Those who wanted a phablet could buy an iPhone phablet for the first time.
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Every company under the sun now makes a phablet, but that doesn't change the fact that Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is still the best phablet ever created.
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I'm excited that I finally feel comfortable using a phablet.
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Like everyone else, though, I've learned to accept the phablet.
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Or "phone," if you refuse to accept the phablet revolution.
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The phablet was scheduled to go on sale starting Sept.
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Here's what we know so far about the upcoming phablet.
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She's sticking with her giant phablet, with her LuMee case.
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The Mi 5 (right) next to last year's Mi Note phablet (left).
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Yup, this big ugly phablet has a camera—a really, really good camera.
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They really led the trend of the "phablet" and built this Note brand.
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Hell, nobody even says phablet anymore because giant phones are now the norm.
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Which means phablets or phones verging on phablet territory really are the future.
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The latter was Apple's first foray into a "phablet" or large-screened smartphone.
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Samsung, the company that pioneered the "phablet," thinks it's time for something new.
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Another, a middle-aged guy, readily accepts the offer to register via Smith's phablet.
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The phablet does, however, appear to have a lot going on under the hood.
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The latest version of the industry-defining phablet is more focused on the fundamentals.
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The new and impressive Mi Mix 2 smartphone, and the revamped Mi Note 3 phablet.
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Coolpad's phone looks like a premium phablet, covered on its front and back with glass.
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The phablet - a cross between a smartphone and a tablet - will hit stores on Aug.
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Say you really want HTC to deliver Android Marshmallow to your 2013 One max phablet.
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In recent years smartphone design has converged around a phablet-sized touchscreen and little else.
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Cargo pants with their big pockets are more than roomy enough to hold your phablet.
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The Galaxy Note has been proving skeptics wrong since the phablet debuted back in 2011.
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Though it's a 5.5-inch "phablet," it actually feels smaller than phones in the same class.
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The phablet, along with the Galaxy S line, forms the cornerstone of Samsung's entire consumer approach.
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And the company's newest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7, is its best phablet yet.
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Samsung's return of the stylus didn't catch on for handsets quite like the phablet form factor.
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The gadget, which comes in three colors, looks like a phablet mounted on a bluetooth speaker.
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As with most inflationary issues, the line between the smartphone and the phablet has shifted over time as phones have swelled in size — so while a phablet used to start around the 5-inch mark (or even a little less), it's now more typically 5.5-inches+.
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Image: ThingiverseThe Switch, Nintendo's new phablet console, was a big bet, but perhaps not a smart one.
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The phone feels tiny for today's phablet standards, and yet it has a beautiful 2,880x2300,2821-pixel screen.
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BARCELONA — Windows 10 Mobile desperately needs a hero and HP's new Elite x3 phablet could be it.
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"The era of the big-bucks phablet is coming to an end," I boldly and wrongly declared.
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It was, after all, rather slow to increase smartphone screen size and move into the phablet space.
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This phablet sports a massive 6.3-inch screen, a speedy processor, and Samsung&aposs S Pen stylus.
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Let's get straight to the point: Samsung's once dominant flagship phablet is back after a two year hiatus.
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We already know that Lenovo and Google are making a phablet that uses the crazy Project Tango tech.
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LG V10This guy is basically a powerhouse G4 in phablet form, a serious contender for big phone enthusiasts.
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At its Note 9 announcement today, Samsung boasted the new phablet is a "YouTube Signature Device" for 2019.
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I liked the form factor; the phone felt just perfect in my hand despite the phablet-sized screen.
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Xiaomi had a surprise after it unveiled the latest Mi Note 2 flagship phablet on Tuesday in Beijing.
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The term "phablet" was originally coined to describe a phone that's about as large as a typical tablet.
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We're aware that calling every phablet a Samsung Note7 replacement is getting a bit stale at this point.
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By the way, if you still want an actual phablet: there's a version with a 73-inch display, too.
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Since the original Samsung Galaxy Note pioneered the phablet in 2011, phone screens and consequently their bodies have grown.
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Whether this is the future of the phablet or not, it's certainly an evolution of the smartphone form factor.
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That first generation's 5.3-inch display transformed the word "phablet" from similar tech portmanteau to a mainstream product category.
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Last week, Samsung released the Galaxy Note 7, a 5.7 inch "phablet" that comes with an S Pen stylus.
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Some models can't fit the iPhone 8 Plus (or other "phablet"-sized phones like the Samsung Galaxy Note 20183).
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Xiaomi's new Mi Max 2 phablet, however, might actually live up to its promise of two-day battery life.
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Hewlett Packard made a big play for the business market when it unveiled the 5.9-inch Elite x3 phablet.
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And the word 'phablet' will end up being reserved for the minority 'up to seven inches' proper whopper category.
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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 5.83, the stylus-equipped phablet, will be waterproof and dustproof to IP68 certification, SamMobile claims.
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For comparison, the iPad Mini's screen is 7.9 inches, so the XS Max is as phablet as phablets come.
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"The phablet will become the dominant form factor by October of next year," Flurry Insights wrote earlier this year.
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So despite sporting best-in-class components from its screen to its stylus, Samsung's phablet still seems a bit tame.
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The Note ' "phablet" was a category Samsung has been credited with creating when it launched the first version in 27.
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Today, it's hoping to do that with the introduction of the Note 9 — its flagship phablet with an included stylus.
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That's in contrast to screens after the iPhone 5 cycle, which moved toward "phablet" size at 4.7 inches and beyond.
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The company minced no words calling it a phablet designed to fill the shoes of a smartphone, tablet and laptop.
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Tango is starting with a rather tepid launch on a single Lenovo phablet, but the quality experience is certainly there.
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The common refrain in the earliest days of the phablet was the inability to wrap one's fingers around the device.
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It hasn't caught on with nearly the same intensity of the phablet form factor, but diehards still swear by it.
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The LG V30 is the company's "phablet" device as it looks to take advantage of the trend towards bigger screens.
