The data displays the number of large-screen smartphones or 'phablets' (smartphones with a display size of five inches or greater, a phone-tablet hybrid) shipped between 2011 and 2014, with a forecast from 2015 to 2018. In 2016, estimates suggest some 349 million phablets will ship worldwide.
2011 | 8 |
2012 | 20 |
2013 | 63 |
2014 | 152 |
2015 | 252 |
2016 | 349 |
2017 | 475 |
2018 | 585 |