In January 2014, Flurry recorded just 6 percent of active users were on phablets versus 68 percent using ‘medium phones’ (devices with a screen size between 3.5 inches and 4.9 inches).

While tablets range in size from 7 to 10 inches, phones have started to span from 3.5 to 5 inches. Phablets come in right between those two categories, with 5- to 6.5-inch screens.

Tiny screens are nearing extinction, while the large phone (aka “phablet”) looks poised to grab half the market by 2015. Today, for each new 4-inch handset (Sony Xperia Z1 Compact), there are ...

The phablet will likely most cannibalize small tablet sales. There is a fair amount of overlap there. If you have 5.5-inch phablet, is a 7-inch tablet that much of a step up in screen?

Phablets have integrated all the smartphone and tablet capabilities into a single device with a "just right" screen, so it may affect the value of small screen tablets, Chau explained.

Phablets are the ultimate media phones and I wanted to share my experience with you that drove me to that conclusion. "Phablet" background.

This week, Apple rolled out the largest smartphone in its history: the iPhone 6 Plus, with a screen measuring 5.5 inches on its diagonal. While Apple officials talked up the next-generation phone ...

I then got my hands on the Samsung Galaxy S23.This is the perfect antidote to years of fumbling about with an oversized phablet – a relatively modestly-sized high-end smartphone with plenty to ...

Half-smartphone, half-tablet--an unfortunate name does nothing to stop this hot tech trend. Even Apple is rumored to be considering its own phabulous phablet. Can the romance last?

NEW YORK — Samsung already sells phablet phones with curved edges that double as secondary displays. If reports out of South Korea are true — and Samsung isn’t saying either way —the ...