Here you can see a forecast for "phablet" shipments, or shipments of smartphones with a screen-size measuring 5 inches or more. The source estimates that by 2016, phablet shipments will have reached 146 million units.
Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016
(in million units)
Characteristic
Shipments in million units
2016
146
2013
60.4
2012
25.6
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iSuppli. (January 16, 2013). Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016 (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/
iSuppli. "Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016 (in million units)." Chart. January 16, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/
iSuppli. (2013). Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016 (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/
iSuppli. "Global Shipments of Smartphones with a Screen Size of 5 Inches or Larger from 2012 to 2016 (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/
iSuppli, Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016 (in million units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/ (last visited April 02, 2025)
Global shipments of smartphones with a screen size of 5 inches or larger from 2012 to 2016 (in million units) [Graph], iSuppli, January 16, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/253350/shipments-of-smartphones-with-screen-size-5-inches-or-larger/
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