Study says phablets eating phones, tablets

According to a new report from Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm Flurry, smartphone users are increasingly buying phablets as they spend less time talking on the phone and more on screens while playing games, reading or chatting with friends.

Study says phablets eating phones, tablets

Washington: According to a new report from Yahoo-owned mobile analytics firm Flurry, smartphone users are increasingly buying phablets as they spend less time talking on the phone and more on screens while playing games, reading or chatting with friends.

After analyzing the top slot of data taken from the 1.6 billion devices it tracks every month, Flurry found that phablets had more than tripled their share of usage since last year, reported TechCrunch.

It focused on the top 875 devices which accounted for 87 percent of sessions in March 2015.

In January 2014, Flurry found that only six percent of the users were on phablets as opposed to 68 percent using phones that had a screen size between 3.5 inches and 4.9 inches. However, by March, the phablet usage went up by 20 percent while medium phones usage dropped to 59 percent.

Also, it found that Android remained the dominant force in phablets, which is not surprising as there are too many large-screened Android smartphones as opposed to the one iPhone.

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