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How will the Pixel XL compare with the iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note7, the two current phablet champs?
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There's a large tablet perched on each headrest, both removable, and a smaller phablet-sized device ensconced in the center column.
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Samsung's long-awaited Note 8 is almost here, and the phablet actually seems to have a bright future ahead of it.
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When we reached out to DHS for clarification on the phablet issue, a representative pointed us back to the affected airlines.
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Once again, the killer spec here is the price — the six-inch ZMAX PRO phablet runs an attractive $99, after rebate.
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The 5.7 inch LG Stylus 2 is the follow on phablet to the G4 Stylus, which launched in May last year.
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I thought big phones were stupid when Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note in 2011 and created this whole phablet (shudder) trend.
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It's the company's latest phablet device and the packaging for the phone can be folded to become a virtual reality headset.
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Aching for a phablet with a stylus, but not ready to splurge your life savings on a Samsung Galaxy Note 25?
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However, we live in the 21st century and you can't pay bills or buy a phablet for your child with berries.
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That device ushered in a new wave of "phablet" phones with screens that were larger than traditional phones at the time.
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First, pushing past the 5-inch mark and into phablet territory, to more recent innovations like exaggerated 18:9 or widescreen displays.
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It measures 158.9 xx 33003 x 8.9mm and weighs just under six ounces — a typical size for an Android phablet in 2017.
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Normally, I can get by with using phablet-sized devices with relative ease, but the V20 is strictly a two-handed operation.
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Our live blog tracked the latest as smartphone giant Samsung launched Galaxy Note 7 - a large-screen 'phablet' with a stylus pen.
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The size, which is somewhere between phablet and mini tablet, provides ample real estate that can still be held in one hand.
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It's an all-around solid phablet with a huge OLED screen, great cameras on both front and back, and stellar battery life.
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The 18:9 aspect ratio really does provide a nice form factor that serves as a midpoint of phablet and slimmer phones.
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Xiaomi's Mi Note and Huawei's Nexus 6P gave us some phablet-sized hints last year for what was to come this spring.
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Shortly officially putting the kibosh on the once mighty phablet, Samsung has begun to extend its refund plan to several more territories.
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It's ugly on all the S10s, but the big wide notch-hole combo on the S10 5G 6.7″ phablet is the ugliest.
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The Mate 10 looks is more phablet-like and offers more screen real estate, both in terms of resolution and surface size.
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Most importantly, though, Link is almost immediately given a phablet called the "Sheikah Slate," which both looks like and functions like an iPhone.
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Samsung pioneered the modern phablet with the Galaxy Note and has embraced bigger screens for years—and it's finally killing the "small" option.
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Now, at an event in Munich, the company showed the evolution of that concept with its new phablet flagship, the Huawei Mate 25.0.
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The phones are so similar that Samsung drove it home by skipping the Note 6 and declaring its latest phablet the Note 7.
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Now, a day after the announcement of several key pieces of Google hardware, the mythical phablet has gotten a slightly more definite timeframe.
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Anything larger would sacrifice portability and anything smaller (like the 8-inch version of the S5993) is creeping into that fuzzy phablet territory.
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The acclaimed Inglourious Basterds actor has signed on with Samsung for a silly new ad touting the company's eagerly anticipated Note 7 phablet.
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Photo-taking is also key on the Note 8 because it's a much better mobile photo editing device, thanks to its phablet nature.
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Xiaomi is holding an event on May 10 in Beijing to unveil the Mi Max, a phablet with a rumored 6.4-inch screen.
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The smaller Pixel is expected to have a 5-inch display, while the Pixel XL will have a phablet-class 5.5-inch screen.
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Lenovo teased it as essentially acting like a phablet (and conducting calls) while folded and serving the typical 10-inch tablet uses otherwise.
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Bassheads love Beats headphones, phablet doodlers love the Galaxy Note, and a whole bunch of people have developed a fondness for Amazon's Alexa.
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Instead, Samsung has launched its own global program to replace the phablet, following reports that a battery issue could cause fire or explosion.
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The invite is scant on details, but we'll be there next month keeping you updated on what is announced regarding Samsung's latest flagship phablet.
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In August, Samsung launched its latest "phablet," the Galaxy Note 2200, advertising it as gaming-friendly and highlighting increased battery life and quick cooling.
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Photo: Patrick Lucas Austin (Gizmodo)At Samsung's Unpacked event, the company confirmed what we already knew, and announced its Samsung Galaxy Note 9 phablet.
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Samsung first announced the Galaxy Note 7, its flagship phablet, in early August 2016, and began shipping the phone a couple of weeks later.
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Every nook and cranny of the upcoming phablet has been bared for the world, in a series of leaks over the past several weeks.
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Of late, ZTE's primary focus has been doing so on pricing – a strategy epitomized by the recent launch of the company's $99 Android phablet.
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But here we are at Samsung Unpacked in New York, and every teaser and leak points to the return of the company's phabled phablet.
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The tech company earlier this month said it would offer trade-ins for its "Phablet" devices after it received several reports of battery explosions.
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The Huawei Mate 20 X is the largest in the lineup with its 7.2-inch OLED display, which already consists of three phablet devices.
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It says the new stylus has a "nano-coated tip" — for, it claims, enhanced accuracy vs the rubber-tipped stylus of 2015's phablet.
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A good example is Samsung's introduction of the oversized Galaxy Note "phablet" at a time when phones could be navigated with a single hand.
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Samsung could easily exploit this dual-screen function to enable more creative use cases, like it's done with its "phablet" Note range of phones.
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If that seemingly perfect flagship phablet hadn't blown up, maybe Samsung would have had time to figure out a transparent, under the glass fingerprint reader.
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His latest target is the Galaxy Note 8, and it turns out Samsung's excellent phablet sports the best screen they've ever seen on a phone.
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As expected, the Nokia 3 and Nokia 5 appeared, and the international variants of the 'phablet'-sized Nokia 6, the Rolls Royce of the range.
