They are growing off a smaller base so it's natural they will have a higher growth rate. According to Canalys as of Q1 2014 Smartphones below 5 inches accounted for 66% of all smartphone shipments globally, smartphones of 6 inches and higher accounted for 2%Dont know, what you mean by "most consumers" but the sale of lager size device is growing very rapidly.
Hehe, gotta love these blanket generalizations. Well, since that's the sweet spot for you Microsoft/Nokia will stop producing 1520s and Samsung will stop the Note series effective immediately!!!
They are growing off a smaller base so it's natural they will have a higher growth rate. According to Canalys as of Q1 2014 Smartphones below 5 inches accounted for 66% of all smartphone shipments globally, smartphones of 6 inches and higher accounted for 2%
Why not buy a 7 inch tablet?
General blanket statements aside if you look at the adduplex June 2014 device stats neither 1520 nor the 1320 are of any significance in terms of market share. Granted this doesn't factor in release dates, but overall the Windows Phone market is dominated by smaller screen cheaper devices.
Nokia producing the NL1520 or Samsung producing the Note on it's own doesn't mean that's where the sweet spot is either. There is a market for these devices, no one is arguing against that, but at this point the smartphone market is dominated by "smaller screen" devices.
I'm not arguing where the actual sweet spot is, devices that are 5 inch and higher grew at a much higher rate so if I had to guess I'd say 4 to 5 inches won't be a sweet spot for too long, but that doesn't mean 6+ inches is going to be the sweet spot either.
Proof or its not through.
And when they say phablets sales, they mean 5.5"-7".
I agree to that but also want to add to that. The only reason why 4-5" is the most sold phones of the size is not because of the size believe it or not. It's just that its cheaper to buy. Imagine if you had two identical phones. Same price but one was 4.5" and the other was 6" I think the 6" would be the one taking the market share. It's just that 4-5" is the low-mid budget price while anything bigger is priced higher out of most peoples reach. That's my personal opinion from what I have seen from my friends anyway
Took your proposal and googled "Canalys and Q1 2014.Proof? I mentioned Canalys and Q1 2014, you can go ahead and Google that yourself.
Wow really? Because the sales of the 1520 hasn't really skyrocketed market sales of Nokia devices, infact neither has the Galaxy Mega either.
Trust me 4.7 to 5 inches are what boost the sales, not huge 6 inch devices, the 6 inch devices are made for a special kind of people.
Larger devices are taking over the market, that's where the trend is currently going - even Apple.
Android isn't laggy I use it everyday on my Nexus 5. Use Android before you abuse it.
General blanket statements aside if you look at the adduplex June 2014 device stats neither 1520 nor the 1320 are of any significance in terms of market share. Granted this doesn't factor in release dates, but overall the Windows Phone market is dominated by smaller screen cheaper devices.
Nokia producing the NL1520 or Samsung producing the Note on it's own doesn't mean that's where the sweet spot is either. There is a market for these devices, no one is arguing against that, but at this point the smartphone market is dominated by "smaller screen" devices.
I'm not arguing where the actual sweet spot is, devices that are 5 inch and higher grew at a much higher rate so if I had to guess I'd say 4 to 5 inches won't be a sweet spot for too long, but that doesn't mean 6+ inches is going to be the sweet spot either.
Took your proposal and googled "Canalys and Q1 2014.
The very first link I proves my argument that the sale larger screen devices grew a great deal. It a whooping percentage of 369%.
Samsung has the highest market share in this range, and among Samsung's share, only 44% were devices of 5" and above. For devices of 5.5" and above they held a whooping share of 53%. In other words, the biggest OEM in the large screen market, sold more 5.5" and above than it did 5"-5.4".
This proves that in the high-end market, non apple large screen phones sell a lot more than the non apple small screen phone. And with the introduction of a large screen iPhone 6, larger screen will most definitely dominate the whole market.
I cannot disagree with a whole lot of what you said.
I was not arguing that big phones were selling like hotcakes. My main point was that I hate the kind of comment that goes along the lines of 'this is what I use and this is the sweet spot so forget your idea'. If big phones were not selling they would not be making them. The Note has gone through several iterations and they have not stopped production. There must be a reason. They are not in the business to lose money.
There is no sweet spot because each person is different. So each of us has a sweet spot. Now, there may be more people with certain sweet spots which does not mean the other sweet spots are not profitable or will not be made or should be ignored.
I'm done with the sweet spot talk, hehe.
In my case, after a couple of weeks of using a Lumia 1520 I pick up a Lumia 920 and it feels tiny, really tiny.
If someone wants a 7" phone and someone is willing to make it, hey, congrats and be happy with your device (as if to kind of contradict myself I don't see it happening ).
Why do you need somebody to show you stats? You could always use Google? Doesn't your Android allow that?
I wouldn't call Android phones inherently laggy. But they start off without lag and once you use them for a while they start to become laggy.
That has not been my experience with Windows phones.
Anyway phablets are replacing tablets and it's hurting Best Buy.
Best Buy CEO Says Tablet Sales Are ?€œCrashing,?€? Sees Hope for PCs
Tablets are Dead ! Apple tried, then failed, next is iPhone ! Apple will go back to pre-2000 era and Microsoft will boom once again !