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Can A Phablet Replace A Tablet?

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Visionblue

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I'm considering replacing my Nexus 7 & aging iPhone with the Nexus 6 (it seems I'll have quite a bit of time to figure it out at the rate this release is going 😛). It seems I'd only be losing an inch of screen real estate with the added benefit of turning two devices into one.

Has anyone had this experience with a phablet? I'm not a super power user. I have a laptop for more intensive things and really only use my tablet to check facebook and feedly and watch youtube videos because my iPhone screen is small. I imagine a 6" screen could bridge the gap. My only concern is portability but that doesn't seem to be an issue for many people.
 
I've replaced my phablet with a phone &tablet combo.
I have the OnePlus One.

It's okay, with the battery life being good. But sometimes I like to have the bigger screen. I'm looking at a new tablet for Christmas.

But I can totally live without a tablet. It's fine and you'll have less things to worry about.
 
I don't see why it can't. In fact, I prefer to have fewer device that does many things rather than many devices each for different purpose.

But it depends on each person.
 
battery is the only reason I think you cannot fully replace a tablet. 10 hours SOT and 6 hours SOT is a pretty big difference.
 
mattopotamus said:
battery is the only reason I think you cannot fully replace a tablet. 10 hours SOT and 6 hours SOT is a pretty big difference.
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To be honest, sot doesn't really matter to me because as long as it lasts the whole day with me actually using it, it works. Generally when I go to bed my phone's at 20% but I've been randomly charging it today so I might be going to bed with 80%
 
Visionblue said:
It seems I'd only be losing an inch of screen real estate with the added benefit of turning two devices into one.
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The diagonal measurement is a little misleading, as the area of a shape is proportional to the square of any of it's linear dimensions. So if two displays have the same ratio of height to width, the ratio of the 7 inch display to the 6 inch display will be 49:36; the 7 inch display will be 36% larger (equivalently, the smaller display will be 26.5% smaller than the larger).

That said, it all depends on what you do with your tablet, and how important the larger screen is to you. I'm not interested in a screen size smaller than the iPad mini, as that's about the minimal size for comfortably reading PDF documents in portrait format. But plenty of people find they can do much of what they do on their tablet on a phablet.
 
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When I got my IP6+ I was reaching for my ipad a ton less.

Sold it and got a MBA which actually provides me with full work functions and not limitations on an ipad.

So yes, it replaced my tablet but it made me buy a laptop if you will. 😀
 
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