phablet

American  

[fab-lit] / ˈfæb lɪt /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a mobile device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer and is larger than a typical smartphone but not as large as a typical small tablet.

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Etymology

Origin of phablet

First recorded in 2010–15; ph(one) ¹ + (t)ablet (in the sense “a very small, lightweight computer”)

Example Sentences

My iPhone 7 had died, and like many people, I was afraid of the rise of the phablet.

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The result is a 6.87-inch phone that can expand to an 8.85-inch phablet size or fully extend to a 10-inch tablet.

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A good example is Samsung’s introduction of the oversized Galaxy Note “phablet” at a time when phones could be navigated with a single hand.

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It was the first mainstream phone to push the envelope of screen size — so much so that, at first, we dubbed it a “phablet” because it seemed so silly big.

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The term “phablet” was originally coined to describe a phone that’s about as large as a typical tablet.

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