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>Oneplus One which is quite old by todays standards; and I distinctly remember it being called a "Phablet" due to it's obtuse stature in comparison to its conte
by anthonybsd 7y ago
>Oneplus One which is quite old by todays standards; and I distinctly remember it being called a "Phablet" due to it's obtuse stature in comparison to its contemporaries
Wait what? This doesn't make sense. I remember getting OnePlus as well (bought it for a friend in Europe) and the screen size was pretty mainstream at that point. It had 5.46" size. It got released the same year Apple released 6+ which had bigger screen, and in US it doesn't get more mainstream than that. In no particular order a list of other pretty successful smartphones released in 2014:
- Galaxy Note 4 (5.7")
- Google Nexus 6 (6")
- HTC One (M8)(5")
- LG G3 (5.5")
- Droid Turbo (5.2")
Where do you live?
- dragonwriter 7y agoEr, all of your examples except maybe the HTC and the Droid Turbo and the iPhone are labelled Phablets (and Apple only because they seem to be immune to the label); the Galaxy Note series is original phablet line and the OnePlus One was bigger than the contemporary iteration of that line. Your list reinforces the point you are using it to argue against.
- anthonybsd 7y ago>Galaxy Note series is original phablet line and the OnePlus One was bigger than the contemporary iteration of that line. No it wasn't, check the specs. My point is at the point when majority of phones were released in "phablet" sizes no one considered them to be odd anymore. 3 years earlier, perhaps but not in 2014. I remember getting zero strange looks walking around with 6 plus.
- dijit 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_series > The Samsung Galaxy Note series is a series of high-end Android-based _phablets_ and tablets developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus_One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus_One >Type: _Phablet_
- anthonybsd 7y agoI understand that when OnePlus One was launched it was in the "Phablet" category. My point is I don't recall anyone using that label on mine (or on my IPhone 6+) because larger phones were becoming a lot more mainstream at that point.
- dijit 7y agoThen we're making the same point. The overton window has shifted so much that things that used to look ridiculous and had to be labelled as a portmanteau look ordinary today.
- ukyrgf 7y agoI had an HTC One M8 and recall the reviews saying it "verged on being a phablet".