Phablet is dead?

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The latests were from 2018. After that, no more big screen phones, tons of tall screen phones tho.

In 2018 Huawei stopped after mate 20x and honor note 10. Xiaomi stopped after mi max 3.

It seems phablet is dead
 
They are still producing those note devices. Samsung, Xiaomi, etc. The interesting thing is that you have something like Xiaomi Redmi Note 8, Samsung Galaxy A50, Redmi K20, all have similar screen size (also all from 2019) and only one of them being called a "note" device.
Honestly, nobody cared about the phablet designation these days. Phablet size becomes normal size and from what I see, currently some people are not asking for normal sized phone but smaller phone like the old iPhone size (5" ish). Basically those 5" phone size is not the norm anymore. around 6" is the current norm.

Also surprisingly (at least for me), not until we reach around 6.7" in diagonal that the current tall devices will have bigger width than the old 5.3" devices. With the thicker bezel in old phones, even Note10+ device width is smaller than the first Note (77.2mm vs 82.95mm).

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They are still producing those note devices. Samsung, Xiaomi, etc. The interesting thing is that you have something like Xiaomi Redmi Note 8, Samsung Galaxy A50, Redmi K20, all have similar screen size (also all from 2019) and only one of them being called a "note" device.
Honestly, nobody cared about the phablet designation these days. Phablet size becomes normal size and from what I see, currently some people are not asking for normal sized phone but smaller phone like the old iPhone size (5" ish). Basically those 5" phone size is not the norm anymore. around 6" is the current norm.

Also surprisingly (at least for me), not until we reach around 6.7" in diagonal that the current tall devices will have bigger width than the old 5.3" devices. With the thicker bezel in old phones, even Note10+ device width is smaller than the first Note (77.2mm vs 82.95mm).

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Yep. no more big screen, only tall screens.

Hmm. Taller is also bigger... Hmm what the apt English....
 
For the record the Xiaomi Redmi K30 (6.67") is a worthy upgrade to the Mi Max 3 as a big mid range smartphone.
 
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For the record the Xiaomi Redmi K30 (6.67") is a worthy upgrade to the Mi Max 3 as a big mid range smartphone.
It's tall like phones instead of wide like phablet tho.

Btw now I'm curious why people like tall phones? The taller it is, the harder it is to use. Especially since many apps are so adamant for putting interaction pinned on top.

Although for Android navigation itself it's not an issue due to gestures. Swipe up from bottom = open notifications, swipe left or right from left right edge = back.
 
I'm not sure it's a 'like' of tall as much as it is not liking a phone that is too wide for them to hold comfortably. My phone (s7 edge) is about as wide as I can hold and use at all with one hand. So wider would be a no go. Also any wider and it wouldn't fit in my back pocket.
 
It's tall like phones instead of wide like phablet tho.

Btw now I'm curious why people like tall phones? The taller it is, the harder it is to use. Especially since many apps are so adamant for putting interaction pinned on top.

Although for Android navigation itself it's not an issue due to gestures. Swipe up from bottom = open notifications, swipe left or right from left right edge = back.

Anything with a >6" display is essentially a phablet no matter how wide it is (note that the Max 3 is losing more than a bit on bezels compared to a K30). Apart from that you get used to it. I own the Mi Max 3 since its launch and while I had a bit of a hard time getting used to its size, I don't think I can go back to anything smaller now. Biggest win I don't need a tablet anymore for bed reading and it's comfortable to hold since it's times lighter than any tablet.

For the width of such a monster: you're definitely not tempted to pick up the phone while your driving anymore. Either pick a hands free solution instead or simply pull over the car and answer any incoming call. As for pockets it still fits in all my pockets even the front pockets. People just think now that I'm much more delighted to see them than before LOL :D
 
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Anything with a >6" display is essentially a phablet no matter how wide it is (note that the Max 3 is losing more than a bit on bezels compared to a K30). Apart from that you get used to it. I own the Mi Max 3 since its launch and while I had a bit of a hard time getting used to its size, I don't think I can go back to anything smaller now. Biggest win I don't need a tablet anymore for bed reading and it's comfortable to hold since it's times lighter than any tablet.

For the width of such a monster: you're definitely not tempted to pick up the phone while your driving anymore. Either pick a hands free solution instead or simply pull over the car and answer any incoming call. As for pockets it still fits in all my pockets even the front pockets. People just think now that I'm much more delighted to see them than before LOL :D
yeah wide phones need time to get accustomed haha.

years ago i was using LG G pro 2, a bit smaller than Mi Max 3 and it was awesome after some time. The latest i used was Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and its not wide enough. Gave it to my dad, now currently im using Asus Fonepad 8 ROFL. I look super silly when i used it for phone call. But its awesome to read comics, watch videos (even movies) on bed.

the 2GB RAM is really limiting, thus im looking for something cheap and big. Btw there's a rumor Mi 10S will be wide instead of just tall. But dunno how expensive it will be.... Historically Mi 10 series are rather expensive
 
A 4GB Max 3 should cost around 140 EUR these days and they're all running Android 10 flawless; downside the SoC is low end for today's measures. Considering the Redmi K30 is similar in sizes with the 10S if I recall correctly, the first starts at 240 EUR right now with a Snapdragon 730, while the K30 PRO which carries a Snapdragon 865 starts at around 430 EUR. I wouldn't expect the 10S or Lite to be significantly cheaper, rather the opposite.
 
yeah mi 10s probably gonna be expensive with SD 865.
I was eyeing Mi Max 3 but its too old to find new in the marketplace. Tons of used ones tho.

now i keep looking at Huawei Mate 20 x, used. Seems awesome, but its really expensive. I'm not comfortable spending that much money for a phone. A thing that got high risk of being broken, stolen, missing. Yeah, its mostly just paranoia, as phone are usually durable stuff that wont broken even when dropped from a desk.

EDIT: turns out its SoC have quite slow GPU for its price. blergh https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mali-G76-MP10-vs-Adreno-640-vs-Adreno-630_9038_9446_8780.247598.0.html
 
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I'm not sure what the title means.

Phablets didn't die, they just became the norm. The "small" Galaxy S20 that is sold nowadays is pretty much as big as Galaxy Note7.

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When most of the phones have 5.5" screens or more, then everything is a phablet, then nothing is a phablet. They're all just phones.
 
I'm not sure what the title means.

Phablets didn't die, they just became the norm. The "small" Galaxy S20 that is sold nowadays is pretty much as big as Galaxy Note7.

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When most of the phones have 5.5" screens or more, then everything is a phablet, then nothing is a phablet. They're all just phones.
the title was explained badly in the post. i should be clearer that phablet is not tall. But big. as in its also wide.

nowadays, the "phablet" you mentioned are phone with taller screens. AFAIK people simply call them phones.
 
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