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Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now... by jhanschoo on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:28AM (#17993876)
I'm pretty sure that phablets are primarily due to demand, either by consumers or developers. Market research certainly indicates that users engage more with larger screen sizes
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Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now... by mancerayder on Saturday September 15, 2018 @11:21AM (#17994598)
I'd be curious to see some study around that.

It would certainly explain a lot. The dreaded ad-driven 'engagement' obsession rearing its ugly head again.

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Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now... by jrockway on Monday September 17, 2018 @09:19AM (#18005652)
People buy them for sure, but I'm pretty sure that market research is not why they were invented. People were not carrying around Nexus 7s in their pockets, which are not much bigger than current phablets but predated the existence of them.
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