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May 7, 2015 08:18 pm GMT

iPhone 6 Plus is rocket fuel for phablet sales in the U.S

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Sales of outsized smartphones, or phablets, have almost quadrupled in the United States over the past year — thanks mostly to Apple's new larger iPhones

That's according to numbers from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, which found that phablet sales have spiked since the release of the iPhone 6 Plus.

See also: Just How Different Are the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus?

Phablets, typically defined as handsets with 5-in. displays and larger, made up 21% of all smartphone sales in the United States during the first quarter of 2015, says Kantar

This represents a 15% increase from the first quarter of 2014, when phablets made up just 6% of U.S smartphone sales. Read more...

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