Phablet is a portmanteau of the words phone and tablet.

It has been called a hybrid of a phone and tablet, or phablet .

It is considered by some a phablet due to the massive 5 inch screen it sports.

This hybrid is being called a phablet by Forbes and Engadget.

Reuters called 2013, the "Year of the Phablet."

Other commentators prefer "phablet" in recognition of their convergence with low-end tablet computers.

In March 2013, the company launched its quad-core Phablet processor A31s.

In 2012, PC Magazine called the AT&T EO 440, "the first true phablet".

Dell Streak 5 (previously known as the Dell Mini 5) is a smartphone/tablet hybrid ("phablet") from Dell that uses the Android operating system.

In size, the device straddles the large end of smartphones and the small end of tablets and is thus known as a phablet - a portmanteau of phone and tablet.

In a 2013 analysis, Engadget identified dropping screen prices, increasing screen power efficiency, increasing battery life and the evolving importance of multimedia viewing as critical factors in the popularity of the phablet.

The screen is protected by AGC Sodaline scratch resistant coating but as compared to Corning Gorilla Glass it's not too efficient in protecting the display of this phablet.

Micromax Canvas HD A116 is a dual-sim Android Phablet by Micromax Mobile that supersedes the Micromax Canvas 2 A110.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android smartphone/tablet computer hybrid ("phablet"), introduced in October 2011 and noted for its 5.3-inch screen size-between that of conventional smartphones, and larger tablets-and its included stylus.

Because the display places the device at the large end of the smartphone and small end of the tablet size ranges, the Galaxy Note II has been called a hybrid of a phone and tablet, or phablet.

The Ascend Mate was developed as a part of a shift by Huawei to produce more higher-end devices, while CEO Richard Yu also considered the phablet to be the future of smartphones due to their "all-in-one" nature.

The LG Optimus Vu (Also known as LG Intuition on Verizon) is an Android smartphone/tablet computer hybrid ("phablet"), released in August 2012 and noted for its 5.0-inch screen size-between that of conventional smartphones, and larger tablets.