Tag: phablets

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (KRX:005930) came up with the idea of mass-producing a device which combined the functionality of a large screen smartphone along with the small screen size of a tablet, and thus the modern phablet device was born. The behavior of a typical phablet user has often been compared to that of a smartphone or tablet users to understand...

The ever-growing smart devices’ market is undergoing yet another change lately. Earlier this year, we saw a plethora of devices, notably, the 5+ inch smartphones, also known as phablets launched by various manufacturers that have been instrumental in bringing about this change. International Data Corporation (IDC) has recently forecasted that the worldwide smart-devices market, comprised of PCs, tablets, and...

Local mobile vendors, like Micromax and Karbonn are fast gaining market share in India, catching up with MNCs like Samsung. In the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12), vendors shipped 3.5 million (35 lakhs) smartphones in India and according to International Data Corporation (IDC), this figure has increased threefold in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13) to 9.3 million (93...