Phablet Sells 21 Percent Worldwide Smartphone Shipments

When it was first launched in 2011 , with a 5.3 -inch screen Samsung Galaxy Note ridiculed many people as smartphone devices that are too large to use . But now one of five smartphones shipped is phablet ( a term for a large sailing smartphones over 5 inches ) . From the data collected by market analysis firm IDC , of the 261.1 million smartphones shipped in the third quarter of 2013 , 21 percent of which is a device with a screen width of between 5 to 7 inches .

'' Almost all Android vendors have phablet successful in their product portfolio . Phablet shipments now reached 21 percent , up from just 3 percent last year . We believe the absence of a similar device with a big screen follow Apple has contributed to the inability to raise their market share in the third quarter of 2013 , '' said Ryan Reith , IDC Program Director .

Experts and analysts have criticized Apple's many who do not want to produce an iPhone with a bigger screen . Though recently Nokia with Windows Phone its course have participated in the war with Lumia phablet 1520 and 1320 . Rumors about Apple phablet actually keeps popping up , rumored iPhone next year there will be a big sail with a curved screen .

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Widescreen smartphone , or phablet , consumers increasingly popular nowadays. In the third quarter of this year , according to research firm Canalys , the smartphone market with a width of 5 inches to the top of the screen no less than 22 % of all smartphones shipped worldwide .

According to Canalys , the market share is equivalent to 56 million units widescreen smartphone . Of the entire shipment phablet , 5 -inch smartphone that is still dominated by 66 % , while that for screens between 5 to 6 inches as much as 31 % , and a 6 ​​-inch only 3 % .

Widescreen smartphone mainly driven by Samsung . Now Samsung has the Galaxy Mega product with 6.3 inch screen and Galaxy Note 5.7 -inch 3 sailing . Meanwhile smartphones from other vendors there LG G2 5.2 -inch , 5.9 -inch HTC , and Sony Xperia Z Ultra 6.4 inches .

According to Canalys widescreen smartphone sold well in the Asia - Pacific region . But until 2014 smartphones with screens between 4.1 to 5 inches is still favored by most consumers . According to Canalys , a wide screen that offers a balance between portability and readability .