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The phone's powered by the same Exynos 53 that also powers Samsung's flagship Galaxy S25 phone andNote 25 phablet, so it certainly packs a punch.
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The "phablet" also features Samsung's S-Pen stylus, so you can do more than just touch and swipe, but actually sketch and take handwritten notes.
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The Pro is a phablet with a 6-inch, 1080p display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, 13-megapixel camera, USB Type-C port, and fingerprint scanner.
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Samsung just sent out invites for its next big event in New York City, and its beloved phablet seems all but guaranteed to show up.
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The iPhone 11 Pro Max ($1,099) is the over-the-top phablet: The iPhone 11 Pro Max is mostly identical to the Pro, but larger.
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Galaxy S20 ($1,000+) is the smallest of the lot: If you want Samsung's best but don't want to carry around a phablet, get the S203.
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While the 5.3 inch Quad HD resolution display puts it on the verge of phablet territory — and squarely within the current smartphone screen size sweet spot.
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That's not to say it's phablet-sized, though: the bezels are so small on the 5.7-inch screen, it doesn't feel as massive as it could.
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When I first reviewed Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 last year, I thought that, at the time, the device was the best Android phablet you could buy.
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The Note was originally marketed as a "phablet," a horrible portmanteau of "phone" and "tablet" that insinuates the thing is both portable and productive, or something.
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Lumia 1320A great option for a phablet smartphone but currently only available on Cricket and also packed with all the well-known shortcomings of Windows Phone.
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I had my reasons for not going phablet-sized (again) even though everyone who's made the switch seems to be really happy with their biggie phones.
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But looking back, this shot of the Samsung's infamous premier phablet lying upside down in a pool of water like a drowned corpse became vaguely prophetic.
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Screens on smartphones have continued getting bigger—as seen by the rise of the phablet—but watches are far more constrained when it comes to size.
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The technology giant is planning a global recall of its latest flagship phablet and has confirmed it is aware of at least 35 incidents with handsets.
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Calling something "small" and "huge" at the same time sounds like a contradiction, but it's the perfect definition for what a phablet should be in 2017.
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As Samsung prepares to launch its next-gen phablet extraordinaire, the Note 7, at its special event this upcoming Tuesday, the leaks are continuing to flow.
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Google's Nexus was great, but it was phablet-sized and available through limited channels, leaving only the Apple-Samsung duopoly for most people to choose from.
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Its top-selling Redmi range, for example, starts at around $150 and include phablet versions, while the higher-end Mi family is priced upwards of $300.
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The phone shares much of the looks of the company's Mi Note "phablet," including that device's thin, curved-back design, with a smaller 5.15-inch display.
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I also preferred the colors on the screen to those on the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the $950 phablet that earned top ratings for its display.
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The Dragonfly Futurefön's specs seemed almost impossibly good; its 7-inch phablet weighed precisely as much as the far smaller Samsung Galaxy S20143 phone, for instance.
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I always thought I would fall into the latter group — because, honestly, who would rather carry around a giant phablet instead of a do-it-all smartwatch?
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The phablet in the middle has an OLED display and, should you pop a SIM into the A8, it can also be used to make phone calls.
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It served its purpose well as a midlevel, ultra-portable tablet before the rise of the phablet with the introduction of the iPhone 6S Plus in 2015.
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That said, the phone overall is definitely in phablet territory, and if you have smaller hands or just prefer a smaller phone, you probably won't like it.
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Every since Samsung and basically every regulatory body around put the kibosh on the phablet, however, the closest we've gotten is the Google Pixel's Really Blue option.
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Your only option for entertainment is staring up at the ceiling because you can't roll over yet and probably don't own a phablet with a Netflix subscription.
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The result is quite impressive as it feels like you're using a phone with a big display, but it doesn't feel as cumbersome as a traditional phablet.
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Up front, there's a deep and multifunctional main pocket and another padded pouch at the top that will fit a phablet or a point-and-shoot camera.
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The Huawei Mate 7623, the company's latest 6-inch phablet, has no such issues: It's been a delight to use, with its biggest problem being the price.
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The Note 7 is 5.7 inches from corner to corner, making it a large phone sometimes referred to as a phablet — a combination of phone and tablet.
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Now the iPhone 7, the smaller phone, the average-size phone, has optical image stabilization, which previously Apple had always reserved for its phablet, the giant one.
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Maybe an S Pen is enough for Note fans, especially considering that the most recent Samsung phablet on the market is still the Galaxy Note 83 from 2015.
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The Slate's screen appears to fall right in the middle of phablet territory, not quite a 7-inch tablet and too bulky to compete with the standard iPhone.
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For everything you need to know about this year's flagship phablet that was just announced at the company's Unpacked event in New York City, see our coverage below.
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The first is that it's massive, barely qualifying as a phone, with a 6.4-inch display and hard, chamfered edges that make it feel like a weaponized phablet.
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In April, Xiaomi teased the Mi Max, a phablet that has a large screen (Xiaomi would not say how big, exactly) but still manages fits in your pocket.
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Of course, all of this is made possible by the fact the proprietary stylus has learned a few new tricks for this latest generation of the popular phablet.
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U.S. cellphone carriers were rushing to develop a game plan Friday following Samsung's unprecedented recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 "phablet," which went on sale last month.
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People Are Already Trying to Fix the Nintendo Switch&aposs Dumb Design IssuesThe Switch, Nintendo's new phablet console, was a big bet, but perhaps not a smart one.
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The phablet - a cross between a smartphone and a tablet - would also be able to cool itself quickly during game sessions that typically heat phones up a lot.
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With the Galaxy Note 8, being unveiled in New York today, Samsung is looking to move past all of last year's problems and re-establish its signature phablet.
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Alongside the 5.7-inch Deluxe, Asus today also unveiled the 6.8-inch ZenFone 3 Ultra, which resides firmly in phablet territory while also matching the invisible antenna design.
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The larger Ultra has a Home button with a fingerprint sensor built in at the front, which sits somewhat awkwardly next to the bottom edge of the phablet.
