
2013 can with every certainty be called The Year of the Phablet, no matter if you like the term or not. It marked the first year when Samsung's Note family representative met some serious competition from the other phone makers, who decided to introduce their take on those 5.5"+ devices that people seem to be jonesing about lately...
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