Phablets take bigger share of US smartphone market as trend spreads
by Samuel Gibbs from Technology | The Guardian on (#8JD9)
Latest data shows phablets are four times more popular in the west this year than last as the Asian trend for big phones spreads
If you bought a smartphone in the US this year there's a one in five chance you bought a phablet, as the market share for plus-sized smartphones ballooned.
The latest data from research company Kantar Worldpanel ComTech shows that phablets - defined here as smartphones with screen sizes 5.5in or larger - accounted for 21% of US smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2015, up from 6% at the same time last year.
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