hard to leave. Despite having mostly Apple, my current Android Phablet (A pixel xl) is hard to replace. The xs max looks to be the first comparable.<p>Android tablets are going the way of Chrome OS.<p>From a flexibility perspective, both the surface and android tablets optionally support a mouse. iPad goes out of its way to remove mouse support.<p>The pixel slate hardware is likely to eventually support other operating systems (Ubuntu, Windows?) as well.