phablet

phablet

English

Samsung smartphones (front side)

Samsung smartphones (back side)

Etymology

Blend of phone +‎ tablet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæblɪt/

Noun

phablet (plural phablets)

1. (neologism) A mobile device intermediate in size between smartphone and tablet.
   • 2009 September 3, Sloan Bowman, tweet , Twitter:

     @JGallo02 With that device it would be worth getting a pay as you go account just for that phablet. I can't wait for them to ship here

   • 2009 September 3, Joe Gallo, tweet , Twitter:

     @sloanb phablet? dude, it's an uber-smart-phone with a sick open operating system called #maemo5 #n900 rocks

   • 2009 September 3, Sloan Bowman, tweet , Twitter:

     @JGallo02 You guys are marketing it as a internet tablet at all? phablet = Phone/Tablet. And I agree I love Maemo especially V.5

Translations

electronic handheld device

Finnish: puhletti, fabletti, phabletti French: phablette (fr) f Galician: tabléfono m German: Phablet (de) n, Smartlet (de) n Macedonian: фаблет (mk) m pl (fablet)

Persian: فبلت‎ Polish: fablet Russian: фаблет (ru) (fablet) Spanish: tabléfono m Turkish: fablet, phablet

References

• phablet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Noun

phablet m (plural phablets)

1. phablet