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Forget The Smartphone, Forget The Tablet – The 'Phablet' Is THE Gadget Of 2013
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Call it phablet, phonelet, tweener or super smartphone, but the clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back - is here...
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Apple Completely Whiffed On The 'Phablets' Market, Which Is Turning Out To Be...
Earlier today, we published a Reuters story about "phablets"– those huge smartphones from Samsung and others that are so big, they are almost tablets. (Get it? Phone + tablets = phablets. Some call...
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Our Favorite Mobile Predictions For 2013
We've skimmed through many of the "Mobile In 2013" lists to create our own top 10. These are the predictions that either came up again and again, or that echoed our own analysis and data. We've tried...
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Our Favorite Mobile Predictions For 2013
BI Intelligence has skimmed through many of the "Mobile In 2013" lists to create our own top 10. These are the predictions that either came up again and again, or that echoed our own analysis and data....
View ArticleThe Genius Of Samsung
Consider the phablet. Back in 2011, when Samsung first unveiled the Galaxy Note—a 5.3-inch smartphone that was big enough to be a minitablet, hence the ugly portmanteau—the world’s tech pundits...
View ArticleWhat Can Apple Do With A Cheaper iPhone That's Unique? (AAPL)
Apple is reportedly going to release a less-expensive iPhone before the end of the year. This would be a change of pace from Apple because it is known for selling premium devices at premium prices.In...
View ArticlePhablets Are The New Normal
As trends go, it’s been hard to miss this one: Smartphones are getting bigger. Much bigger. Samsung has been championing huge phones for well over a year, introducing its original 5.3-inch whopper —...
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Even Sony Will Beat Apple To Making A Giant Phone (SNE)
We've been saying it for weeks now: big-screen smartphones are the new trend for 2013.It looks like Sony will give it a go, based on a leaked screen component we found on The Verge. The component is...
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BII REPORT: Why Phablets Aren't Just A Fad
At the time the iPhone was introduced, its 3.5-inch screen was considered huge. When Sprint introduced the first 4G phone, the HTC EVO 4G, in mid-2010, many thought the 4.3-inch display would be too...
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What's Up With All These Giant Smartphones?
The "phablet" phenomenon is taking the mobile world by storm.Manufacturers at the world's biggest mobile fair in Barcelona, Spain released a slew of outsized smartphones that can barely fit in one hand...
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Leaked Roadmap Reveals BlackBerry's Second Attempt At An iPad-Killer*
Update: We've just been informed that the roadmap was an April Fools' Day joke. We apologize for the confusion.A leaked BlackBerry roadmap, first uncovered by TechnoBuffalo, suggests the Canadian...
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BII REPORT: Why The Rise Of Phablets Matters
At the time the iPhone was introduced, its 3.5-inch screen was considered huge. Samsung upped the ante with the 4.5-inch Infuse smartphone in January 2011.On the tablet side, screens were getting...
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The World’s Cheapest Tablet Is About To Become The World’s Cheapest Phablet
DataWind, the company behind the $40 tablet, this week finished shipping 100,000 devices to the Indian Institute of Technology. It’s been quite a journey. But DataWind’s founders are already working on...
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'Twerk' And 'Selfie' Are Now Official English Words In The Oxford Dictionary
The next time your parents ask you to explain (again) what a "selfie" is, give them this definition:selfie, n. (informal): a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a...
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REVIEW: Nokia's Crazy-Huge New Windows Phone (MSFT)
Think bigger is better? Nokia’s Lumia 1520 smartphone with a 6-inch screen hits stores this week. The super-large Lumia phablet (yup, that’s the lingo for those part phone, part tablet giants) is .3...
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HP's Soon-To-Be Announced Smartphone Is Probably Too Little Too Late
HP is expected to finally introduce a smartphone, maybe even this week, making good on a promise made by CEO Meg Whitman way back in September, 2012.9to5Google was the first to report the news of HP's...
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HP Announced Its New Android Phablets With This Sarcastic Note To Journalists...
As expected, HP officially launched two new smartphone/tablet devices today.It's been promising to re-enter the mobile market since 2012. The device will only be available in India.Also as expected,...
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Finally, Apple Admits It Made A Huge Mistake By Not Making A Big-Screen Phone...
In October 2011, in Berlin, Samsung launched a phone the like of which no one had ever seen before: The Galaxy Note, with a massive 5.3-inch screen.A lot of people laughed. "We're not so sure that's a...
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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Got 15 Million Signups For Its Newest Phablet
Xiaomi, the buzzy Chinese smartphone maker, had 15 million signups for its latest device, the RedMi Note.But earlier today, Xiaomi had a lot of people freaking out when it tweeted that it got a...
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The Phablet Phenomenon: Trends And Growth Forecast For The Device That Is...
The phablet is having a moment. The days of the 3.5-inch or 4.0-inch screen are gone. The entire smartphone market has been trending toward the phablet category over the past few quarters.We at BI...
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