Pioneer is one of those quiet manufacturers out there in China, they make products ranging from DJ Turntables, Speakers, Headphones, smartphones and more. They may be quiet but time to time they tend to have some interesting devices announced. The Pioneer M1 is a latest device coming from the company and it is a phablet […]
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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