Phablets a big hit with Asian consumers


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 03 Sep 2013

IN VOGUE: IDC claims that phablet sales in the Asia Pacific region are now on a par with both tablets and laptops combined and their popularity is continuing to grow. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013

They're oversized, bulky and discriminate against those with smaller hands or tighter jeans.  

But according to the latest figures, as well as being big physically, they're also big in terms of popularity in the Asia-Pacific region — where Chinese, Korean and Indian consumers can't get enough of the devices that are too large to be dubbed smartphones yet too small to be classed as tablets. 

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