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MWC Review of News: Nokia, Alcatel, LG, ZTE, Huawei - Ascend, Optimus, Grand Memos & Scribe

02/27/201302/27/2013 by Lynn Walford

There are 0ver 70,000 people in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress and many new smartphones and devices were announced. Some ...

Phabulous Phablets(Note 2, Xperia Z, Ascend Mate, Grand S) to Sell over Sixty Million in 2013

01/18/2013 by Lynn Walford

The phablet range of big smartphones with tablet-like functionality is growing rapidly with some very large sales number predictions.

The world “phablet" comes from combing the words “phone” and “tablet”and is generally a smartphone that is 5" or bigger such as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, ZTE Grand S and Huawei Ascend Mate. Many of the new phablets announced at CES when analyzed by pixels per inch offer better resolutions and features than the iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy Note II.

Shipments of phablets in 2013 are expected to reach 60.4 million units notes iHS iSuppli. ChangeWave Research also showed a great demand for the Samsung Galaxy Note 2.

The phablet phenomena comes from manufacturers wanting to differentiate themselves from medium displays. Customers want better viewing experiences and there is an increase in great HD content on smartphones. In 2016, global phablet shipments are set to reach 146.0 million units.

Droid RAZR HD 2 Make Holiday Splash 2 Beat iPhone in Colors?

09/10/201209/07/2012 by Lynn Walford

Motorola and Verizon Wireless announced the Droid RAZR HD that is taking smartphone screen size into the phabulous phablet realm of entertainment in time for the holidays. We figure a release in November, sometime.

Motorola claims that the Droid RAZR HD with the 4.7-inch HD display is the most compact smartphone in its class, designed for watching up to 10 hours of movies and TV shows or 6 hours of surfing the Web. They also claim that you get the same clarity as HDTV, and beats the iPhone 4S with 85 percent greater color saturation and 50 percent more pixels per inch.