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Phablets to Overtake Regular Smartphone Shipments by 2019

Phablets are expected to hit one billion units by 2021, according to IDC.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Nov. 30, 2017 Source: IDC     According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, overall smartphone shipments will steadily grow from 1.5 billion units in 2017 to 1.7 billion units in 2021.   Meanwhile, phablets (smartphones with a screen size of 5.5 inches to <7 inches) will far outpace total market growth by climbing from 611 million units in 2017 to 1 billion units in 2021, representing a five-year compound annual gro...

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