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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: Phablets Top Tablets in Post-Holiday Activations","summary" : "Phablets, the popular term for smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5 to less than 7 inches, increased in popularity this holiday season. According to Flurry, 13% of new device activations in December were phablets, jumping from 4% in 2013. Back in October, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that “phablets” would outship tablets in 2015.","date" : "2015-01-06T11:31:50-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"jparcell" : "Jacob Parcell"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/01/2015-01-06-trends-on-tuesday-phablets-top-tablets-in-post-holiday-activations.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-phablets-top-tablets-in-post-holiday-activations","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/06/trends-on-tuesday-phablets-top-tablets-in-post-holiday-activations/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/01/250-x-425-Smartphone-two-sizes-milindri-iStock-Thinkstock-517420153.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Smartphone in two sizes\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhablets, the popular term for smartphones with screen sizes from 5.5 to less than 7 inches, increased in popularity this holiday season. According to Flurry, \u003ca href=\"http://www.flurry.com/blog/flurry-insights/apple-and-apps-dominated-christmas-2014#.VKry2WTF_oi\"\u003e13% of new device activations in December were phablets\u003c/a\u003e, jumping from 4% in 2013.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in October, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicted that \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/04/trends-on-tuesday-phablets-to-top-tablets-in-2015/\"\u003e“phablets” would outship tablets in 2015\u003c/a\u003e. Flurry backs up the IDC report finding that the holiday growth in phablet adoption came at the expense of both full-size and small tablets, whose activation percentages dropped to 11%. Flurry suggests the entrance of the iOS phablet probably helped increase these numbers as the iPhone 6 Plus was one of the top 5 devices activated.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trend to larger screen sizes should be noted by developers as people are \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/02/trends-on-tuesday-americas-new-first-screen/\"\u003espending more time watching video on mobile devices\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s an agency to do with the influx of screen sizes? A \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTYZTwWKaNI\u0026amp;feature=youtube_gdata\"\u003emobile first strategy\u003c/a\u003e will go a long way towards connecting agencies with smartphone and phablet users. Check out our content from \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/10/20/welcome-to-mobilegov-month-on-digitalgov/\"\u003eDigitalGov Mobile Gov month\u003c/a\u003e and join the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/\"\u003eMobileGov Community of Practice\u003c/a\u003e so your agency can be on top of all screens sizes—especially phablets!\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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