India Brand, WickedLeak has announced the WickedLeak Wammy Note 4, another phablet sized device with 4G LTE support and affordable pricing. The smartphone would launch officially in the markets on June 15 and pricing is also expected to be announced before the release. Asides announcing th device, only few specs information is confirmed about the […]
Phablet
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.
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