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At this point, Samsung might well be wishing that it'd kept to its old number scheme, which would have seen this year's phablet titled the Galaxy Note 6.
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This month's launch of the LG V20, a day before Apple's big event, was almost strategically positioned to bury the new phablet under a deluge of iPhone hype.
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A week or so after the FAA issued a strongly worded warning asking travelers not to check or fly with Samsung's new phablet, the MTA is following suit.
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To prompt more sales, Samsung on Thursday unveiled the Galaxy Note203, its latest big-screen smartphone (also known as a "phablet"), which comes equipped with a digital pen.
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Also, the iPhone 11's price is a lot more palatable for some people than the cost of an iPhone 11 Pro or even a premium Samsung phablet.
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The Pixel will come with a more "normal" 5-inch full HD screen and the Pixel XL will come with the phablet-sized 5.5-inch Quad HD screen.
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Image: SamsungAfter the literal garbage fire that was the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung's upcoming flagship phablet needs to be more than just a big Galaxy S8 with a stylus.
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After being too eager to get the product back to market, Samsung was ultimately forced to issue a second recall for the phablet and ultimately discontinued the product altogether.
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Even simple questions like "What's a tablet?" may be difficult to answer definitively, leaving phablet owners to risk a trans-Atlantic flight without no way to pass the time.
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Or you could have more sophisticated and appealing augmentations, as presented by Google's Tango project, but you'd need a big fat phablet to lug around to make them happen.
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If you're like me, and you want the best smartphone camera but don't want a phablet brick, you're going to seriously miss out by not getting the Plus model.
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Analysts told CNBC it would be an uphill task for Xiaomi to make a meaningful dent in the phablet market segment and pick up on the Note 2500 slack.
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The South Korean electronics giant was forced to recall of 2.5 million of its Note 7 phablet this month after reports that the device was exploding and catching fire.
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To be clear, this is a standard location for search (and address) bars in iOS, and it's more of an an obvious issue on the phablet Plus-sized phone.
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That's unlikely to make a dent in China, where the market has long moved to larger, "phablet"-sized devices which are preferred for video, entertainment and other such activities.
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AT&T and T-Mobile just announced pricing and availability for the LG V20 smartphone, LG's flagship phablet that will compete at the high end of the smartphone market.
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Nothing says sci-fi like a bezel-less screen, and Xiaomi's newly announced Mi Mix Android phablet is very sci-fi with its 24 percent screen-to-body ratio.
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We've compared the Galaxy Note 10 Plus to the Galaxy Note 9 to help you decide which Samsung phablet you should buy — and whether the upgrade is worth it.
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FlexEnable flexible bracelet One day our phones will wrap around our wrists and we'll laugh at how we ever thought it was okay to stuff a phablet in our pants.
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Xiaomi has been running a livestream online to demonstrate the battery life of its behemoth 6.44-inch Mi Max phablet — and the show's been on for nearly two weeks now.
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The Galaxy Note 7 started life looking like Samsung's best ever smartphone: it combined the huge screen and stylus of a phablet with the petite dimensions of a regular smartphone.
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Back before every phone was effectively a phablet, we had all sorts of categories: flip phones, candy bars, sliders, swivels, the original brick phones, and, of course, the infamous taco.
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Other than the fact that, uh, a number of devices caught fire, I thought the Note 7 was the best Android phablet you could buy when I first reviewed it.
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So LG's bet on stretching the smartphone on its vertical axis, to add more real estate without turning the device into a palm-stretching phablet, looks to be onto something.
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Toughness score: 4.9/10 Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Samsung&aposs phablet (which starts at $799) took 4- and 6-foot drops on its face onto a wood surface with ease.
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Its 6.5-inch display sounds unwieldy on paper, though this aspect ratio should make it easier to hold and pocket than larger phablet phones, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
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Both are variations on the company's U11 flagship — one's is a budget version, the other's a six-inch, premium phablet version, but only one is actually destined for the States.
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Evident in its tortured sloganizing for its very first phablet, the 5.5-inch iPhone 63 Plus — which it launched in 2014 and stuck next to the words: "bigger than bigger".
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Putting all those rumors together (and we're well aware that some or all may prove to be false), and it seems like the new Note might be one powerful phablet.
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Related: Measure Your Wealth Against Billionaires', with Emojis How A Wealthy Businessman Became an Artist By Painting with his Phablet Live Rich on a Dime with These Extravagant Paper Wigs
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All images: Sam Rutherford/GizmodoIt might seem strange that the most recent Samsung flagship phablet you could actually buy is the Galaxy Note 5, which debuted way back in August 2015.
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Image: SamsungThe arrival of Samsung's next flagship phablet was inevitable, but now at least we have a date for when the Galaxy Note 9 will make its official debut: August 9.
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In the fall, Essential was quickly forgotten due to phones like the iPhone X, Google's second Pixel, and the return of the original big-ass phablet after a two year hiatus.
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The co-CEO, who is also vice-chairman of Samsung, addressed the Note 7 issue which saw the smartphone "phablet" catch fire ending in a recall and discontinuation of the device.
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To that capable mix, the phablet adds features you won't find in any other phone on the market, making it clear that this is the most-advanced device in Samsung's stable.
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The Verge reached out to four separate airlines affected by the new restrictions — Royal Jordanian, Qatar Airways, Emirati Airlines, and Etihad — but none were able to comment on the phablet issue.
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This fits with widely reported rumors that Samsung is finally adding dual cameras to its flagship smartphones — having initially brought the hardware feature to its premium phablet, the Galaxy Note 20183.
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Samsung is expected to unveil its new Galaxy Note smartphone next week and will likely start selling its phablet about a month before rival Apple launches its new iPhones in September.
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Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has been top of the headlines for the past six weeks with the world's largest smartphone maker finally deciding to stop making the highly combustible phablet.
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Samsung has enjoyed great success with its Galaxy Note ever since the first edition back in 2011, introducing a stylus as a distinguishing (and evidently desirable) feature in the phablet market.
