phablet

English

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 [1], 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 [2], 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 [3], Twitter:

     @JGallo02 You guys are marketing it as a^[sic] 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, phablet (pl) m
• Russian: фаблет (ru) (fablet)
• Spanish: tabléfono m
• Turkish: fablet, phablet

References

• phablet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

phablet m (plural phablets)

1. phablet