Is the Samsung Galaxy S3 a smartphone or is its screen large enough to push it into tablet territory?
Samsung Galaxy S3: phone or tablet? Phablet!
It’s got to be one of the most horrible product-name hybrids out there: the phablet. But the phablet – part smartphone, part tablet – looks like its day is soon to come.
More than 208 million phablets – larger than a smartphone but smaller than a tablet – like the Samsung Galaxy Note, will be shipped globally in 2015, estimates ABI Research.
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HTC, LG, and Huawei will each introduce phablet smartphones in 2012, joining the ranks of the Samsung Galaxy Note (5.3-inch screen) and Samsung Nexus (4.65-inch screen).
ABI is even describing the forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S3, reviewed, as a phablet because of its larger-than-iPhone screen.
“One of the chief drivers for phablets is the amount of time people use their smartphones for web browsing, reading articles and newspapers on the go, or simply navigating their journeys,” says senior ABI analyst Joshua Flood.
“The larger screen sizes make a significant difference to the user’s experience when compared to conventional-sized touchscreens between 3.5 to 4 inches.”
Additionally, new phablet-styled devices provide an attractive two-in-one device proposition and are beginning to see the competition between these larger smartphone form factors and smaller media tablets (less than seven inches).??
Phablets are defined as having a touch screen size between 4.6 to 5.5 inches. Global shipments for phablets will increase by a factor of 10 in 2012 from 2011.?
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a 4.8-inch screen.
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Mdwh2 said: Id go so far to say that all phones are phablets regardless of sizeThe idea of dividing tablets and phones when for about 8-10 years theyve both been handheld computing devices with Internet and apps just based on whether they are also a phone has always been a bit contrived eg consider Nokias Maemo devices which were marketed as tablets but then the N900 suddenly because a phone even though it was exactly the same platform So phablet as a term certainly makes sense to emphasise that phones have all the features of tabletsBut the idea of tablet meaning large devices has no basis in the usage of the term - a small non-phone Android device is still a tablet eg Dell sell 5 Android tablets or consider the aforementioned Nokia tablets Trying to claim that phablet should be used for larger than a smartphone but smaller than a tablet is redefining how tablet has been used and just creates extra confusion in that we now have three categoriesNo lets just call them phablets or tablets for the ones that arent phonesHmm arent all non-budget phones larger than an IphonePhablets are defined as having a touch screen size between 46 to 55 inchesWhat are they going to do when someone releases a 56 inch phone I wonder And where do the 5 Android non-phone tablets fit into this This kind of categorisation just gets us into a muddle The entire industry is sloppy with its terms - I mean never mind phablet I still dont know what a smartphone isOnce a smartphone was a phone that was really a handheld computer that ran an OS that could do Internet and apps But around 2004 most phones could do this yet instead they were marketed as feature phones Then in 2007 Apple get counted as a smartphone even though the Iphone couldnt run apps Todays feature phones have 1GHz processors touch screens keyboards apps Internet Wifi GPS etc making the distinction even more meaningless Their specs arent as good as a more expensive smartphone true but you could say that about budget Android phones which are still counted as smartphonesHaving said all that - I love my 465 Galaxy Nexus and Im glad to see an increase in popularity of larger phones Am also glad to see a comeback of styluses thanks to Samsung
Phone Xpert said: Yeahhh
Maresp34 said: Are there any readers who know how to use punctuation
Matt Egan said: There are They hang out with people who can post on Comments sections without getting all hot under the collarDuly noted and corrected Many thanks
Fakeemail said: are there any reporters who actually proof read their articles before postingABI is even describing the forthcomingSamsung Galaxy S3 reviewed as a phablet because of its larger-tha-iPhone screen