Honestly, I’m baffled by the tablet market. Everyone puts out underpowered devices. Even Google! How can you, in good faith, justify a tablet having a slower processor and less memory than a phone while trying to advertise it as the superior device, perfect for editing and whatnot?
An iPad is a tablet.
The problem is that most people use tablets as a media consumption device, so the need to update is far less than a phone. Even then, the smartphone market has cratered as justification for flagship phones have dropped. As tablets have a lower demand than phones, that market has completely dried up.
Yes, I’m aware an iPad is a tablet, the tablet market was eaten up by Apple tablets and laptops that turn into a tablet. Plus large phones, as you’ve mentioned.