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Microsoft has now started investing more in digital inking inside Windows 10, and it's easy to imagine a Surface "phablet" emerging with a focus on note taking as its key differentiator.
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The company's Galaxy S7 flagship phone reportedly outsold Apple's iPhone in the US last quarter, and Samsung has said that its "phablet" category is its fastest-growing subset of mobile phones.
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The Note 7 itself doesn't account for a dominant amount of Samsung phone shipments, and Apple is the only competitor with a high-end "phablet" that competes with the Note 7.
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New phones coming to the market include Samsung Electronics's Galaxy Note 8 "phablet", and a widely expected 10th anniversary iPhone from U.S. rival Apple Inc, set to be unveiled next month.
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A phone spontaneously dying is a cake walk compared to a phablet bomb, but we'll see whether this was just a big pre-release fluke and the consumer units prove more durable.
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Another tidbit pertaining to Samsung's incoming Note 8, with the company hoping its premium palm-stretcher phablet brand can rise phoenix like from the ashes of the Note 7 flaming battery debacle.
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In company news, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled the large-screen Galaxy Note 7 "phablet" with a stylus pen in a bid to capture the premium end of a slowing smartphone market.
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Based on recent leaks, the invite looks to be a close-up of the nearly all-screen front of the new phablet, with the single hole punch front-facing camera up top.
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Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise that the company that popularized the phablet is the one that's pushing forward and working to make the best large-screened smartphone you can get.
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While the Note 5 was marketed as a phablet for power users (it's got the S Pen, after all), the S6 Edge+ was marketed as more of a phone for consuming entertainment.
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The next major Android phablet release from Samsung will be called the Galaxy Note 7 and will feature a dual-edge display, according to Korean carrier sources speaking anonymously to ET News.
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But it's still a home for a lot of Google's weirdest AR experiments, and the chance of consumers adopting a 6.4-inch Lenovo phablet on any sort of critical scale is low.
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Not big in the phablet sense (which isn't to say, of course, that 5.7 inches isn't substantial), but big as in wide, with an unusually large 18:9 aspect (read: 2:1).
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The market for tablets has already crashed as current phones have caught up in power and closed the gap on screen size, so luring people back to the phablet concept might be difficult.
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In Barcelona, Akyumen presented a whole range of products with embedded projectors: the 10-inch Falcon tablet and the 33-inch Holophone phablet with Windows 10, and the 5.5-inch Hawk Android smartphone.
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In Barcelona, Akyumen presented a whole range of products with embedded projectors: the 10-inch Falcon tablet and the 7-inch Holophone phablet with Windows 10, and the 5.5-inch Hawk Android smartphone.
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Samsung has confirmed that despite the battery life issues and subsequent recall that plagued the Galaxy Note 7, the company will continue to use the "Galaxy Note" branding for its future phablet devices.
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A day after the Consumer Product Safety Commission formally issued a recall of Samsung's occasional explosion-making Galaxy Note 7, the FAA is offering a more strictly worded warning against the troubled phablet.
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says he believes there is stronger demand for the iPhone 7 Plus as a result of the Note7's recall as consumers look for an alternative phablet.
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With its six-inch screen and unique features, the Tango "phablet" is more likely to appeal mainly to tech enthusiasts interested in trying Tango than average smartphone buyers looking for their next phone.
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Whether phablet or pocket-friendly, plastic or metal, Windows Phone or Android or BlackBerry, bezel-less or no, they've all ridden shotgun right in my pocket for days, sometimes weeks, at a time.
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Samsung Electronics shares recovered some ground on Tuesday after more than $27 billion was wiped off the value of the company's stock the day before over the recall of its Note 1.053 phablet.
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She thought for a moment and whipped out her phablet, and pulled up a picture of the beer can sculpture of a hand throwing a football that anchored a Bud Light beer tent.
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That matches what other companies like Essential, Samsung and LG are doing, and it will allow users to carry a big screen without requiring a massive pocket-hogging phablet to go with it.
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Cracking open my iPhone 6 Plus—Apple's version of the big-screen "phablet"—reveals not just a marvel of globally sourced miniaturization but also a high-tech road map that touches just about everywhere.
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The company also hasn't detailed any specs for the PIXI 4 Family line, but the entry-level products include 3.5-inch and 4-inch smartphones, a 6-inch phablet and a 7-inch tablet.
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The 223-inch iPhone 27 Plus was announced alongside the smaller 22016-inch iPhone 73 and gave Apple a product that could compete in the large-screen "phablet" market that Samsung had been dominating.
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But in the months since the P8, Huawei has been responsible for 8203's best Android device, Google's Nexus 6P, and some of this year's best battery life, courtesy of the Mate 8 phablet.
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Some leaked images and FCC filings point to the next Moto G being offered in two sizes, with a larger "Plus" model meant to compete with the army of existing phablet-sized Android phones.
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Despite its large screen, this phone is no phablet; it's only slightly larger than the iPhone 28, which only has a 230-inch screen and much smaller than the 3603-inch iPhone 2360 Plus.
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The Note, back in 2011, kicked off the "phablet" era, giving people the ability to watch the likes of YouTube and Netflix on a screen that didn't require a pair of binoculars to enjoy.
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Samsung issued a rare second recall for the "phablet" earlier this month and has now pulled the phone from the market, a move that threatens the company's position as the world's leading smartphone maker.
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The Elite x3 phablet that I called "the hero Windows 10 Mobile needs" when it was announced in February now has a price and release date: It starts at $699 and launches on Aug. 29.
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Apple can't afford to be deaf to the desires of those potential buyers, and part of its motivation for introducing the iPhone Plus models was to tap into the enthusiasm for phablet devices across Asia.
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And most of the rest that's new seems to largely be an attempt to distinguish the phablet as a more premium option than the similarly sized Galaxy S8+ But that's not a bad thing, really.
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Given that phablet users spend more time in their apps, and the form factor overall is surging, it's not surprising to see this has had a direct impact on app session growth throughout the year.
