The global smartphone market is expected to see steady if unspectacular growth in the next few years, as consumers turn increasingly to large-screen handsets known as "phablets," a market tracker said Wednesday.
A report by the research firm IDC said phablets – with displays larger than 5.5in (14 cm) – will account for some 40% of the 1.5 billion smartphones sold in 2017, and that the phablet share will rise to more than half by 2019.
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