Phablet is a phrase used to describe a half- smartphone and half- tablet mobile device (a phone/tablet hybrid). It is better defined as a small pocket-sized mobile device that is a bit larger than the size of an average smartphone, with a touch screen ranging in size from 5 inches to 7 inches.
While larger than a smartphone, it is much smaller than most tablets and can be held and used in one hand. Phablets typically use 3G or 4G networks for cellular calls and are Wi-Fi – enabled devices. Check this piece on TGF to know more about phablets.
PS: Words like “phablet,” that are created from parts of two different words, are known as portmanteaus.
Samsung is expected to unveil a new series of devices under the Galaxy brand – the 5-inch sized Galaxy Grand On and the 5.5-inch sized Galaxy Mega On. The latter has been put through its paces on Geekbench3 Benchmark test and some of the earlier leaked specs has been partially confirmed. The phablet sized Samsung […]
A couple of days ago, a Samsung device with the name Lucky-LTE and Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset using custom cores was spotted on benchmark. That same device with the codename ‘Lucky’ believed to be the Samsung Galaxy S7 has been spotted on benchmark website listing, AnTuTu with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. According to the […]
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