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The company is still working on a more direct successor to the Note 7, a broad device with a big screen sometimes called a phablet because it combines the attributes of phone and a tablet.
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Unpacked is being held August 23 in New York City, a week or so ahead of the IFA tech show in Berlin, where the company released the first version of the phablet way back in 2011.
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Combining the stunning design of the S8 with the iconic S Pen and the biggest screen Samsung has ever put on a phone, the Note 8 looks like it could be the ultimate phablet-style device.
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Oh, the agony) wasn't already the hardest part of the buying decision already (I kid), now we're all going to have to decide if the camera is important enough for us to switch to a phablet?
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The untimely demise of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 has opened up a chunk of the phablet market for the taking, and Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is the latest company to throw its name into the hat.
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Samsung unveiled the large-screen Galaxy Note 20153 "phablet" with a stylus pen on Tuesday, in an attempt to capture the premium end of a slowing smartphone market, boost profits and poach customers from rival Apple.
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The company still hasn't fully thrown in the towel on the device, even as a growing list of voices in the media have insisted that it go ahead and cut its losses on the faulty phablet.
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The 5.7-inch phablet is available now from a whole slew of retailers, including, naturally, Samsung's stores, plus Best Buy, Target, Sam's Club, some Walmart stores (maybe call ahead on that one), and online through Amazon.
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The phablet form of the device resembles the bezel-less "infinity display" design of a handset like the 2018 Samsung Galaxy S8 — albeit more squat looking than the tall 18.5:9 aspect ratio of the S8.
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I liked having my own theme color, and I love this phone's ergonomics — the 3 was the first 5.5-inch device that I actually felt comfortable using as a phone and not a phablet in disguise.
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And then, of course, there's Samsung, whose train wreck of a phablet really cemented the potential threat of exploding devices in mainstream consciousness through a pair of high profile recalls and constant reminders from flight attendants.
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But it's still impressive that Asus has managed to fit all of the Tango requirements into a phone that feels like a phone you'd use every day, not a phablet that you'd have to try to accommodate.
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Based on the many, many Galaxy Note 9 leaks we've seen in the past few weeks and months, it seems like a pretty safe bet that the upcoming phablet won't look all that different from its predecessors.
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While last year's S6 Edge has the same 73-inch display as the standard model, the S7 Edge steps up to a phablet-class 5.5-inch screen (also quad HD, Super AMOLED, and fantastic to look at).
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LG: Well, it doesn't have a stylus, so if you were a person who really, really likes to use a stylus with your phablet, you are out of luck with the iPhone X. KS: All right. Dan?
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I realize these seem like weird things to say at this point, but I assure you they were legitimate concerns in the earliest days of the phablet, when these things were giant hunks of plastic and glass.
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Note 9 rumors are confirmed Samsung's latest phablet was introduced this afternoon without much surprise after weeks of leaks, speculation and even a photo of CEO DJ Koh using the phone in public made their rounds online.
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The standard iPhone 11 is a third of an inch larger with a regular OLED Retina display, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max clocks in with a phablet-ey "Super Retina XDR" display size of 6.5 inches.
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The game even goes out of its way to explain that there indeed is electricity in the version of Hyrule and suggests that Link will harness it on his quest: In the demo, Link enters a shrine using what appears to be a futuristic—not a magical—elevator, sticks his phablet into another hole and, after the electric podium literally authenticates itself with the Sheikah's servers, allows him to download an OS update that does not give his phablet magic powers but merely gives it software that allows it to use magnets.
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Now the question is how the ignominious end of the Galaxy Note 7 handset, which some hardware aficionados had called the best "phablet" (or large smartphone) ever made, will change Samsung, which is going through a leadership transition.
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Initially, Xiaomi is starting off with the Redmi Note 4, its budget but impressive phablet, for 5,499 MXN ($287) but it plans to offer the slightly smaller-sized Redmi 4X (3,999 MXN, $209), and others in the future.
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Samsung versus Apple is one the fiercest mobile tech rivalries ever and, with the right timing and its latest "phablet" device, the South Korean giant may have found the right formula to steal customers from the iPhone maker.
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Even as Apple brings dual cameras to the iPhone 7 Plus and Lenovo gets ready to launch the first Tango-enabled phablet, it's clear that cameras are getting smarter and more capable in capturing our environments and lives.
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Those lines certainly blurred when the company introduced the S8+, which eclipsed the Note 7 with a 5.8-inch screen and was seen by many as a surrogate while the original Samsung phablet was temporarily off the market.
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But Samsung is evidently keen to try to limit brand damage to the Note brand — which it introduced in 2011, ushering in a successful run of phablet-sized smartphones and encouraging other smartphone makers to supersize handset screens.
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The comments come after a Yonhap News Agency report suggested that the company had suspended production of its phablet device, in what is a further setback for the tech giant trying to manage its worst ever phone recall crisis.
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Currently, Face ID can only recognize you while you hold the phone vertically, but horizontal unlock makes a lot of sense for the phablet-sized iPhone X Plus as well as the rumored new iPad with Face ID support.
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The popularity of the larger screen iPhone appears to be in line with Flurry's figures which showed phablet devices – those with 5 inch to 6.9 inch screens – accounted for 37 percent market share, up from 27 percent in 2015.
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Samsung touted the Note Edge as the ultimate productivity phablet combining the Note 4's S Pen stylus and dual-app multitasking features in Android with a bent display that could provide quick access to app shortcuts and notifications.
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The Holofone phablet is available for preorder from Akyumen's website, starting at $750 for the basic bundle, or up to $950 for a set that includes a host of accessories including a Bluetooth speaker, game controller, and battery stand.
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The story is just the latest in a month-plus-long saga surrounding the company's flagship phablet, which has included an official warning from the FAA asking users to power off and unplug their devices when boarding a flight.
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As a sort of natural climax to the swelling phone trend, Samsung went all out with the first true "phablet," and despite groans of protest the phone not only sold well but became a staple of the Galaxy series.
