"Phablets", the large-screened phones with screen sizes of between 5in and 7in diagonally, sold as well as tablets and laptops combined in the Asia-Pacific region during the second quarter, says research company IDC.
- The news indicates that the smartphone business has created a new category lying between the standard smartphone and the tablet, first mapped out by Dell with its Streak phone in June 2010, but subsequently capitalised on by Samsung with its Galaxy Note and successors
- .A total of 25.2m "phablets" shipped in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan), compared to 12.6m tablets (over 7in) and 12.7m portable PCs, IDC said.
Phablet shipments have grown dramatically - doubling between the first and second quarter, and rising sixfold compared to the same time last year.Dell lost out by being too early to the market with the Streak, introducing it at a time when most users had smaller phones with screens under 4in diagonally. But the rise in smartphone penetration, and the shift to more data-centric uses such as maps, has made big screens popular - particularly in countries where the device needs to serve multiple computing needs.
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