Handset makers race to join Phablet craze

Call it ‘phablet’, ‘phonelet’, ‘tweener’ or ‘super smartphone’, but the clunky mobile phone - closer in size to a tablet than the smartphone of a couple of years back - is here to stay.

A surprise hit of 2012, it is drawing in more users, more handset makers and is shaping the way we consume content.

“We expect 2013 to be the year of the phablet,” said Neil Mawston, UK-based executive director of Strategy Analytics’ global wireless practice.

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