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But aside from components choices and a gimmick here or there, Samsung has an even more important question to answer regarding its upcoming phablet: How do you make the Note 9 more than just a Galaxy S9+ with a stylus?
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TechCrunch's Brian Heater judged Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 "a nice return to form for the series" in his TC review — while also noting that Samsung seems to be erring on the cautious side, avoiding bombarding the phablet with new features.
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And while the company is taking its time, lessons learned from the Note fiasco have apparently not precluded Samsung from going big with the device – quite literally, with a display that's said to be even larger than the phablet line.
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After rumors of crazy-good specs, this was the device that had all the makings of becoming the best phablet in the world, and with the Samsung Galaxy Note7 out of the picture, the task appeared to be even easier.
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You can think of it as the throwback to last year's model — for people who might not fancy going up near the phablet size range or those who still think of the Moto G as an affordable device first and foremost.
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Unfortunately for those two companies, Akyumen (Pronounced like "acumen," probably) has just announced that its Holofone Phablet, which I assume is going to be the only phone anyone will ever need to buy ever again, will be available September 1st.
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While growth is of course positive, Apple's China revenue was still some way short of its peak two years ago, when the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus — the firm's first phablet-sized devices — helped revenue jump to $12.51 billion.
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With the arrival of the Note 8, the phablet is now a full inch larger in screen size than the original model, a decision made, in part, to keep the device bigger (if only slightly) than the recently introduced Galaxy S8+.
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The Note 8 is then a big device in many ways, but what it represents most of all is a maturation of the phablet form factor, or the gigantic screen phone, which the Note basically created – or at least popularized.
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Also in 2011, Samsung brought big phones into the mainstream with its Note series, creating the "phablet," or phone-tablet hybrid, something Apple took note of for its Plus and Max versions of iPhones starting with the 6 Plus in 2014.
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If one were to, say, forget about the 7-inch phablet just barely squeezed into one's back pocket and then, say, sit down, we all know who would lose the battle between ass and Chipotle stool: the $500 allegedly portable computing device.
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These apps take a fair bit more computing power than the typical smartphone app so, not surprisingly, the $499 Phab2 Pro is absolutely massive, with a 6.4-inch display — huge even by 2016 phablet standards — and weighing more than half a pound.
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Given last year's horrendous Note 7 recall, and the damage it did to the Galaxy brand, Samsung is under serious pressure to deliver a flawless premium phone that can win back consumers and reestablish the Note name in the high-end phablet market.
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The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a pretty snug fit in the old Gear VR headset (198mm x 116mm x 90mm) so it's no surprise that Samsung's new hallmark phablet might need some new digs to get in on the VR game.
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"We want you to make the best decision so we don't feel ashamed before our customers who use the Galaxy phablet smartphones," one posting said, using a word for big phones like the Note 7 that approach the size of a tablet.
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The phone's pretty much what it sounds like: a standard, unlocked version of the company's latest phablet, decked out with a bunch of business-focused software feature designed to add security to sensitive information and make it easier for IT to work with.
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After the phablet became one of the biggest consumer electronics disasters in recent memory, the company invited third-party safety groups to investigate, instituted a rigorous eight-point safety check for future phones and promised to do better at several subsequent press conferences.
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The electronics giant has put on some of the more bizarre events over the past decade, including, memorably, one at IFA 2012 that featured a real-life magician hired by the company to demonstrate just how magical the company's new phablet really was.
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This leak, this time in the form of a promotional video of the phablet, shows off the smartphone as only a computer-generated and professionally produced ad can: With neat special effects and a completely sterile void in which to show off the smartphone.
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Aiming to stem defections resulting from its Galaxy Note 73 recall, Samsung's U.S. subsidiary said Friday that it will offer customers a $25 credit if they stick with a Samsung smartphone rather than get a refund or exchange their "phablet" for another maker's device.
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In the case of the Note 7, that means a unification across Samsung's Galaxy Note line, pulling the phablet up alongside its septuagenarian siblings, the S7 and S7 Edge; most notably, aesthetic consistency across the lines is the real reason for forgoing the sixth installment.
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The phablet-sized Redmi Note 3 got the metallic treatment when it was unveiled in December, but, interestingly, while the Note 3 became Xiaomi's first device with a fingerprint scanner — unlocking potential for payments and other services — the Redmi 3 doesn't have a scanner.
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Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, meanwhile, launched the P9 in April 2016 in partnership with storied camera-maker Leica - a team that caught the public's imagination and is expected to continue with the launch of the Huawei Mate 9 phablet by the end of this year.
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Today it announced two new Android handsets preloaded with the AI assistant: the HTC U Ultra, a 5.7 inch flagship phablet clad in glass on the front and back; and a more mid-tier option called the HTC U Play, with a 123 inch display.
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THE YES THERE IS SUCH A THING AS BAD PUBLICITY AWARD FOR SPONTANEOUS BRAND COMBUSTION To Samsung, whose Galaxy Note 7 phablet was called out by name before every single flight I took for months, for fear that one would explode and kill us all.
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The company made a point to note all it had to shrink down the device's display to body ratio, and indeed, like Samsung's most recent phablet offering, this handset is actually easy enough to hold with a single hand, in spite of sporting a 5.5-inch display.
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ZTE ZMaxThe T-Mobile exclusive ZTE Max phablet opts for a near-stock version of Android instead of any skin (w/ T-Mobile bloat), but the design on this guy is pretty utilitarian, the processor is a bit slow, and its OS is running a little behind.
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Samsung said consumer interest in the Note 7, its phablet device released earlier this month, "has already exceeded that seen with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge", adding that it intends to limit pre-order supply to meet demand when it goes on sale next month.
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This week, Verizon announced a new budget phone, the LG Stylo 2 V. The Stylo 2 V is wholly unremarkable as phones go: it's a budget phablet with a 5.7-inch display, 13-megapixel camera, 3,000mAh battery, a generation-old Android Marshmallow OS, and 16GB of storage.
