Phablet shipments to outstrip laptops this year

Hannah Breeze
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By 2018, phablet shipments will be more than double those of desktops and laptops combined

Shipments of large-screen smartphones known as phablets will outstrip those of laptops for the first time this year, according to IDC. The analyst said that by the end of this year, global shipm...

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