Ask HN: Why aren't tablets supersets of smartphones?

1. You can't put your tablet in your pocket; it needs to go into a backpack or case or purse of some sort.

2. Nobody wants to hold a tablet up to their ear to make a phone call.

Edit: (Almost) nobody wants to hold a tablet up to their face to take a picture.

To add to this, I can't easily put a tablet in the console of my car, if want to use it for GPS, or CarPlay, etc.

1. Can't realistically mount a tablet to a motorcycle for GPS

2. Phones typically have much better cameras

> Nobody wants to hold a tablet up to their ear to make a phone call.

No idea what device it was, but I have seen that!

Because the tablet is replacing a laptop. Instead of carrying a phone and a laptop, you're carrying a phone and a tablet.

Because a tablet is a subset to smartphones? Just carry a smartphone and a laptop.

They don't make pockets big enough.