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In spite of years of hype around flexible displays and electronics, we're not there yet, so, among other things, there's a gap you're going to have to deal with between displays that may make you wish you'd just opted for a proper phablet in the first place.
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People have large phablet-style cells phones and often more than one phone as Korea is way ahead in 4G penetration, so what people do on their mobile devices is way ahead of us in the U.S. More than half of e-commerce happens on the phone.
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SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd set out to wipe the slate clean in New York on Wednesday with its new Galaxy Note 63 "phablet," hoping features like dual rear cameras and its biggest-ever screen will extinguish memories of the device's fire-prone predecessor.
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Apple reportedly has two additional new devices planned: A big phablet that borrows design elements from the iPhone X and might be called the iPhone X Plus, and a cheaper phone that sacrifices some of the iPhone X's premium features to make it more affordable, according to Bloomberg.
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Under the hood of the Android 6.0 device there's a 1.2GHz Quad-Core chip, 1.5GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage (user expandable as noted above), so in classic phablet style it's not going to be treading on the toes of the top of the range smartphone flagships.
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As a result, over the past three years that Tango has been in the public eye, Google has managed to get it on just two fringe smartphones, the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, a hulking beast of a phablet, and the Zenfone AR, a device which launched earlier this month.
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Huawei turned up the volume for this series, literally, with a truly massive phone with a 7.2-inch screen, called the Mate 216 X. That's a whole different phablet-y world from the 220-inch Mate 270 Pro and 230-inch Mate 220, and bigger than an iPad mini.
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Users in its home country who opt for the upgrade program will only need to pay half the price of a Galaxy S27 in order to exchange to an S2100 or Note 8 next year — so they're being offered next year's flagship Samsung phablet at around half price.
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Despite the slim bezels, the NEX S is definitely in phablet territory (if that's still a word) and won't be everyone's cup of tea, but on the flip side, it's the sort of phone that makes you want to sell your tablet as you probably won't be needing it any more.
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It could be that the new safety and quality assurance procedures that the company is introducing following its investigation into the Note 7 recall have impacted production and sale time, or simply that Samsung is being more cautious after it was forced to discontinue the phablet device on safety grounds.
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As one of the first truly big smartphones — the original "phablet" back before giant phones became the norm — the old Note models would catch your eye when you saw them in a store or out in public, like an NBA player on a court with a bunch of middle-schoolers.
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While the company reserved most of the pomp and/or circumstance for its shiny new phablet, it devoted large chunks of the unveil to its virtual reality experience filtered through the Gear headsets it distributed to attendees, highlighting the peripheral's AR and VR offerings while also promoting the new Gear 360 camera.
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The phablet is due to start shipping this Friday, September 15 — which is also the day tipped for at least some of Apple's new iPhone models to go on sale, even if the iPhone X is slated to be coming later than the other new handsets we're expecting: the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
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Large screened smartphones have become so common that the word "phablet" has sort of melted away into the background: Phones are regularly so big nowadays that Apple won cheers from a good slice of the population (including from former Motherboard Managing Editor Adrianne Jeffries) earlier this year just for releasing a smartphone that was smaller than its immediate predecessor.
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The company has previously claimed it's seeing faster than ever pre-sales for a Note device in the U.S. Now its expanded that momentum claim, saying pre-orders for the premium phablet have hit the highest ever velocity for its Note series — and beat the Note 83 pre-orders by about 2.5x over five days, according to a Reuters report.
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Indeed there's a pretty gigantic clue to that in the invitation for its pre-MWC press event — in the shape of a purple-hued number '9'… Samsung's timing means the S253 and its phablet-sized S9+ fellow are being outted about a month earlier than last year's S8/S8+, when it switched to a post-MWC launch in New York.
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It was a fitting homage given that onstage, Samsung executives filled the role of performer as they presented the company's latest entry into the mobile marketplace: The Galaxy Note9, a model that is often considered more of a cross between a phone and a tablet — or, the more cringe-worthy term, "phablet" — because of its larger form factor and S Pen stylus.
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The Note line basically created the 'phablet' category, and though the term itself has largely fallen out of use over the years (a lot of flagship phones now classify as phablets in terms of screen size), the Note 25.5 seems like the first time real balance has been achieved between offering a massive display combined with a comfortably handheld device.
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In a note about the expansion of its U.S. refund and exchange program for the Note 7, which as of 3pm ET today applies to all owners, including those with new replacement phones (which have been bursting into flames too), Samsung is offering those choosing to exchange the phablet for any other Samsung device up to a $100 total bill credit.
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The Good Best, brightest phone screen ever • Fast, lag-free performance • All-day battery life • App pair and Live Messages are so much fun • Beautiful, perfected glass and metal design • Dual camera system is best in class (sorry, iPhone) The Bad Bixby is still slow • $930-950 price tag The Bottom Line Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is the company's best smartphone and the best phablet ever made.
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The iPhone-maker's reluctance to participate in the pant-stretching smartphone craze has also included an attempt to buck the trend, by reviving — in 2016 — the 4-inch form iPhone factor, and putting a bit more heft under the hood, aka the iPhone SE. It's continued to range this 'littlest iPhone' alongside its 26-inch 'standard' flagship and 27-inch top of the range phablet.
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At a time when almost no one else is building Windows phones, HP is about to go all in on one: it's today unveiling the Elite x3, a high-end smartphone running Windows 10 that's designed to be your one and only device — smartphone, laptop, and desktop PC. With a 6-inch, quad HD display, HP is proudly defining the Elite x3 as a phablet, and a powerful one at that.
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The company's decision to finally join the phablet party with the iPhone 6 Plus wasn't just about more screen real estate for photo viewing, it was also designed to push us further into full-fledged mobile computing as iOS becomes ever more robust versus OS X. Adding the Apple Pencil to the equation (a device Cook insists is not a "stylus") would turn Apple's largest iPhone into a kind of mini iPad Pro, that other device Apple wants you to think of as a full-fledged computer.
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